Two attorneys join Honigman’s Detroit office

Two attorneys have joined Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP in its Detroit office. Robert Kiburz is a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department and Lyndsey K. Kitson is an associate in the firm’s Labor and Employment Department.

Kiburz focuses his practice on private equity matters and counsels investors and their portfolio companies on complex business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, dispositions, joint ventures, restructurings, and debt and equity financings. He was recognized as a “Rising Star” by Illinois Super Lawyers from 2012 to 2014. Kiburz is admitted to practice in Illinois and his admission to the State Bar of Michigan is pending.

He earned a J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was a member of the University of Michigan Law Review. He is a member of the Order of the Coif. Kiburz received a B.A., magna cum laude, in economics from DePauw University. 

He joins Honigman from Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago, Illinois.

Kitson concentrates her practice on labor and employment matters. She counsels clients on compliance under employment protection statutes, including the Taft-Hartley Act. Kitson is admitted to practice in Michigan.

She earned a J.D., cum laude, from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, where she was a senior associate editor of the Thomas M. Cooley Law Review. Kitson received a B.S., magna cum laude, in pre-law/political science with a minor in philosophy from Grand Valley State University. 

She joins Honigman from Sullivan, Ward, Asher & Patton P.C. in Southfield, Michigan.