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Detroit-based law firm Bodman PLC has formed an Aviation Law and Finance Practice Group. With seven members, Bodman has one of Michigan’s largest aviation law practices. The group’s clients include commercial lenders, fixed-base operators, aviation service providers, and corporate and…

The internationally recognized client and peer-review journal Benchmark Litigation has named Bodman PLC its Michigan Law Firm of the Year for the second straight year. The selection was announced at a national award ceremony held at the Essex House in…

We are pleased to announce that Celeste Arduino, Matt Rechtien, Charles Russman, Greg Ryan, & Andrew Schuster are members of the firm.

Highly-regarded banking and aviation law attorney Carla S. Machnik has joined Bodman PLC as a member. Machnik is based in Bodman’s Detroit office. She represents financial institutions in Canada and the United States in cross-border lending and financing transactions. She…

The Michigan Supreme Court has appointed Bodman PLC attorney Thomas Van Dusen to a third term on the Committee on Model Civil Jury Instructions. The committee is composed of judges and attorneys whose duty is to ensure that model civil…

Bodman PLC is pleased to announce that Maya K. Watson was named a 2014 “Up and Coming” Lawyer by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. The publication assigns this designation to attorneys who are in their first ten years of practice and whose…

Bodman PLC is pleased to announce that three new attorneys have joined the firm: Rhonda H. Armstrong, Donovan C. Asmar, and Apollo K Upshaw. Armstrong is a staff attorney in the Workplace Law Practice Group.  She concentrates her practice in…

Bodman PLC has again been named a “highly recommended” Michigan law firm for business litigation by the internationally-recognized peer and client review journal Benchmark Litigation 2015. Firms listed as “highly recommended” received the most favorable evaluations by peers and clients…

Bodman PLC is pleased to announce that it has been named Law Firm of the Year for 2014 by Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc. (LAD). LAD is Michigan’s largest provider of free civil legal assistance, serving metropolitan Detroit through…

U.S. News & World Report has named Bodman PLC to its 2015 “Best Law Firms” list in multiple practice areas both locally and nationally.     U.S. News rankings are based on a rigorous research process which includes feedback from clients…

Bodman PLC attorney Robert J. Diehl, Jr. has been named chair of the board of directors for the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion.  The Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion is a not-for-profit civil rights organization located in Detroit…

Bodman PLC is pleased to announce that the firm has been named one of Michigan’s 101 Best and Brightest Sustainable Companies for 2014. The 101 Best and Brightest Sustainable Companies competition celebrates organizations that inspire and integrate into their business…

Bodman PLC’s Workplace Law Group attorneys will host a seminar titled “Is Your Workplace Prepared for Increased Government Scrutiny?” on Monday, November 10, 2014 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Schoolcraft College’s VisTaTech Center in Livonia.  The event is…

Bodman PLC Chairman Ralph E. McDowell participated as a faculty member at the Second Annual Midwestern Law Firm Leaders Forum hosted by Thomson Reuters at The Standard Club in Chicago on October 8. McDowell, who chairs Bodman’s executive management committee,…

Three Bodman PLC attorneys, Susan M. Kornfield, Ralph E. McDowell, and David B. Walters, have each been named “Lawyer of the Year” for 2015 by the internationally recognized peer-review journal The Best Lawyers in America. The Best Lawyers in America…

Bodman PLC is pleased to announce that 46 of its attorneys have been listed in the 2015 edition of the respected peer-review journal, The Best Lawyers in America.

Kathleen O’Callaghan Hickey has been elected to the Walsh College Foundation Board of Directors for a three-year term. Walsh College is a private, not for profit institution offering upper-division undergraduate and graduate business and technology degrees and certificate programs that was…

Diane Akers, of Bodman’s Detroit office, has been named the recipient of the 9th Annual Stephen H. Schulman Outstanding Business Lawyer Award by the State Bar of Michigan Business Law Section.   “I was always interested in law. But when…

Bodman PLC attorney Michelle Thurber Czapski, who practices in the firm’s Detroit office, has been named one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation for 2014 by the internationally-recognized peer-review publication Benchmark Litigation. Czapski is one of only four attorneys…

Bodman PLC is proud to announce that Susan M. Kornfield, a member of the firm and co-chair of its Pro Bono Committee, will be the 2014 recipient of the prestigious John W. Cummiskey Pro Bono Award from the State Bar…

The prestigious client- and peer-review journal Chambers USA has again rated Bodman PLC as one of Michigan’s top business law firms. In the newly released 2014 edition, Chambers places Bodman in the “first band” (the highest possible rating) for Banking…

Michael M. Antovski has joined Bodman PLC as a member of the firm’s Business Practice Group. Antovski is based in Bodman’s Detroit office. He concentrates his practice in representing business clients, including corporations, LLCs, and partnerships, in matters involving tax…

The Michigan Supreme Court has reappointed Bodman PLC attorney Thomas Van Dusen to the Committee on Model Civil Jury Instructions, which drafts standard instructions for juries in civil cases. The committee is composed of 21 judges and attorneys who ensure…

Fredrick J. Dindoffer, chair of Bodman’s Environmental Practice Group, presented to the Environmental Bankers Association (EBA) at its recent conference, “Rebalancing Risk, Its Mitigation, Opportunities and Rewards,” held in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Dindoffer offered an attorney’s view on the…

Detroit-based law firm Bodman PLC has admitted David C. Bosman, Brandon M. Dalziel, Jason R. Gourley, and Rebecca D’Arcy O’Reilly as members of the firm. Bosman, of Bodman’s Detroit office, is a member of the Banking Practice Group. He concentrates…