Margie R. Bodas/Retired
Former Areas of Practice: Bankruptcy Litigation, Creditors’ Rights/Collection
Margie R. Bodas / Biography
Prior to her retirement, Margie litigated bankruptcy disputes such as preference claims, turnover actions, issues relating to the property of the bankruptcy estate, fraudulent transfers and other adversary actions. Most often she helped creditors who found themselves at odds with a bankruptcy trustee related to issues such as a claim for return of payments made to the debtor as a preference or the avoidance of a mortgage due to filing problems. She also helped businesses and individuals file proofs of claim.
In addition, she litigated workers’ compensation disputes in both the administrative system and the state and federal district courts – defending against workers’ compensation claims, pursuing subrogation claims, defending employers’ liability and .82 actions, resolving insurance coverage and premium disputes.
She has been rated AV Preeminent® for the highest level of professional excellence by Martindale-Hubbell.
As Vice-President of Practice Management at Lommen Abdo, her duties included business development, marketing, staffing, finances and oversight of the day-to-day operations of the firm. She was selected as one of the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal’s Women in Business in 2012.
Margie has been actively involved in the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce’s Executive Women’s Council and is a member of the Minneapolis St. Paul Community Board of Trustees for the Jeremiah Program. She has also been a strong supporter of Friends of Ngong Road, Hope Community and the Hope Chest for Breast Cancer.
Prior to her legal career, she coordinated an award winning community drug prevention program on the Iron Range and won awards as the news editor of the Mesabi Daily News. She is an avid Gopher football and basketball fan, baker of bundt cakes and an itinerant traveler.
Leadership + Activities
- Jeremiah Program, Minneapolis-St. Paul Community Board of Trustees
Education
- University of Minnesota, Duluth, B.A., magna cum laude, 1976
- William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1986
News + Articles
Attorney John Crawford Achieves Recertification in Civil Trial Law with the National Board of Trial Advocacy
The National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) is pleased to announce that John Crawford of the Lommen Abdo Law Firm has successfully achieved recertification as a civil trial advocate. Mr. Crawford has been a NBTA member is good standing for since April of 1997. The...
Lommen Abdo Strengthens its Estate Planning and Corporate Practices
Cameron Kelly, an estate planning and corporate attorney, joined Lommen Abdo this month. Cameron Kelly enjoys providing high quality planning for individuals and businesses. His practice includes assisting clients with comprehensive estate planning, including wills,...
Basic Tax Planning and Trusts 101
Cameron Kelly presented “Basic Tax Planning and Trusts 101” at the National Business Institute national webinar, Estate Planning from A to Z, on May 17, 2017. A nationally broadcast continuing education course provided to attorneys, financial planners, trust...
Vaccine law: where it came from, how it works
The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 established the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program after lawsuits against manufacturers threatened to cause vaccine shortages. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to -34. In an effort to maintain a supply of vaccines,...
The Ins and Outs of Legal Malpractice Claims
Phil Cole and Richard Thomas, Burke & Thomas, presented a webcast series on the ins and outs of legal malpractice claims. The series took place at noon on three Fridays throughout May 2017 and presented by Minnesota CLE. Friday, May 12, 2017 Legal Malpractice:...
Advice from an all-too personal experience: so your identity is stolen…Now what do you do?
You check your mailbox. No mail. Seems strange. The next day you receive calls from credit card companies checking on your applications. Next you receive letters from credit card companies. No applications were made by you. You wonder if this is a phishing expedition...