Name: Gary L. Bender
Item: Gary L. Bender
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Gary L. Bender practices in the areas of business, M&A transactions, corporate governance, shareholder disputes and derivative actions, securities, commercial real estate, trademark and copyright, labor-management relations and employment law, administrative hearings and appeals, municipal law, insurance and mass transit defense, and commercial litigation winning several multi-million dollar verdicts and judgments in business litigation cases. He is listed in Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys and Adjusters, a national listing of attorneys recommended by insurance companies as most qualified to handle litigation, adjusting and expert service needs. Mr. Bender also serves as an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (formerly NASD) regarding securities and regulatory matters between broker dealers and customers.

In addition to his successful prosecution and defense of business claims, Mr. Bender obtained a multitude of large (over seven figures) judgements and settlements in personal injury matters and most recently represented some of the plaintiff survivors in the Larry Nassar abuse lawsuits with clients sharing in a $500 million settlement fund with other plaintiff survivors.

Mr. Bender is board member of several privately held commercial real estate companies holding single tenant, strip mall, and medical office buildings and has served on several nonprofit boards as well.

Mr. Bender is published on a wide range of topics including “Art Market and Insurance Coverage”, and “The New Net Profit Challenge—The End to an Era of Cheating the Talent”, and has presented and lectured at various professional organizations and law school symposiums and seminars. He has also served as an adjunct professor of law. Mr. Bender was selected as a Top-Rated Lawyer in Intellectual Property by Martindale Hubbell and American Lawyer in 2013-2020. He is “AV” rated by Martindale-Hubbell, a nationally recognized peer review and rating service of all attorneys in the United States. “AV” is “Very High to Preeminent” in his legal ability and is the highest level of professional excellence. Mr. Bender is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Michigan and the District of Columbia. He is a member of the Business Law Section, Securities Law Section, International Law Section, and Arts, Communications, Entertainment and Sports Law Section of the Michigan Bar Association and the District of Columbia Bar Association.

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