Warner Norcross + Judd LLP

Warner has been a legal powerhouse in Michigan for nearly a century and prides itself on delivering top-tier legal solutions and client service to organizations worldwide from its nine Michigan-based offices.

Worldwide Service from Michigan

Founded in 1931 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the firm’s three name partners—David A. Warner, George S. Norcross, and Siegal W. Judd—brought a range of experience to the firm, helping establish it as a full-service firm handling a broad range of corporate work. Warner is now home to over 230 attorneys and has earned the title of Best Corporate Law Firm in West Michigan more than once from Corporate Board Member magazine.

A Better Partnership For Clients and Attorneys

As a full-service firm, Warner handles a little bit of everything. The firm’s core strengths include protecting intellectual property, navigating mergers and acquisitions, and resolving labor disputes. The firm is also highly regarded across its other practices. Warner attorneys practice in more than 18 practice areas and 18 industry groups, representing market-leading clients in their respective sectors. The firm’s trademarked A Better Partnership tagline focuses on fulfilling the objective of clients through cost-effective, efficient, and results-oriented client service. The emphasis on A Better Partnership and on work-life balance supports the firm’s remarkable 94% retention rate. Clients include startups, family-owned businesses, and Fortune 500 companies with household names.

The firm has seen its share of high-profile successes, including representing the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority on all aspects of U.S. law for this $4.4 billion public-private partnership for more than a decade, obtaining a $24 million judgment on a copyright infringement case, and leading an $800 million M&A deal for an NYSE-listed company. Warner's impressive list of awards and recognitions from reputable sources such as Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, the Michigan State Bar, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Michigan Super Lawyers magazine, Crain’s Detroit Business, Crain’s Grand Rapids Business, BTI Consulting, DBusiness, and Grand Rapids Magazine, is a testament to the firm's excellence.

The Warner Way

The firm touts teamwork as the cornerstone of its culture, an ethos that translates into enhanced service for clients and a positive work environment for attorneys. The attorney best suited to serve each individual client enjoys the freedom to serve the client in the best way possible. Warner’s motto of “Fun. Pride. Profit.” resonates across its offices. The firm’s Fun Committee promotes camaraderie within the workplace through a variety of firmwide events such as best vacation-themed workspace and best costume contests, tailgating recipe challenges, cutest pet competitions, and a holiday vendor fair. The Committee’s inventive approach allows all Warner team members to actively engage with one another. The firm also maintains a commitment to invest in the future of the communities where its attorneys, employees, and clients live, work, and raise their families.