Angela Emmerling Boufford is a business litigation attorney based in Butzel Long's Bloomfield Hills office. She is a graduate of Michigan State University (1994) and the Michigan State University College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Ms. Boufford earned numerous honors during her academic career, including Jurisprudence Achievement Book Awards in Civil Procedure I, Civil Procedure II, Labor Law, and Research Writing and Advocacy. Ms. Boufford was also the proud recipient of an Eve August Moot Court Scholarship and the prestigious International Academy of Trial Lawyers Plaque.
Ms. Boufford has extensive litigation experience ranging from the defense of municipalities in 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuits to the defense of multi-million dollar commercial and securities-related disputes. She has defended securities brokers and broker/dealers in customer arbitrations across the country. In addition, she has significant experience handling electronic discovery, including the coordination and supervision of large-scale electronic document review projects.
Ms. Boufford has represented clients in Michigan trial and appellate courts, federal trial and appellate courts, and various arbitration forums (including FINRA and AAA) in multiple states. She is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the American Bar Association, the Oakland County Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, and has been admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
Experience
· Obtained summary judgment in favor of Huron Valley Steel in an extremely complex, $500 million CERCLA cost-recovery litigation brought by Plaintiff.
News
Media Releases
05.04.09, Butzel Long participates in State Bar of Michigan/Paralegal/Legal Assistant Section Annual Day of Education seminar in Grand Rapids
Memberships
American Bar Association
Oakland County Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan
Recognitions
Jurisprudence Achievement Book Awards in Civil Procedure I, Civil Procedure II, Labor Law, and Research Writing and Advocacy
Recipient of an Eve August Moot Court Scholarship
Recipient of International Academy of Trial Lawyers Plaque
(Resident, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Office)