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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
Lommen Abdo Client Wins Reversal of Summary Judgment in Watkins Case
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals found that when the facts are developed at trial, a reasonable factfinder could reach one of several factual conclusions: (1) the Appellants were misled into believing that the terms of the 1988 Agreement would continue to govern...
Net Winners in Madoff Ponzi Scheme Lose
SECOND CIRCUIT UPHOLDS MADOFF BANKRUPTCY COURT RULING THAT INVESTORS NOT ENTITLED TO DETERMINE LOSSES BASED ON LAST STATEMENT. On August 16, 2011, "net winners" in the massive Madoff Ponzi scheme were delivered a blow by the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. The...
Grandparent Visitation Clarified
The Minnesota Court of Appeals recently clarified the bounds of grandparent visitation in its decision in the case of In re the minor child C.D.G.D. v. Darst. Minnesota has long recognized a statutory right for grandparents to petition the Court for visitation with...
Duty to Defend
John Crawford spoke at the Minnesota Insurance Law Deskbook & Seminar on July 18, 2011 for Minnesota CLE. Session description: Duty to Defend: An interactive presentation discussing duty to defend, when attorney’s fees are recoverable in coverage disputes,...
Client Wins Partnership Breakup Case
Lommen attorneys Thomas Jacobson, Kay Hunt and Diane Odeen successfully represented David Bushard before the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a case that dealt with the breakup of a partnership. In 1995, Bushard and Steven Reisman formed PressEnter, a partnership that...
Lommen Abdo Files Suit Against Distributor of Defective Hip Replacement System
MINNEAPOLIS – 4/29/11 – A lawsuit was filed today in the Minnesota First District Court in Carver County on behalf of three plaintiffs who are claiming injuries resulting from a defective hip replacement system. The suit alleges that Simpson & Associates of...