Nashara A. L. Peart

Nashara A.L. Peart is a Senior Associate in Bodman’s Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group. She helps clients resolve complex business disputes and represents them in state and federal courts and in a broad range of alternative dispute resolution forums.

She has particular experience in litigation matters involving complex business disputes, probate disputes, and general commercial disputes.

Before joining Bodman, Nashara served as an associate at a global law firm where she serviced clients on a broad range of business and probate litigation matters. Her experience includes successfully representing clients in arbitration, mediation, before the Michigan Court of Appeals, and as first chair in a federal jury trial, tried to a winning verdict.

Nashara holds law degrees from the United States and Canada and is licensed to practice in both countries.

As a law student at the University of Detroit-Mercy, she served on the Moot Court Board and participated in the G. Mennen Williams Moot Court Competition, passing with Distinction. She was recognized as a Top Ten Oralist in the Keenan Appellate Moot Court Competition.  At the University of Windsor, she received the Equity and Diversity Recognition Award and the J.W. Whiteside Award for outstanding service to the law school, the legal community, and the community of Windsor.

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

• Michigan Rising Stars 2024, Business Litigation
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• 2022 Outstanding Young Lawyer Pro Bono Award, Detroit Bar Association
• Richard J. Seryak Award for Pro Bono Service, 2022

Civic, Cultural, and Community Activities

• J.D. Bridges Foundation, Executive Director

Professional Affiliations

• State Bar of Michigan
  • Real Property Law Section
  • Litigation Section
    • Council Member (2023-2025)
  • Probate & Estate Planning Section
  • Young Lawyers Section
• Black Law Students’ Association of Canada
  • Former National President & National Conference Chair
  • Alumni Advisory Council Chair
• Canadian Association of Black Lawyers
  • Former Board Member

Speaking Engagements

• Moderator, ” Allyship,” University of Windsor Faculty of Law, August 30, 2023

Pro Bono

• State Bar of Michigan 2023 A Lawyer Helps Pro Bono Honor Roll
• Served as first chair in a federal jury trial in which she successfully represented a prisoner in a First Amendment lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Corrections.

Related News

• 09/09/2024Nashara A. L. Peart Selected as Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
• 08/12/202458 Bodman Attorneys Listed in Michigan Super Lawyers 2024
• 12/14/2023Nashara A. L. Peart Joins Bodman PLC’s Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice