Jeffrey G. Raphelson

Mr. Raphelson focuses his practice on commercial litigation, particularly matters related to the automotive industry, finance and banking. He also dedicates a substantial amount of time to general commercial cases such as contract disputes, intellectual property litigation, corporate governance and dissolution, dealer and franchise termination, and other corporate law disputes. Mr. Raphelson has deep automotive industry experience, having served in-house for two years as counsel for the seating division of Lear Corporation, a publicly traded Fortune 200 automotive supplier. He is a former member of the State Bar of Michigans Ad Hoc Committee on Legislation, ex-officio chairman of the Computer Law Section Council (now the Information Technology Section) and a former member of the State Bars Task Force on E-Filing. He is past president of the American Constitution Societys Michigan chapter and treasurer of the Historical Society for the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He is also a member of the Oakland County Bar Associations Circuit Court and Business Court Committees, and he president of the Oakland County Bar Foundation. Mr. Raphelson is listed in Chambers USA 2025 under Litigation: General Commercial, in The Best Lawyers in America 2026 under Commercial Litigation, and in Michigan Super Lawyers 2025 under Business Litigation. He is a DBusiness Magazine 2025 Top Lawyer for Litigation-Commercial and is AV Preeminent Peer Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Raphelson is proficient in French. Honors, Awards, and Recognition Chambers USA 2023-2025, Litigation: General Commercial The Best Lawyers in America 2016-2026, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law-Defendants Benchmark Litigation 2018, State Litigation Star DBusiness Magazine Top Lawyers 2010, 2016, 2018-2025, Litigation-Commercial Michigan Super Lawyers 2006-2007, 2010-2025, Business Litigation Civic, Cultural and Community Activities Michigan Chapter of the American Constitution Society, Past President Historical Society for the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Treasurer, Board of Directors Oakland County Bar Foundation, President Trout Unlimited, Michigan Council Secretary, 2008 Professional Affiliations State Bar of Michigan Electronic Filing Task Force Information Technology Law Section, Council Intellectual Property Law Section Litigation Section Publications Co-author, A UFLPA Update: US Customs Impounds Thousands of Vehicles with Suspected Banned Components, Bodman Litigation Law Update (February 20, 2024) Co-author, Michigan Supreme Court Overrules Court of Appeals Decision in MSSC, Inc. v. Airboss Flexible Products Co., Bodman Litigation Law Update (July 18, 2023) Co-Author, Demonstrative Evidence, Michigan Bar Journal vol. 94, no. 10 (October 2015) Co-Author (with Jane Derse Quasarano), Dueling, Dickering, and Delivering, UCC Battles of the Forms in Manufacturing Contracts, Michigan Bar Journal vol. 93, no. 10 (October 2014) A Certain Parcell of Land Lying on this Island, Manhatans, The Court Legacy, vol. XIV, no. 1 (February 2007) Old Laws, New Laws, and Technology: A Summary of Some Laws Affecting Use of the Internet, 77 Michigan Bar Journal 1202 (November 1998) Is Alternative Dispute Resolution Right for Your Case?, Michigan Lawyers Weekly (May 3, 1993) Editor, Computer Law Theme Issue, Michigan Bar Journal (Oct 1988 and June 1994) Allocating the Risks of Computer Failure, 5 Matthew Benders Commercial Damages Reporter 137 (July-Aug 1990) Professional Liability of Attorneys, 39 Wayne Law Review 815 (Winter 1990) (cited in Gebhardt v. ORourke, 444 Mich. 535, 542 n. 6; 510 N. W.2d 900, 903 n. 6 (1994)