59 Bodman Attorneys Listed in Michigan Super Lawyers 2025
08/19/26
Bodman PLC is pleased to announce that 55 of the firm’s attorneys have been included in the 2026 edition of Michigan Super Lawyers and Michigan Rising Stars, a nationally recognized honor that includes outstanding lawyers in more than 70 practice areas.
The publisher of Super Lawyers uses a selection process that combines peer nominations and evaluations of highly regarded practitioners with independent research. Lawyers who are 40 years of age and under, or who have been in practice for less than 10 years, are included in a separate category as “Rising Stars.” In each state, the Super Lawyers list recognizes no more than five percent of attorneys and the Rising Stars list recognizes no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys.
The Bodman attorneys listed in Michigan Super Lawyers 2026 (by office location, including practice area) are:
Ann Arbor
- Timothy R. Damschroder (Mergers & Acquisitions)
- Susan M. Kornfield (Intellectual Property)
- Carrie Leahy (Business/Corporate)
- Jennifer M. Oertel (Nonprofit Organizations)
Detroit
- Marc M. Bakst (Bankruptcy: Business)
- Andrew H. Curoe (Estate & Probate)
- Robert J. Diehl, Jr. (Creditor Debtor Rights)
- Nathan D. Dupes (Business Litigation)
- David P. Larsen (Estate & Probate)
- Ralph E. McDowell (Bankruptcy: Business)
- Jeffrey G. Raphelson (Business Litigation)
- Joseph J. Shannon (Business Litigation)
- Larry R. Shulman (Banking)
- Jaimee L. Witten (Creditor Debtor Rights)
Grand Rapids
- Brian E. Kersey (Banking)
- Wayne D. Roberts (Tax)
Troy
- Adam Behrendt (Business Litigation)
- John T. Below (Employment & Labor)
- David C. Bosman (Banking)
- Steven R. Cole (Tax)
- Michelle Thurber Czapski (Business Litigation)
- Stephen P. Dunn (Business Litigation)
- Gary S. Fealk (Employment Litigation: Defense)
- Nicholas P. Scavone, Jr. (Real Estate)
The Bodman attorneys selected for Michigan Rising Stars 2026 are:
Ann Arbor
- Mary E. Cebula (Business/Corporate)
- Spencer M. Darling (Intellectual Property)
- Alexandra E. Dieck (Real Estate)
- Kelsey M. Doran (Business/Corporate)
- Debani T. Gordon Lehman (General Litigation)
- Kenneth R. Powell (Business/Corporate)
- Adomas N. Rauckis (Mergers & Acquisitions)
- Sinéad G. Redmond (Alternative Dispute Resolution)
Detroit
- Christopher A. Attar (Tax)
- Zachary J. Bialick (Estate & Probate)
- Emily A. Cross (Business Litigation)
- Sarah L. Cylkowski (Business Litigation)
- Fawzeih H. Daher (Business Litigation)
- Mackenzie E. Dayfield (Employment & Labor)
- Holly A. Hubert (Technology Transactions)
- Chelsey L. Jones (Banking)
- Kelly M. Lockman (Real Estate)
- Alexandra C. Markel (Business Litigation)
- Amanda McSween Empey (Employment & Labor)
- Nashara A.L. Peart (Business Litigation)
- Christopher J. Rambus (Estate & Probate)
- Matthew A. Slipchuk (Mergers & Acquisitions)
- Katherine A. Zannetti (Banking)
Grand Rapids
- Erin M. Haney (Tax)
- Rachael W. Roseman (Civil Litigation: Defense)
- Matthew R. Smith (Real Estate)
Troy
- Donovan S. Asmar (Business Litigation)
- John (Jack) Kelly (Real Estate)
- Michelle L. Kolkmeyer (Employment & Labor)
- Rebecca C. Seguin-Skrabucha (Employment & Labor)
- Kyle M. Traver (Business/Corporate)