Lanae Monera is an attorney in our Grand Rapids office where she focuses her practice in the areas of civil litigation defense, insurance defense, and municipal law. Prior to joining CMDA, she served as Assistant Corporation Counsel for a Michigan county with emphasis on contract review and formation, statutory compliance, and revamping insurance requirements for county vendors in order to minimize risk to the county. Additionally, she analyzed and revised […]

Corey Volmering is an attorney in our Grand Rapids office where he focuses his practice on insurance defense, premises liability, municipal law, criminal defense, and other general civil litigation. He assists the Firm with conducting legal research and writing briefs for submission to state and federal courts in all areas of law handled by the Firm. Further, he focuses his practice on family law and estate planning. He completed the Family […]

Kristen Rewa is a partner in our Grand Rapids office where she focuses her practice on law enforcement defense and litigation, municipal law, employment and labor law, and insurance defense. Prior to joining CMDA, she was an assistant city attorney for the City of Grand Rapids. She served as the public safety liaison and provided legal counsel on police and fire operations. Ms. Rewa worked for the city’s Law Department […]

Allan C. Vander Laan is an equity partner and member of the Firm’s Executive Committee.  He works out of our Grand Rapids office and focuses his practice on insurance defense, municipal law, and employment and labor law. Mr. Vander Laan represents municipalities and governmental agencies throughout Michigan in employment matters and civil rights cases, including constitutional claims arising under the First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Eighth Amendment and 14th Amendments of […]