Bodman PLC

Chairman, Executive Committee: Carrie Leahy

Number of members: 111

Number of other lawyers: 63

Firm Overview: 

With more than 170 attorneys in offices throughout Michigan, Bodman PLC has delivered extraordinary results to its clients for more than 90 years.

Its attorneys provide savvy business counsel to many of the region’s most successful companies and individuals on a broad range of issues. Bodman offers clients the personal attention of a small firm with the talent and skill expected of the nation’s leading law firms.

With practices in automotive and industrial, aviation law and finance, banking and financial services, business/ mergers and acquisitions, data privacy and security, bankruptcy and debtor-creditor rights, emerging companies and venture capital, employee benefits and executive compensation, enterprise procurement, health care, high net worth/trusts and estates, insurance, intellectual property, litigation and ADR, real estate, tax/nonprofit organizations, workplace law/labor and employment, and other areas, the firm works to understand its clients’ businesses and the markets in which they operate. This enables Bodman attorneys to provide strategic advice and preventative counsel to address potential issues efficiently and discreetly before they become significant and expensive problems that affect their clients’ businesses.

Bodman is a member of the State Bar of Michigan’s Pro Bono Honor Roll. Pro bono service is ingrained into Bodman’s culture, beginning with its summer associates and carrying through to its most senior lawyers. The firm encourages and supports pro bono work through its policies, its long-standing Pro Bono Committee, and its employment of a full-time Pro Bono Counsel. Its innovative and effective pro bono efforts make Bodman a model and leader for other firms in the state. Most importantly, the firm’s efforts have a direct impact on its communities and on the lives of those with little or no access to legal services.

Main Areas of Practice: 

Appellate  

Automotive & Industrial  

Aviation Law & Finance  

Banking  

Bankruptcy & Debtor-Creditor Rights  

Business/Corporate/M&A  

Construction  

Data Privacy & Security  

Emerging Companies & Venture Capital  

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation  

Enterprise Procurement  

Environmental  

Exempt Organizations & Impact Investing  

Health Care  

High Net Worth 

Insurance  

Intellectual Property / Patent  

Litigation & ADR  

Municipal Law & Finance  

Real Estate  

Tax  

Workplace/Labor & Employment 

International Work: 

Bodman represents many international clients with business interests in Michigan and elsewhere within the United States. Bodman attorneys regularly handle a broad range of sophisticated international legal matters: M&A and real estate transactions, joint ventures between US and foreign partners, complex supply arrangements, and international arbitrations.

Clients:  

Bodman has a diverse client base that includes high net worth individuals and businesses in a variety of industries, with emphasis on financial services, automotive, real estate, non-profit and charitable institutions, health care, general manufacturing and other sectors.

Representative Clients Include: 

AIG/American General; Archdiocese of Detroit; Bank of America; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan; Cerberus Capital Management; Charles Stewart Mott Foundation; Citizens Bank; City of Ann Arbor; City of Grosse Pointe Park; Comerica Bank; The Detroit Lions, Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company; Flagstar Bank; Ford family members; Freudenberg North America; The Guardian Life Insurance Co.; The Henry Ford; The Huntington National Bank; KUKA Systems; Lear Corp.; Letica Corp.; Midwest Energy Cooperative; Novares US LLC; PNC Bank; Pulte Homes of Michigan; Rockwell Medical, Inc.; St. Marys Cement Corporation; Tenneco, Inc. (and its subsidiary, Federal-Mogul Motorparts); TD Auto Finance; Titan International, Inc.; Wells Fargo Bank.