63 Bodman Attorneys Named 'Top Lawyers 2014' by D Business Magazine
12/27/13
Business publication DBusiness has named 63 Bodman PLC attorneys to its 2014 “Top Lawyers” list published in the November/December issue.
To compile the list DBusiness polled more than 18,000 private attorneys from Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, and Livingston counties. The lawyers were asked to nominate leading peer lawyers in 47 legal specialties.
Bodman attorneys were recognized in 32 different practice areas. The listed Bodman lawyers appear below by practice area.
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
J. Adam Behrendt; Joseph J. Shannon; Thomas J. Tallerico; R. Craig Hupp
APPELLATE LAW
James J. Walsh
BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES
Kathleen O’Callaghan Hickey; Wendy L. Zabriskie; Damali A. Sahu; Joseph J. Kochanek; Larry R. Shulman; Nicholas P. Scavone, Jr.; Ralph E. McDowell; Robert J. Diehl, Jr.; Scott P. Gyorke
BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR/DEBTOR RIGHTS
Robert J. Diehl, Jr.; Brian R. Trumbauer; Marc M. Bakst; Ralph E. McDowell
COMMERCIAL LAW
Gene P. Bowen; Mark W. Peters; Edwin J. Lukas
CONSTRUCTION LAW
Harvey W. Berman; Gary D. Reeves; Matthew T. Jane
COPYRIGHT LAW
Alan N. Harris; Susan M. Kornfield; Angela Sujek
CORPORATE LAW
David C. Stone; Timothy R. Damschroder; Brandon M. Dalziel; Edwin J. Lukas; Forrest O. Dillon; Laurence B. Deitch; Robert J. Diehl, Jr.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS LAW
David B. Walters; Charles M. Russman
ENERGY LAW
Fredrick J. Dindoffer
ENVIRONMENTAL
Fredrick J. Dindoffer; R. Craig Hupp
FOOD & BEVERAGE LAW
G. Christopher Bernard
HEALTH CARE
E. William S. Shipman; Brandon M. Dalziel
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT & DISCOVERY LAW
Alan N. Harris
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW
Alan N. Harris; Susan M. Kornfield
INSURANCE LAW
Michelle T. Czapski
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
John C. Cashen; Steven J. Fishman; Karen L. Piper; Christopher P. Mazzoli
LITIGATION – ANTITRUST
George G. Kemsley
LITIGATION – BANKING AND FINANCE
Dennis J. Levasseur; Thomas P. Bruetsch
LITIGATION – COMMERCIAL
Alan N. Harris; Thomas J. Tallerico; Dennis J. Levasseur; Joseph J. Shannon
LITIGATION – CONSTRUCTION
Gary D. Reeves; Matthew T. Jane; Matthew R. Rechtien
LITIGATION – INSURANCE
Michelle T. Czapski
LITIGATION – INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Alan N. Harris
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Timothy R. Damschroder; Carrie W. Leahy; Gene P. Bowen; Forrest O. Dillon; Laurence B. Deitch; Robert J. Diehl, Jr.
MUNICIPAL LAW
Dennis J. Levasseur
NONPROFIT/CHARITIES LAW
Christopher J. Dine; Celeste E. Arduino; David M. Hempstead; Joseph J. Kochanek; Randolph Perry
PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW
George G. Kemsley
PUBLIC FINANCE LAW
Barbara A. Bowman; Carl T. Stafford; F. Thomas Lewand
REAL ESTATE LAW
David W. Hipp; Nicholas P. Scavone; Andrew Z. Spilkin
SECURITIES LAW
Barbara A. Bowman; Edwin J. Lukas; Fred B. Green
TAX LAW
Jerrold M. Bigleman; Jay Barnett Colvin; Christopher J. Dine
TRUST AND ESTATES
Andrew H. Curoe; David M. Hempstead; David P. Larsen; Anthony P. Cracchiolo; Marguerite Munson Lentz
Bodman is one of Michigan’s largest business law firms with more than 150 lawyers in four Michigan offices in Detroit, Troy, Ann Arbor, and Cheboygan, and an affiliate office in Dallas, Texas. Bodman has a diverse client base that includes individuals and businesses in a variety of industries with emphasis on financial services, automotive, real estate and construction, high tech, health care, manufacturing, and other sectors.