Plunkett Cooney Senior Attorney Simone R. Fabiilli was recently elected as president of the Italian American Bar Association of Michigan (IABAM).

During her one-year presidential term, Fabiilli will be responsible for fostering professional collaboration among IABAM members, offering support and counsel, and strengthening the longstanding bonds of friendship and community among Italian-American attorneys, judges and colleagues. Fabiilli has been an IABAM executive board member for the last four years.

Founded in 1931 as the “Italian Lawyers Club of Michigan,” today IABAM remains one of the oldest and largest ethnic bar associations in the country. It is a charitable organization comprised of individuals who are leaders within their professions and within their communities.

Fabiilli is a member of the Bloomfield Hills office of Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and most accomplished full-service law firms. She is an experienced litigator who defends insurance-related and commercial matters involving premises liability, general negligence, real estate professional liability, and business contractual disputes. She also handles Homeowners Association (HOA) and Limited Liability Company (LLC) matters, including drafting HOA agreements and formation documents and litigating disputes over HOA governance and LLC membership interests.

In addition to her service on the executive board of IABAM, Fabiilli is a member of the State Bar of Michigan. She is admitted to practice in state and federal courts in Michigan.

Fabiilli is a 2016 graduate of the Michigan State University College of Law where she served as managing editor of the Michigan State International Law Review. Fabiilli received her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Wayne State University in 2013 with a major in English and minor in Italian Studies.

Established in 1913, Plunkett Cooney is a leading provider of business and litigation services to clients in the private and public sectors. The firm employs attorneys in Chicago, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana, Columbus, Ohio and eight Michigan cities.

Plunkett Cooney has achieved the highest rating (AV) awarded by Martindale-Hubbell, a leading, international directory of law firms as well as recognition by Best Lawyers as one of the nation’s leading law firms since the honor’s inception in 2010.

For more information about Simone Fabiilli’s IABAM presidency, contact the firm’s Director of Marketing and Business Development John Cornwell at (248) 901-4008; jcornwell@plunkettcooney.com.

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