Nemeth Law partner named vice president of Michigan Defense Trial Counsel board

Deborah Brouwer, co-managing partner of Detroit-based management side labor and employment law firm Nemeth Law, P.C., has been named Vice President of the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel (MDTC) board of directors for 2020-2021. She previously served as MTDC board treasurer. MDTC is an association of the leading lawyers in the State of Michigan dedicated to representing individuals and corporations in civil litigation.

Brouwer’s labor and employment practice includes the defense of lawsuits against employers involving claims of race, age, religion, national origin, gender and disability discrimination, and harassment and retaliation, as well as FLSA, FMLA and non-competition suits. She also provides employer training and conducts discrimination and harassment investigations on behalf of employers. Brouwer has extensive experience appearing before administrative agencies, including the EEOC, MDCR, MIOSHA, OSHA and the NLRB, and also appears frequently before the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

In addition to MDTC, Brouwer is a Member, State Bar of Michigan Appellate Section and Labor and Employment Law Section; Member, American Bar Association, Litigation Section; Member, DRI; Chair of the Board of Directors of Assured Family Services; and Vice President, Board of Trustees, Luella Hannan Memorial Foundation. She holds a Juris Doctor from the Wayne State University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree and Master of Arts degree, both from the University of Michigan.

Brouwer has received many honors in the legal field, including multiple Michigan Super Lawyer listings, Best Lawyers in America 2021, and Crain’s Detroit Business Notable Women in Law 2019. She was named a 2018 Woman in the Law honoree by the legal trade publication, Michigan Lawyers Weekly.