General Information
Year founded:
1929
This is the year the firm (or its earliest predecessor entity) was founded.
Overview
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Bodman clients demand the best. We, in turn, are laser-focused on providing the highest quality legal services to clients in Michigan, across the United States, and around the world.
Our clients are businesses, individuals, and institutions with big ideas and big achievements. For more than 85 years, they have trusted us to serve as a strategic business partner. In exchange, we offer them the insight, experience and value they need to succeed.
We value long-term client relationships above short-term gain, and we nurture those relationships carefully. We work to understand our clients' businesses and the markets within which they operate. This enables us to provide both strategic advice and preventative counsel to address potential issues efficiently and discreetly before they become significant and expensive problems. We deliver on our promises with quality, integrity, and knowledge.
The power of our approach is clear in the extraordinarily long-term relationships we have. For example, we have represented the interests of the Ford family continuously since 1929. We have represented Comerica Incorporated and its predecessor, Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit, since we helped found Manufacturers in 1933.
Our clients are businesses, individuals, and institutions with big ideas and big achievements. For more than 85 years, they have trusted us to serve as a strategic business partner. In exchange, we offer them the insight, experience and value they need to succeed.
We value long-term client relationships above short-term gain, and we nurture those relationships carefully. We work to understand our clients' businesses and the markets within which they operate. This enables us to provide both strategic advice and preventative counsel to address potential issues efficiently and discreetly before they become significant and expensive problems. We deliver on our promises with quality, integrity, and knowledge.
The power of our approach is clear in the extraordinarily long-term relationships we have. For example, we have represented the interests of the Ford family continuously since 1929. We have represented Comerica Incorporated and its predecessor, Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit, since we helped found Manufacturers in 1933.
Rankings
Bodman PLC is nationally ranked in 2 practice areas and metro ranked in 35 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.
Read how Best Law Firms ranks firmsNational Rankings
Tier 2
Tier 2 for Banking and Finance Law
Tier 3
Tier 3 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Metro Rankings
Ann Arbor
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Copyright Law
Tier 1 for Corporate Law
Tier 1 for Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Tier 1 for Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
Select Clients
- Bank of America
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Cerberus Capital Management
- Comerica Bank
- EOTECH, LLC
- Financial Institutions Compliance Cooperative
- Flagstar Bank
- Freudenberg North America
- Lear Corporation
- Memorial Healthcare
- Pulte Homes of Michigan
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
- The Huntington National Bank
Rankings
National Rankings
Tier 2
Tier 2 for Banking and Finance Law
Tier 3
Tier 3 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Regional Rankings
Ann Arbor
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Copyright Law
Tier 1 for Corporate Law
Tier 1 for Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Tier 1 for Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
Tier 1 for Technology Law
Tier 2 for Appellate Practice
Tier 2 for Construction Law
Tier 2 for Litigation - Intellectual Property
Tier 2 for Litigation - Patent
Tier 2 for Trademark Law
Detroit
Tier 1 for Banking and Finance Law
Tier 1 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Tier 1 for Bet-the-Company Litigation
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Corporate Law
Tier 1 for Litigation - Banking and Finance
Tier 1 for Litigation - Bankruptcy
Tier 1 for Litigation - Environmental
Tier 1 for Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Tier 1 for Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
Tier 1 for Nonprofit / Charities Law
Tier 1 for Real Estate Law
Tier 1 for Trusts and Estates
Tier 2 for Employment Law - Management
Tier 2 for Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Tier 3 for Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Tier 3 for Environmental Law
Grand Rapids
Tier 1 for Banking and Finance Law
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Litigation and Controversy - Tax
Tier 2 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Tier 2 for Tax Law
Tier 2 for Trusts and Estates
Tier 3 for Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Troy
Tier 1 for Banking and Finance Law
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Corporate Law
Tier 1 for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Tier 1 for Employment Law - Management
Tier 1 for Labor Law - Management
Tier 1 for Litigation - Banking and Finance
Tier 1 for Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Tier 1 for Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Tier 1 for Real Estate Law
Tier 1 for Trusts and Estates
Tier 2 for Insurance Law
Tier 2 for Litigation - Insurance
Tier 2 for Litigation - Real Estate
Tier 2 for Securities / Capital Markets Law
Tier 3 for Bet-the-Company Litigation
Tier 3 for Litigation - Labor and Employment
Tier 3 for Municipal Law
Tier 3 for Trademark Law
Practice Areas
The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.
- Appellate Practice
- Aviation Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Construction Law
- Copyright Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Economic Development Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law - Management
- Environmental Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Food and Beverage Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Law
- International Arbitration - Commercial
- IT Outsourcing Law
- Labor Law - Management
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Litigation - Construction
- Litigation - Environmental
- Litigation - First Amendment
- Litigation - Insurance
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
- Litigation - Municipal
- Litigation - Patent
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Litigation - Securities
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Municipal Law
- Nonprofit / Charities Law
- Privacy and Data Security Law
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Tax Law
- Technology Law
- Trademark Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Venture Capital
Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®
Bodman PLC has 73 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in
America®.
By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made Bodman PLC eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings.
For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards.
Read more about our Best Lawyers process here.
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Client Comments
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Awards
Awards are self-reported by firms and are not verified by the Best Law Firms rankings.
- Corp! Magazine Diversity-Focused Company
- Access to Justice Campaign Leadership Law Firm (State Bar of Michigan)
- LAD Pro Bono Attorney of the Year (Karen L. Piper)
- LISC Detroit Community Development Distinguished Pro Bono Service Provider Award
- Michigan Advocacy Program Circle of Excellence Award
- Michigan Community Resources Award for Exemplary Service
- Michigan Community Resources Law Firm of the Year
- Pro Bono Honor Roll (Michigan State Bar)
- Urban League of Detroit $ SE Michigan Corporate Community Service Award
- Crains Detroit Business "Cool Place to Work"
- Legal Marketing Assoc.-Midwest Your Honor Award
- Detroit Free Press "Top Workplace"
Main Location
Detroit,
MI
Ford Field, Sixth Floor
1901 Saint Antoine Street
Detroit, MI 48226
United States
313-259-7777
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Office Locations
Ann Arbor,
MI
201 South Division Street, Suite 400
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
United States
734-761-3780
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Grand Rapids,
MI
99 Monroe Avenue, NW, Suite 300
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
United States
616-205-4330
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Troy,
MI
201 West Big Beaver Road, Suite 500
Troy, MI 48084
United States
248-743-6000
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Management and Personnel
Chair
Carrie Leahy