Two Secrest Wardle Attorneys Selected to List of DBusiness "Top Lawyers" for 2015

Troy, Michigan - Derk W. Beckerleg has been named to the list of “Top Lawyers” for 2015 in the following practice areas: Land Use & Zoning Law, Litigation-Municipal, and Municipal Law. Mr. Beckerleg is an Executive Partner and the Managing Partner of Secrest Wardle’s Municipal Law Department. Mr. Beckerleg is currently the City Attorney for the City of Auburn Hills and is the Assistant City Attorney for the City of Bloomfield Hills. Mr. Beckerleg is also the Assistant Township Attorney for West Bloomfield Township.

In addition to his listing since 2012 in DBusiness magazine, Mr. Beckerleg has been voted by his peers to the list of Michigan Super Lawyers from 2007 through the present. From 2011 to the present, Mr. Beckerleg has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America as Top-Listed in the field of Municipal Law and in 2013 was named Detroit Area Litigation-Municipal Lawyer of the Year by the Best Lawyers in America publication. Mr. Beckerleg has received an AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubble www.martindale.com/ratings.

William P. Hampton has been named to the list of “Top Lawyers” for 2015 in the following practice areas: Commercial Litigation, Family Law, Litigation-Land Use & Zoning, Litigation-Municipal, Litigation-Real Estate, Municipal Law and Real Estate Law. Mr. Hampton is a Senior Partner of Secrest Wardle and serves as attorney for the City of Bloomfield Hills, as well as for the Townships of Bloomfield and West Bloomfield. Mr. Hampton possesses a wealth of experience and expertise, not only as a lawyer, but also as a former Oakland County Circuit Court Judge and former state legislator.

Mr. Hampton is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. In addition to being recognized in multiple practice areas by The Best Lawyers in America, he is listed in Who’s Who in American Law. In 2012 he was named the Detroit Area “Municipal Lawyer of the Year”. Mr. Hampton has been consecutively voted for inclusion on the list of Michigan Super Lawyers by his peers from 2006 to 2014. In 2013, he was chosen as of one of thirty lawyers in Michigan to be honored as a “Leader in the Law”. In 2014, Mr. Hampton received the Oakland County Bar Association Distinguished Career Achievement Award.

DBusiness is a Detroit business publication. For more information please visit http://www.dbusiness.com/daily-news/.

Secrest Wardle is a law firm specializing in defense litigation and counsel for insurance, municipal, and commercial clients headquartered in Troy, Michigan, with additional offices in Grand Rapids and Lansing. For more information please visit www.secrestwardle.com.