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Chambers USA Ranks Bodman Among Michigan's Top Business Law Firms

6/26/2009

The prestigious journal Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business has again named Bodman LLP one of Michigan’s leading business law firms in five major areas of practice: Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate, and Labor & Employment.

Bodman is the only firm in Michigan to achieve the highest possible rating in the Banking & Finance category for 2009. Bodman has earned the highest Chambers rating for Banking & Finance for seven consecutive years and has been in sole possession of the top ranking for two consecutive years.

Chambers USA ranks law firms and individual lawyers nationally in major areas of practice. The journal is highly regarded within the legal industry because its rankings are based upon exhaustive research including thousands of interviews with firm clients and with practicing attorneys.

Bodman attorneys included in the individual rankings are:

  • Banking & Finance: Robert J. Diehl, Jr., Stephen I. Greenhalgh, Scott P. Gyorke, Kathleen O’Callaghan Hickey, Joseph J. Kochanek, Ralph E. McDowell, Larry R. Shulman, Wendy L. Zabriskie
  • Commercial Litigation: Dennis J. Levasseur, Joseph J. Shannon
  • Corporate / M&A: Timothy R. Damschroder, Laurence B. Deitch, F. Thomas Lewand
  • Labor & Employment: John C. Cashen, Karen L. Piper
  • Real Estate: David W. Hipp, Nicholas P. Scavone, Jr., Andrew Z. Spilkin