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- Posted June 19, 2025
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Scholarship Winner
Butzel named Emma Hammoud the recipient of the inaugural Richard Rassel Butzel Core Values Scholarship, of $15,000. Congratulating Hammoud are Butzel President and CEO Paul Mersino (left) and Butzel Shareholder Richard Rassel. Hammoud is a student at Michigan State University College of Law. After law school, she plans to begin her career with a Detroit-based law firm and build a practice focused on complex commercial litigation and appellate advocacy. Butzel hosted a celebration in honor of Hammoud on May 12 in the firm’s Detroit office.
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