Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani is expanding its presence in the Midwest with the addition of twelve attorneys to the firm’s Detroit office. John T. Eads III will serve as the Detroit Office Managing Partner along with Juliana B. Sabatini, who will serve as Assistant Office Managing Partner.
Joining Eads and Sabatini are Partner Jeffrey Hart as well as Senior Counsel Stacey Heinonen, Jana Simmons, and Cara Swindlehurst, and Associates Macy Abdallah, Aaron Boey, Maureen Heilmann, Lauren Penrod, Lindsay Weiss, and Luke Wolf.
“The firm could not be more pleased to welcome our new colleagues,” stated Firmwide Managing Partner Dion Cominos. “They are all outstanding practitioners and terrific people who will greatly help solidify our national platform by enhancing the firm’s presence in the Midwest.”
"We are thrilled to have this group join our firm," said Hayes Ryan, Office Managing Partner of the Chicago office. "This dynamic collection of attorneys has a depth of knowledge and experience in multiple practice areas and will be of great value to our clients both in the region and nationally."
Eads said, "Gordon & Rees is a great fit for our practices and clients. The firm’s well-deserved reputation for excellence, its national presence, and its client-centric focus made the decision to join that much easier. We share similar values and the same vision for how to best build and manage long-term client relationships and cannot wait to begin working together."
John T. Eads III has defended high-exposure cases for more than 25 years, focusing his practice in medical, accounting and legal malpractice, transportation, product liability and general liability as well as large Michigan no-fault cases. He also handles environmental matters, business and employment disputes, contract actions, E&O liability and municipal/school liability cases. Eads represents major utilities and national retailers and defends and evaluates high-demand injury cases. His clients include insurers, commercial businesses and trucking companies, among others. In addition, Eads has handled high-value cases for major sports facilities and an American League baseball team, national sports associations, major manufacturers, various golf courses, carnival companies, and a number of boat facilities, go cart tracks and waterslides. Eads is recognized as a Top Lawyer by DBusiness Magazine for Product Liability, is listed in Best Lawyers in America® for Product Liability Litigation Defense and Personal Injury Defense, and is Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated as "AV-Preeminent.” He has been a member of ABOTA since 2006.
Juliana Sabatini defends high-exposure cases, focusing her practice in medical, accounting and legal malpractice, in addition to transportation, product liability and general liability, and large Michigan no-fault cases. She also handles environmental matters, business and employment disputes, contract actions, E&O liability and municipal/school liability cases. Sabatini has been recognized as a DBusiness Magazine Top Lawyer.
Jeffrey Hart litigates employment, complex commercial, products liability, medical malpractice, transportation, general liability, professional liability and workers' compensation matters. In addition, he has experience with maritime law, including the Jones Act and the U.S. Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, representing shipping concerns and waterway terminal owners. Hart serves as lead counsel for a Fortune 500 beverage company and a national specialty gas/propane company and handles commercial litigation, employment, and general liability matters for major companies in various industries, including sports equipment and transportation. He has tried more than 280 cases before various administrative agencies, judges and juries.