Jenny L. Zavadil
Senior Counsel
Phone: 248.687.5373
Fax: 248.743.0422
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Jenny L. Zavadil

Biography

Jenny Zavadil's practice is concentrated on defending automobile manufacturers in product liability and consumer actions. Jenny regularly defends corporate clients in complex discovery matters and serves as national discovery counsel for a major automobile manufacturer in the areas of airbags and rollover curtains, event data recorders, and handling and stability.  Jenny has significant experience in all areas of discovery management including collecting, processing, and producing hard copy documents and electronically stored information, as well as handling all aspects of written discovery.

Before joining Bowman and Brooke, Jenny clerked for Michigan Supreme Court Justice Michael F. Cavanagh.  Building on this experience, Jenny's practice also involves researching and writing appellate briefs and complex pre- and post-trial motions.

Education

  • University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, J.D., 2001
    cum laude
    Dean's Scholarship for academic excellence
    University of Detroit Mercy Law Review, Executive Editor, 2000 - 2001
  • Adrian College, B.A., 1996
    Dean's List
    Dean's Scholarship for academic excellence

Bar Admissions

  • Michigan, 2002

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 2004
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2007

Memberships and Affiliations

Michigan Defense Trial Counsel
Michigan Defense Quarterly, Assistant Editor

Distinctions

Phi Eta Sigma

Order of Omega

Classes and Seminars Taught

"Protection of Source Code & Electronic System Controls - Reliability, Redundancy and Safety," Bowman and Brooke Hot Topics Seminar, Detroit, MI, February 16, 2012
"The Latest in Discovery Trends and Tactics," Bowman and Brooke Hot Topics Seminar, Detroit, MI, September 16, 2010

"The Rules They are A 'Changin', Rambling Through The New Rules of Civil Procedure: Nuts and Bolts and Preservation Letters," Canadian Defense Lawyers, September 2009, Toronto, Ontario

Representative Clients

Ford Motor Company

Kia Motors America

Published Works

"The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act: 2010 Michigan Practice Guide," Michigan Defense Quarterly, July 2010 (Co-Author)

"Note, People v. Stevens: The Michigan Supreme Court Applies the Inevitable Discovery Exception to the Exclusionary Rule when Officers Violate the Knock and Announce Statute," 78 U. Det. Mercy Law Review 569, 2001