Dykema Gossett PLLC

Dykema Gossett PLLC has longstanding experience in representing traditional original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The team also advises electric and autonomous vehicle companies and suppliers, and its litigators frequently defend automotive product liability, wrongful death, defect, property damage, and recall claims. The litigation practice of automotive industry group director Laura Baucus covers contract terminations, procurement and supply chain issues, and warranty and cost recovery matters. In Detroit, Lisa Brown represents global automotive companies in litigation, while Michael Cooney is litigation department director. Further key lawyers include Los Angeles-based Dommond Lonnie, an expert in automotive liability cases and defending OEMs, and Minneapolis-based Michael Carey, who co-leads the electric and autonomous vehicles and advanced mobility practice. The next line of practitioners includes San Antonio-based Daniela Gonzales Aldape, whose experience includes catastrophic injury and death claims, John Black, an expert in product liability, wrongful death and commercial litigation, and automotive dealer statute-related compliance specialist Robert Hugh Ellis. Nina Gavrilovic, along with Los Angeles-based Samantha Hughes and Dmitriy Kopelevich are other active advisers. All attorneys named are based in Bloomfield Hills unless otherwise stated.