Ms. Kokotovich concentrates her practice in the documentation of secured and unsecured, single bank and multi-bank, commercial loan transactions.

Her experience includes structuring, negotiating, and documenting commercial loan transactions of various types including leveraged buyout and leveraged recapitalization loans, acquisition financing, asset-based loans, real estate financing, letter of credit facilities, and multi-rate, multi-currency loans and facilities, for borrowers in various industries.

Ms. Kokotovich has experience representing both agent banks and participating lenders in syndicated loan transactions. She also advises corporate clients in connection with financing transactions and has experience assisting private foundations with loan documentation for program-related investments.

Ms. Kokotovich began her legal career at Bodman in 2003. From 2022 to 2025 she served as Assistant General Counsel for one of the nation’s largest all-digital banks, where she supported the commercial automotive financing and remarketing divisions by drafting and negotiating various commercial agreements, developing and updating standard forms and assisting the business with identifying and mitigating legal risks in connection with new product and service offerings.

In law school, Ms. Kokotovich clerked for the employment division of the Wisconsin Department of Justice and with a large international firm. In addition, Ms. Kokotovich interned for Justice David Prosser, Jr. of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She also volunteered at the University of Wisconsin Legal Information Center and served as a board member of PRAXIS Legal Magazine.

Ms. Kokotovich is proficient in Portuguese.

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

• The Best Lawyers in America© 2021-2022, Real Estate Law
• Michigan Rising Stars 2012, Banking

Recent Publications

• Co-author, “Advising the Fintech Client -Identifying Regulatory Issues,” Michigan Business Law Journal (Fall 2019)

Speaking Engagements

• Presenter, “Contract Drafting: What is the Deal,” Wayne State University Law School Business and Community Law Clinic (Fall Semester 2023, Spring Semester 2024-2025)
• Presenter, “Warranties, Indemnity and Limitations of Liability,” Institute for Supply Management (ISM)-Southeast Michigan Legal Briefing, Troy, MI, May 16, 2019
• Co-presenter (with Katherine Razdolsky Rothstein), “A Juggler’s Guide to Portal Payment Risk and Non-Disclosures,” Great Lakes Association for Financial Professionals (GLAFP) Spring Training, Novi, MI, May 9, 2019

Pro Bono

• Various referrals via the Legal Aid & Defender Pro Se Family Law Clinic, University of Detroit Veterans Law Clinic, Crossroads Legal Clinic, ProsperUS Detroit, and Lakeshore Legal Aid working with clients on family law, veterans’ benefits, estate planning, expungement, and small business and nonprofit contracting matters.

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