Bodman PLC

77 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Biography

Mr. Deason concentrates his practice in corporate and business law including corporate governance, finance, organization, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial transactions.

He is an expert in local government law and served as a director and as president of the Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys. Mr. Deason has extensive experience in aviation law. He counsels individuals and corporations in the acquisition of private aircraft and represents the owner of a major fixed base operator of executive and corporate aircraft and its management company. He has also advised numerous purchasers of fractional interests in executive aircraft.

Mr. Deason has extensive commercial and legal experience involving core manufacturing and service industries, including operational as well as merger and acquisition counseling in automotive, banking, cement, data processing, enterprise software, firearms, general aviation, health care, paper and specialty chemical industries.

Mr. Deason serves or has served on many privately held corporate, nonprofit and educational boards. He is a member of the Law Board at Northwestern University Law School and a member of the External Advisory Committee to the Gerald R. Ford Institute for Public Policy and Service at Albion College. He is a former president of the Canada-U.S. Business Association, a former president of the American Heart Association — Grosse Pointe Division, and a former member of the audit committee of Bon Secours Hospital. He served on the boards of directors of Techform Products Limited and Kent-Gamebore Corporation.

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Bodman PLC

77 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • Northwestern University, J.D., graduated 1967
  • Albion College, B.A.

  • Michigan, State Bar of Michigan

  • Albion College-Gerald R. Ford Institute for Public Policy and Service - External Advisory Committee
  • Northwestern University Law School - Member, Law Board
  • Michigan, State Bar of Michigan
  • Albion College-Gerald R. Ford Institute for Public Policy and Service - External Advisory Committee
  • Northwestern University Law School - Member, Law Board
  • Northwestern University, J.D., graduated 1967
  • Albion College, B.A.

Client Testimonials

A pro's pro is Mr. Herold Deason. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience that is reasoned as opposed to "chest pounding" bravado that I have seen elsewhere. He is efficient and very straight-forward talking with us as clients in terms non-lawyers can understand to make the informed decisions as a team and not as a lawyer taking you in a direction you may not understand as to where you are going. He is a decent honest person who is a cracker of a lawyer.

Patrick S. Connelly (Automotive Component Manufacturing Inc. )

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Corporate Law
Special Focus:
  • Aviation
  • Closely-Held Businesses
  • Commercial
  • Corporate Compliance
  • Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Cross-Border
  • Family Businesses
  • General Corporate
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Municipal
  • Transactions
Awards:
  • AVĀ® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
  • DBusiness magazine "Top Lawyer" 2009-2013, 2015

Additional Information

  • Former Leadership Positions
  • Canada-U.S. Business Association (past President)
  • American Heart Association-Grosse Pointe Division (past President)
  • Bon Secours Hospital (former member, Audit Committee)
  • Techform Products Limited (former member, Board of Directors)
  • Kent-Gamebore Corporation (former member, Board of Directors)

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