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Bonnie Mayfield is a trial lawyer who is a member of the Litigation and Employment Law practice groups and focuses on tort, employment discrimination, product liability (pharmaceutical, medical device, chemical and toxic tort), Petroleum Manufacturing Practices Act, and commercial litigation.
She has been selected by several major clients to defend their employment, pharmaceutical, and commercial matters and also to be the Responsible Partner managing the client/law firm relationships. As a Responsible Partner, Ms. Mayfield assists in the management of the client/law firm relationships and also performs substantive work for those clients. As a Responsible Partner, Ms. Mayfield enhances the client/law firm relationships, facilitates constructive feedback, and provides a common focal point and conduit for both our lawyers and client contacts, in addition to defending legal matters.
A frequent lecturer, she has spoken to groups such as the International Association of Defense Counsel, and the State Bars of Michigan and Wisconsin, and was a panelist at the American Bar Association's 1996 and 2002 mid-year products liability meetings. Prior to joining Dykema, she served as a Council on Legal Education Opportunity teaching assistant for Ralph Smith (law professor, University of Pennsylvania) and clerked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. She also clerked for the Honorable Julian Cook (former Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan) and for the Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones (Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit). Bonnie interned for the Honorable Harold Baer, Jr. (former New York Supreme Court Justice) and the Honorable Caleb Wright, Jr. (former Delaware Federal District Court Judge). In law school, she was a member of New York University's Law Review.
Experience
Tort litigation, including negligence, emotional distress, consumer protection, fraud, tortious interference, and other business torts
Employment litigation, including discrimination and SOX
Class action and multidistrict litigation
Complex and mass tort and product liability litigation
Pharmaceutical and medical device litigation
Complex commercial and contract litigation
Statutory litigation, including Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act, and Carmack Amendment litigation
Significant Decisions
Frederick Muzyka v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 2007 WL 1888798 (E.D. Mich., June 29, 2007) (dismissing disability and hybrid §301 claims)
Lamont Moore v. United Parcel Service, Inc., No. 06-cv-1021 (E.D. Mich., May 24, 2007) (dismissing race discrimination and wrongful discharge claims)
Margaret Sokolnicki v. Cingular, 2007 WL 1500182 (E.D. Mich., May 22, 2007) (dismissing age discrimination and emotional distress claims)
Mock v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 2006 WL 648833 (W.D. Mich., March 13, 2006) (dismissing hybrid §301 claim)
Mock v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 2005 WL 3107731 (W.D. Mich., November 18, 2005) (dismissing wrongful discharge and gender and race discrimination claims)
Radu v. Lear Corporation, 2005 WL 2417625 (E.D. Mich., September 30, 2005) (dismissing claim of whistle-blower retaliation in violation of SOX)
Radu v. Lear Corporation, 2005SOX00036 (U.S. DOL, June 21, 2005) (dismissing claim of whistle-blower retaliation in violation of SOX)
Yax v. United Parcel Service, 2005 WL 3801465 RICO Bus.Disp.Guide 10,903 (E.D. Mich., May 31, 2005) (dismissing RICO and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims), aff'd 2006 WL 2441097, 2006 Fed. App. 0631N (6th Cir. August 24, 2006)
Heilig v United Parcel Service, Inc., No. 2:03-cv-72895-GER docket entry 34 (E.D. Mich., November 8, 2004) (dismissing age discrimination claim)
Equilon Enterprises, L.L.C. v. Rahim, Inc., 80 Fed.Appx. 463; 2003 WL 22598325 (6th Cir., November 07, 2003) (dismissing Petroleum Marketing Practices Act complaint)
Moll v. Abbott Laboratories, 192 Mich.App. 724, 482 N.W.2d 197 Prod.Liab.Rep. (CCH) 13,125 (Mich.App., February 03, 1992) (pharmaceutical case clarifying statute of limitations issues)
Publications
Practical Considerations for the Successful Defense of International and Foreign Corporations in Domestic Product Liability Litigation, Principal Co-Author, American Bar Association
Franchisor Liability Under an Apparent Authority Theory, Principal Co-Author, American Journal of Trial Advocacy
Post-Daubert Decisions Digest, American Bar Association
Preventing Manufacturer Compelled Disclosure of Confidential Information Contained in Voluntarily Submitted Adverse Event Reports, American Journal of Trial Advocacy and the IADC's Defense Counsel Journal
Prima Facie Design Defect Case & Expert Testimony, Michigan Bar Journal
Batson and Groups Other than Blacks: A Strict Scrutiny Analysis, American Journal of Trial Advocacy
Chinese Law, China MOR Letter
Rainmaking: Business Development And Retention Techniques, American Bar Association
Professional Associations
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
Wolverine Bar Association
National Bar Association
American Bar Association (former Diversity Chairperson, General Practice Section's Urban, State and Local Government Subcommittee) (Civil Justice Institute) (Section of Litigation, Products Liability Committee, Leadership)
State Bar of Michigan (former Judicial Qualifications--Co-chair and member of Professional and Judicial Ethics, Continuing Legal Education, Character and Fitness Committees)
Women Lawyers Association of Michigan (former President, Vice President, Program Chairperson, and Treasurer for the Wayne Region)
Defense Research Institute
United Negro College Fund (Women's Committee)
International Association of Defense Counsel (State Membership Chair)
State Bar of Michigan's Open Justice Commission (Commissioner)
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (Member).
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