The people behind Brooks Kushman talk about valuing quality of the business it does over the quantity of growth it can achieve. That doesn't mean the Southfield-based intellectual property law firm isn't growing.
The nearly 30-year-old law firm 12 people over the last year, expanding the company's staff to 150 people and six interns. The firm's executives expect that sort of growth to continue.
"That's pretty much going to continue for the next few years," says Mark Cantor, president of
Brooks Kushman. "We have 75 lawyers now. We want to get to 100 lawyers over the next few years. That would put our staff at about 225 people."
Brooks Kushman was recently recognized as a leading law firm in the 2013 Best Lawyers in America
"Best Law Firms" list. Brooks Kushman was ranked on both the national level and the Metro Detroit list as a "Best Law Firm," receiving a National Tier 2 ranking in trademark law, a National Tier 3 ranking in patent law and a Metro Detroit Tier 1 ranking in litigation-intellectual property, litigation-patent, patent law and trademark law.
"It's the quality of the work you do, not your size," Cantor says.
Source: Mark Cantor, president of Brooks Kushman
Writer: Jon Zemke
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