Michael C. Tibbits Joins Bodman's Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Group
07/08/24
Bodman is pleased to announce that Michael C. Tibbits has joined the firm as a senior associate in the Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group, based in the firm’s Grand Rapids office.
Tibbits is an experienced trial attorney specializing in complex litigation matters. Before joining Bodman, he served as a defense counsel for the United States Marines Corp at Camp Lejeune,
North Carolina.
During his service, Tibbits successfully represented Marines and Sailors facing special and general courts-martial, boards of inquiry, post trial hearings, and administrative separation boards. He counseled several in non-judicial punishment, courts-martial, pretrial confinement hearings, competency review boards, and situations in which Article 31b, UCMJ, rights are invoked. Tibbits is a recipient of the Navy Commendation Medal for meritorious service.
Tibbits also previously was an associate attorney at an AmLaw 50 law firm where he represented large corporations and governmental entities in multi-million dollar civil suits, malpractice lawsuits, insurance defense matters and legal responsibility.
As a law student at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Tibbits served as a law clerk for the Hon. Michael J. Riordan of the Michigan Court of Appeals. He was the president of the Federalist Society and a student attorney at the Juvenile Law Appellate Clinic.