9.2021 – Selected to Super Lawyers – Top Rated Real Estate Attorney

11.2020 – DBusiness Top Lawyers 2021 – Named Top Lawyer 2021 Real Estate

9.2020 – Selected to Super Lawyers – Top Rated Real Estate Attorney

12.2018 -named 2018 Strategic Partner of the Year by the Women’s Council of REALTORS® Birmingham/Bloomfield

10.2018 –  named 2018 Affiliate of the Year by the Greater Metropolitan Association of REALTORS®

10.2017 – DBusiness Top Lawyers 2018 –  Named Top Lawyer 2018 Real Estate

10.2016 – DBusiness Top Lawyers 2017 Named Top Lawyer 2017 Real Estate

10.2015 – DBusiness Top Lawyers 2016 – Named Top Lawyer 2016 Real Estate

2.5.2015 – Greater Metropolitan Association of REALTORS – Real Estate Transactions from A to Z: Mastering the Transaction

10.2013 – DBusiness Top Lawyers 2014 –  Named Top Lawyer 2014 Real Estate

8.4.2013 – Galloway Not Seeking Fourth Council Term

10.2012 – DBusiness Top Lawyers 2013 –  Named Top Lawyer 2013 Real Estate

10.2011 – DBusiness Top Lawyers 2012 -Named Top Lawyer 2012 Real Estate

7.20.2011 – RPLS Short Sales and Foreclosures from the Investor’s Perspective

2011 RPLS Presentation

9.2021 – Selected to Super Lawyers – Top Rated Estate Planning & Probate Attorney

11.2020 – DBusiness Top Lawyers 2021 – Named Top Lawyer 2021 Trusts and Estates

9.2020 – Selected to Super Lawyers – Top Rated Estate Planning & Probate Attorney

5.2020 – Recognized through peer selection on Leading Lawyers

9.2019 – Selected to Super Lawyers – Top Rated Estate Planning & Probate Attorney

1.2019 – Jackson Area Estate Planning Council Guest Speaker on Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act

10.2018 – Re-elected to a second term as Council Member of the Elder Law and Disability Rights Section (ELDRS) of the State Bar of Michigan

10.2017 – Elected as Council Member of the Elder Law and Disability Rights Section (ELDRS) of the State Bar of Michigan

10.2017 – DBusiness Top Lawyers 2018 –  Named Top Lawyer 2018 Trusts and Estates

10.2016 – DBusiness Top Lawyers 2017 – Named Top Lawyer 2017 Trusts and Estates

10.2015 – DBusiness Top Lawyers 2016 – Named Top Lawyer 2016 Trusts and Estates

2.26.2015 – Institute of Continuing Legal Education

Fundamentals of Estate Administration

12.4.2014 — National Business Institute

The Probate Process from Start to Finish

11.2014 — Institute of Continuing Legal Education Webcast

Digital Assets: What Now?

10.8.2014 — Lifespan Presentation

9.30.2014 — 2014 Fall Elder Law and Disability Rights Conference

Do I Have to Read the EULA?

9.6.2014 — Oakland County Private Practice

Presentation on Hoarding

6.3.2014 — National Business Institute

The Probate Process from Start to Finish

10.2013 — DBusiness Top Lawyers 2014 – Howard Collens Named Top Lawyer 2014 Trusts & Estates

10.2012 — DBusiness Top Lawyers 2013 – Howard Collens Named Top Lawyer 2013 Trust & Estates

1.20.2012 — President of Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce

Howard Collens Elected President of Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce

10.2011 — DBusiness Top Lawyers 2012 – Howard Collens Named Top Lawyer 2012 Trusts & Estates

6.7.2011 — Institute for Paralegal Education

The Probate Process From Start to Finish for Paralegals

• Ethical Perils in the Probate Process
• Dealing With Spouse’s Elective Shares
• Understanding the Laws of Intestacy

9.2008 — Selected to Super Lawyers – Selected as One of Michigan’s Rising Stars 2008

1.2008 — Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce

Board of Directors

1.18.2007 — Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce

Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce names Howard Collens Ambassador of the Year