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
Are you aware that Minnesota amended its Termination of Sales Representatives Act?
Minnesota law has long protected from termination without cause sales representatives who represent manufacturers, wholesalers, assemblers or importers and solicit wholesale orders. Until recently, this law could be circumvented by contractual choice-of-law clauses...
Michael Moline Achieves Recertification in Civil Trial Law With the National Board of Trial Advocacy
MINNEAPOLIS/MINNESOTA -The National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) is pleased to announce that Michael R. Moline of the law firm, Lommen Abdo, P.A. has successfully achieved recertification as a civil trial advocate. Mr. Moline has been a NBTA member is good standing...
Emergency Accident Response
Kelly Sofio and her former partner presented on response to catastrophic accidents to claims personnel at the Metropolitan Council in 2014.
Tips from the Trenches: How to Succeed as a Summer Associate and as a First-Year Associate
Lauren Nuffort and Paul Shapiro drafted an article for the Winter 2014 edition of Minnesota Defense, "Tips from the Trenches: How to Succeed as a Summer Associate and as a First-Year Associate." Article summary: The Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association (MDLA)...
Protecting Our Assets: Best Practices for Administering the Cobell Settlement – Top 10 Lessons Learned
Mike Moline and John Herrera spoke on November 13, 2014 at the Native Asset Building Summit on the topic “Protecting our Assets: Best Practices for Administering the Cobell Settlement - Top 10 Lessons Learned.” Session description: After more than 20 years of...
Kathleen Loucks Brings Her Practice to Lommen Abdo
Veteran trial lawyer and commercial litigator, Kathleen Loucks, joins Lommen Abdo's Litigation team after seven years at Hellmuth & Johnson. She started her career in the courtroom, cutting her teeth in criminal court as a prosecutor. Kathleen spent the last seven...