Three Bodman Attorneys Selected for Detroit Bar Association Pro Bono Awards
11/25/25
Bodman PLC is pleased to announce that Reem S. Aburukba, Nashara A. L. Peart, and Erica J. Sarver have been selected for the Detroit Bar Association’s 2025 Pro Bono Award.
Pro Bono Awardees are Detroit Bar Association members who contributed at least 30 hours of pro bono work from November 1, 2024 through October 15, 2025 by volunteering for the Detroit Legal Services Clinic or for one of the many pro bono opportunities listed on the Detroit Bar Gateway. Awardees were recognized at the annual Dennis W. Archer Public Service Award Gala on November 13 which raises funds that are directly allocated to pro-bono legal services and educational and student activities.
Based in the firm’s Troy office, Aburukba is an associate in Bodman’s Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group. She represents clients involved in commercial litigation matters. As a law student, she served as a law clerk for the Honorable Judge Tracy Van den Bergh of the Washtenaw County Trial Court where she conducted legal research to complete judicial orders and opinions, reviewed pleadings, motions, and legal briefs filed by parties, and drafted ex parte orders and judgments.
Based in the firm’s Detroit office, Peart is a Senior Associate in Bodman’s Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group. She helps clients resolve complex business disputes and represents them in state and federal courts and in a broad range of alternative dispute resolution forums. She has received other recognitions for her pro bono efforts including the Detroit Bar Association Pro Bono Award in 2023 and in 2021, the Detroit Bar Association’s 2022 Outstanding Young Lawyer Pro Bono Award, and the Richard J. Seryak Award for Pro Bono Service in 2022. Peart was listed in the State Bar of Michigan 2025 A Lawyer Helps Pro Bono Honor Roll.
Based in the firm’s Detroit office, Sarver is a member of Bodman’s Environmental Law and Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Groups. She specializes in navigating the space between litigation and economic development, with a focus on environmental challenges that clients face throughout the course of real estate transactions. In 2019, she was selected as the Detroit Bar Association Barristers “Barrister of the Year” after serving in several board positions including Board President, Vice President, and Education Committee Co-Chair.