The Taft law firm, which has offices in Detroit and Southfield, elected four metro Detroit attorneys to the firm’s partnership. They are Justin Hanna and Michael Pomeranz based in the Southfield office and James Kresta and Brian Stone based in the Detroit office.
Hanna is an attorney in the mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, and emerging companies practice groups. His expertise centers on business and real estate law, with an emphasis on middle-market mergers and acquisitions. He helps entrepreneurs, investors, and businesses of all sizes to grow through effective planning and analysis, regardless of the size, complexity, or scale of representation. Hanna received his undergraduate degree and M.B.A. from Wayne State University in Detroit. He earned his law degree from Wayne State University Law School.
Kresta counsels and represents public and private companies in in all aspects of sophisticated commercial litigation, including shareholder disputes, real estate disputes, constitutional law, restrictive covenants, business torts, employment disputes, and contract disputes. As an attorney in Taft’s commercial litigation practice group, Kresta’s practice includes every aspect of dispute resolution, including contract review, negotiations, pleadings, discovery, substantive motions, trials, and appeals. Kresta received his B.A., cum laude, from Franciscan University of Steubenville. He received his law degree from Wayne State University Law School.
Pomeranz counsels commercial and non‑profit clients both to avoid and to resolve complex commercial disputes involving intellectual property, contracts, trade practices, and allegations of fraud. He has represented clients in state and federal bankruptcy, trial, and appeals courts, including the United States and state Supreme Courts, as well as in arbitration. He represents clients in several industries, including highly regulated industries, such as retail automotive, construction and development, and finance, and technology. Pomeranz earned his undergraduate from Yale University, with distinction, and his law degree from Yale Law School.
Stone concentrates his practice on commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, sales, financing, and leasing of all types of real estate. He represents owners, developers, management companies, builders, and operators in all aspects of commercial real estate. He also represents lenders and borrowers in connection with complex real estate finance matters. Stone received his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University in East Lansing his law degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in Chicago.
