Courtney A. Lavender recently joined the appellate law practice group of Plunkett Cooney in Bloomfield Hills.
Lavender focuses her appellate practice in the areas of commercial litigation, governmental law, first- and third-party motor vehicle negligence, and insurance coverage disputes. She also has litigation experience defending non-fault and third-party claims, as well as premises liability, pet liability, and defamation matters.
Lavender received her law degree, cum laude, from Wayne State University Law School in Detroit in 2021. While there, she served as an extern at the Wayne State Office of General Counsel. Following law school, she worked as a research attorney at the Michigan Court of Appeals. Lavender received her undergraduate degree in 2017 from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
The members of the appellate law practice group are responsible for more than 1,500 cases decided by state and federal appellate courts, including all Michigan appellate courts, the Ohio Supreme Court, the Indiana appellate courts, the California Court of Appeals, and numerous federal circuit courts of appeal.
