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• Smith Bovill P.C.

Law Firm Overview

The Law firm of Smith Bovill P.C. has offices in Saginaw and Frankenmuth, Michigan. The firm's objective is to provide quality legal services which are consistent with the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct.

'Smith Bovill' was originally founded by Albert A. Smith in 1939. He was joined in 1964 by William S. Bovill. There are presently ten attorneys in the firm with individual expertise in various areas of law.

Areas of practice

• Banking & Finance Law
• Business & Commercial Law
• Sexual Harassment
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Environmental Law
• Estate Planning
• Elder Law
• Trusts
• Wills
• Government Agencies & Programs
• Health & Health Care Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Professional Malpractice Law
• Medical Malpractice
• Real Estate Law
• State, Local & Municipal Law
• Government
• Municipal Law
• Bankruptcy
• Financial Institutions
• Regulations
• Professional Liability

Published Works

• Labor Law - Unfair Labor Practice Jurisdiction & Arbitration, 18 Wayne L Rev 1191, 1972
• Reporting Child Abuse, Michigan Medicine, Chapter 87, April, 1988
• Baseline Environmental Assessments, Editor/Co-Author with David B. Meyer, Michigan Constructer, Winter, 1997
• Default Remedies - Commercial Real Estate Leasing, NBI, Inc., 1991
• The Disclosure of Preliminary Merger Negotiations, Detroit College of Law Review, 1989

Representative Cases

• Tebo v. Havlik, 418 Mich 350 (Michigan Supreme Court 1984)
• Model Laundries v. Amoco Corporation, 216 Mich App 1 (Michigan Court of Appeals 1996)
• Marathon Flint Oil Co. v. American States Ins. Co., 810 F. Supp. 850 (E.D. Mich 1992)

West Practice Categories

Regulatory Enforcement, Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Law, Business & Commercial Law, Sexual Harassment, Employment Law -- Employee, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Environmental Law, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Trusts, Wills, Professional Responsibility, Government Agencies & Programs, Government Contracts, Health & Health Care Law, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Professional Malpractice Law, Medical Malpractice, Real Estate Law, State, Local & Municipal Law, Municipal Corporations, Municipal Liability, State Government