Emily Cross represents clients in complex commercial litigation matters, including securities litigation, contract disputes, constitutional litigation, and administrative law matters, and a broad range of other commercial and business disputes.

She also has significant automotive industry experience and handles transactional and litigation matters for clients in the automotive industry.

Before joining Bodman, Emily practiced law for five years in the New York office of a large international law firm.

She has also been active in pro bono matters including representing clients in immigration appeals to the Ninth Circuit and representing asylum and u-visa applicants in immigration applications and proceedings.

At the University of Michigan Law School, Emily served as an Associate Editor of the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform. She also participated in the Pediatric Advocacy Clinic and the Women‘s Law Student Association.

Emily is admitted to practice law in Michigan and New York.

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Honors, Awards, and Recognition

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2026-2027, Administrative / Regulatory Law, Commercial Litigation
• Michigan Rising Stars 2026, Business Litigation

Publications

• Co-author, “A UFLPA Update: US Customs Impounds Thousands of Vehicles with Suspected Banned Components,” Bodman Litigation Law Update (February 20, 2024)
• Co-Author (With Joseph J. Shannon and Jeffrey G. Raphelson), “Michigan Supreme Court Overrules Court of Appeals Decision in MSSC, Inc. v. Airboss Flexible Products Co.,” July 18, 2023

Pro Bono

• State Bar of Michigan 2025 A Lawyer Helps Pro Bono Honor Roll

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• 08/21/202518 Bodman PLC Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2026
• 02/20/2024A UFLPA Update: US Customs Impounds Thousands of Vehicles with Suspected Banned Components