Jeffrey E. "Jeff" Kaufman

With a unique background in construction management and finance, Mr. Chioini’s primary practice focuses on representing construction companies, businesses, and families in a wide array of matters ranging from contract review to arbitration and litigation to complex divorce matters. During the serious downturn of the economy in Michigan in 2008, Mr. Chioini was successful in assisting his clients in shoring up and defending their accounts receivables through the implementation of liens a...

Mark Peters provides experienced, insightful and effective corporate and business law counsel to both public and private company clients in a variety of industries. Mark’s areas of expertise include mergers and acquisitions, including international transactions; securities regulation and compliance; commercial contracts; corporate governance compliance; and general counsel services. He is a member of Bodman’s Business Practice Group and Automotive and Industrial Team. Mark has suc...

Roberta Granadier’s practice focuses on employee benefits and executive compensation. She works with private, public and governmental employers on their qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, executive and incentive compensation programs, ESOPs and insured and self-insured health plans. Ms. Granadier has extensive experience with benefits issues in corporate transactions, including change of control parachute excise taxes, plan terminations and spin-offs and transition of benefit...

Jennifer Goulah represents financial institutions, corporations, and individual clients in connection with complex real estate purchases, sales, and leases, and in connection with negotiating and documenting real estate finance transactions. She has extensive experience examining and assessing legal documents pertaining to interests in commercial land and access to natural resources and in advising clients as to legal procedures required to convey and establish legal interests in real estate....

Mark Cantor specializes in trademark litigation and has tried various cases involving patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights. Mark is one of the founders of the firm and has been with the firm as a Shareholder since 1983. He has over 35 years of IP litigation experience. He has extensive experience in dealing with complex litigation matters in all technology areas and has tried cases relating to patents, trademarks, trade secrets and copyrights in state and federal courts and admi...

Joseph Buttiglieri is a shareholder concentrating his practice in the areas of probate litigation and administration, conservatorships, guardianships, wrongful death distributions, family law, and mediation. Mr. Buttiglieri is a popular speaker and writer on topics in his focus areas. He is able to hold the attention of attorneys and non-attorneys. For years, he has often been a featured presenter at the annual ICLE Probate and Estate Planning Seminar and at other ICLE seminars. Recently he w...

Derek Brackon is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Derek, who practices law in Farmington Hills, Michigan, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Derek is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Mr. Asmar is a member of the Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group. He represents clients involved in complex commercial litigation matters. Before joining Bodman, Mr. Asmar clerked for Justice Mary Beth Kelly of the Michigan Supreme Court. He has also worked for a Detroit-area litigation defense firm where he participated in a variety of cases involving civil rights, employment issues, commercial disputes, municipal liability, contractual claims, and constitutional cla...

Michael A. Robbins has been practicing law in the State of Michigan since 1982. His practice concentrates exclusively in the area of Family Law. Family law includes such areas as divorce; child custody; parenting time; spousal and child support; property division; division of retirement benefits; tax consequences of divorce; mediation and arbitration; annulments; paternity; prenuptial and postnuptial agreements; change of domicile; grandparent's rights; domestic violence; and post-judgment pr...

Lawrence E. Gursten 's legal career as one of the top car accident lawyers in the country spans more than 40 years. He is founding partner of Michigan Auto Law and continues to passionately advocate for victims of car and truck accidents throughout Michigan. Larry has lectured extensively at legal seminars for nearly 40 years, helping Michigan lawyers on the subjects of traumatic brain injury, neck and back injury cases, the Michigan No-Fault law and strategies for litigating automobile accid...