Law Firm Overview

Lewis & Munday was founded in 1972 by three African-American lawyers - recent graduates of Harvard Law School, Yale Law School and the University of Michigan Law School.

It was a barrier-breaking institution. Its goal was to take on traditional corporate civil work and public law, something denied African Americans in the past.

The timing was good. Detroit’s newly elected African-American mayor, Coleman Young, asked the firm to do municipal bond work.

Four years later, the firm had become the first African-American owned firm to be listed in the “The Bond Buyer’s Municipal Marketplace.” In 2001, Thompson Financial Company, a nationally recognized bond counsel ranking entity, ranked Lewis & Munday 16th nationally among all bond counsel. The firm rendered opinions as bond counsel on over $3.35 billion of municipal securities. In the same year, Thompson Financial ranked Lewis & Munday 20th nationally among all underwriters' counsel firms in the country. The firm rendered opinions as underwriters' counsel on over $2.22 billion of municipal securities. The firm has been consistently ranked in the top 50 bond counsel firms since 1990.

Public finance was the first building block. The firm now represents corporations, entrepreneurs, entertainers, athletes and governments in litigation, real estate, corporate law and healthcare as well as public finance.

The firm is one of the oldest and largest firms founded by minorities. It is a leader and a role model -- something that it takes very seriously.

Areas of Practice

• Administrative Law
• Antitrust & Trade Regulation
• Banking & Finance Law
• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations
• Civil Rights
• Construction Law
• Contracts
• Election Campaign & Political Law
• Eminent Domain
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law
• Environmental Law
• Government Agencies & Programs
• Government Contracts
• Health & Health Care Law
• International Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Products Liability Law
• Securities Law
• White Collar Crimes
• Employment
• General Corporate
• Warranty
• Labor and Personnel Matters
• Real Estate
• Environmental Law
• Commercial Transactions
• General Corporate and Organizational Matters
• Corporate Governance
• Joint Ventures
• Commercial Loan Transactions
• Acquisitions
• Municipal Bond Financing
• Letters of Credit
• Lease Financing
• Underwriter's Counsel
• General Counsel to Public Corporations and Authorities
• Sales and Acquisitions
• Commercial Leases
• Mortgage and Land Contract Foreclosures
• Development Agreements
• Construction Agreements
• Architect's Agreements

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Transactions, Business Organizations, Corporate Governance, Joint Ventures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Civil Rights, Construction Law, Construction Contracts, White Collar Crimes, Election Campaign & Political Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Energy Law, Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law, Environmental Law, Government Agencies & Programs, Government Contracts, Health & Health Care Law, Insurance Law, International Law, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers & Acquisitions, Products Liability Law, Real Estate Law, Commercial Leasing, Eminent Domain, Foreclosure & Alternatives, Securities Law, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing