Andrea L. Moody
Partner
Phone: 248.687.5318
Fax: 248.743.0422
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Andrea L. Moody

Biography

Andrea L. Moody is a partner with noteworthy experience defending Fortune 50 companies in high profile cases ranging from commercial and insurance litigation to manufacturers in complex product liability litigation cases. Specifically, she has represented automotive manufacturers, food manufacturers, household appliance manufacturers, insurance companies, and individual business owners. Andrea has gone to trial several times, with active roles at counsel table examining witnesses and arguing evidentiary issues.

Andrea also has significant experience with pattern litigation. She has defended the nation's largest automakers in claims alleging identical defects in multiple venues. Throughout this work, Andrea has worked with clients to plan strategic national defense strategies.

She has also served as an interim discovery attorney for a major corporation, responsible for responding to discovery requests in pattern litigation. Her work in this regard also required that she supervise and coordinate massive document productions, while handling extensive discovery motion practice. She has also assisted clients with responding to governmental inquiries and the production of documents associated with those inquiries.

Andrea's experience and work in the defense of her clients has afforded her the opportunity to create precedential case law. The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in favor of her client's arguments that the Apex Doctrine should be adopted in Michigan and extended to high ranking corporate officials. See Alberto v Toyota Motor Corp., 289 Mich App 328, --- NW2d ---- (2010). The Iowa Supreme Court ruled in favor of her client's position that the Iowa statute of repose is not tolled for minors. See Albrecht v General Motors, 648 NW2d 87 (2002).

 

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Education

  • Wayne State University Law School, 2000
    The Wayne Law Review, Associate Editor
  • Wayne State University, B.A., 1995
    cum laude
    Dean's List

Bar Admissions

  • Michigan, 2000

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 2001
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 2005

Memberships and Affiliations

American Bar Association

National Bar Association

State Bar of Michigan

Wolverine Bar Association

Defense Research Institute

Distinctions

40 Under 40, 2011
    Crain's Detroit Business

Michigan Women in the Law, 2011
    Michigan Lawyers Weekly

Rising StarĀ®, 2008-2011
    Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine

Classes and Seminars Taught

"New Guidelines for Depositions of High Ranking Corporate Officials," Bowman and Brooke Hot Topics Seminar, Detroit, MI, September 16, 2010

"Cars Don't Drive Themselves or Do They: The Effect of the Implementation of ESC Systems in All Light Vehicles, American Bar Association's Women in Transportation Law Conference, June 2007

Published Works

"For Kraft Foods, Equal Parts Diversity and Inclusion Make a Recipe for Success" (with Robert L. Wise and Sandra Gionnone Ezell), In-House Defense Quarterly, The Defense Research Institute, Summer 2010

"A Close-up Look at Steelcase Inc.'s Commitment to Diversity" (with Sandra Giannone Ezell), In-House Defense Quarterly, The Defense Research Institute, Spring 2009

"The Battle That Wins - Or Loses - The War: Cross-Examination of Plaintiff's Experts" (co-author), Defense Research Institute's Trials and Tribulations Newsletter, December 2006

Additional Activities

Pro Bono Activities: Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Pro Bono Clinic, 2000 - Present