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Dawda PLC

Dawda PLC is a law firm in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Dawda Mann is dedicated to helping businesses and the individuals who own them.

We are located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, with a clientele of Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, publicly and privately owned companies of varied sizes, and emerging businesses located throughout the United States. We also represent many individuals in their tax, estate and personal planning matters. When you need a law firm that is dedicated to and experienced in the needs of busi

ness, please contact Dawda Mann. We provide solutions in response to the complex business needs of our clients.

06/18/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 Michigan Super Lawyers in Business Litigation:

Donald R. Bachand III
Kristen L. Baiardi
Frances Belzer Wilson- also named to the Top 50: Women Michigan Super Lawyers list

A special recognition for Frances, whose Top 50 honor places her among the highest-rated women attorneys in the state. Well earned by all.

06/16/2026

Four Dawda PLC attorneys have been named to the 2026 Michigan Super Lawyers list in Real Estate:

Daniel M. Halprin
Christopher R. Martella
Todd A. Schafer
Wayne S. Segal- marking 20 consecutive years of recognition

Twenty years is an extraordinary measure of sustained excellence. Congratulations to Wayne and to the entire team.

06/11/2026

Three Dawda PLC attorneys have been named to the 2026 Michigan Super Lawyers list in Business & Corporate:

Alfredo Casab- 8 years
Edward C. Dawda- 21 years
Marc K. Salach- 7 years

The counsel that anchors some of our clients' most important transactions. Congratulations to all three.

06/09/2026

Congratulations to Tyler D. Tennent, named a 2026 Michigan Super Lawyer in Land Use & Zoning, his 13th year of recognition.

Trusted counsel for the approvals, variances, and entitlements that move projects forward.

06/05/2026

A business owner has a well-drafted will, a revocable trust, and beneficiary designations in order. Their estate plan is current. From a personal planning standpoint, they have done the work.

But the business is a different matter. The estate plan addresses who receives the company. It does not address who runs it. On the first day after the owner is gone, someone has to have signing authority. Someone has to speak to the key customer who called the founder directly and has for fifteen years. Someone has to make payroll decisions, manage vendor relationships, and communicate to the team what continuity looks like.

A succession plan addresses those questions. It designates authority and establishes how decisions get made during a transition. It names who leads, who communicates with clients, and how ownership is valued for the purposes of a buyout or transfer. It is an operational document as much as a legal one.

Most business owners conflate the two. They have completed estate planning and assume succession is covered. It is not. The estate plan handles the distribution of an asset. The succession plan determines whether that asset retains its value.

This is not a document problem. It is a planning problem. The earlier the conversation starts, the more options there are, and when it begins during an unexpected event, the options narrow quickly. Talk to your attorney at Dawda for potential solutions.

06/04/2026

We are pleased to announce that Dawda has once again earned recognition in the prestigious 2026 Chambers USA rankings, reinforcing our position as a leading law firm.

Our co-founder, Ed Dawda, continues his exceptional achievement with another Band 1 Ranking in Real Estate. This sustained recognition reflects Ed's deep expertise and unwavering commitment to delivering strategic solutions for complex real estate transactions and disputes.

06/03/2026

Commercial real estate in Michigan is active this spring. Acquisition decisions are being made, development commitments are being finalized, and financing structures are being put in place across the Metro Detroit market and beyond. The owners, developers, and investors moving through those transactions share a common need: counsel who understands what the documents actually say, and what they will mean when circumstances change.

That is what Dawda's Real Estate team does. Not a review of headlines, but a read of every line. Before a purchase agreement is signed. Before a lease is executed. Before a financing structure is committed to. The time to understand what a document obligates is before it is binding, not after a question arises.

What the work looks like depends on who we're representing. For a developer, it may mean negotiating the terms of a ground lease or structuring the ownership vehicle for a new project. For an investor acquiring a commercial property, it means understanding what each asset carries before the transaction closes. For an owner preparing to sell after years of building value, it means ensuring the documentation is in order and that nothing surfaces in due diligence that should have been addressed earlier.

Spring is a good time to have these conversations. Dawda's Real Estate practice is ready for what this season brings.

06/02/2026

A business owner receives a serious expression of interest from a strategic buyer. The conversations go well, both sides see the logic of the deal, and due diligence begins.

Three weeks in, the buyer's counsel has identified several items. A contract with a key customer includes an anti-assignment clause, meaning that transferring that relationship to a new owner requires the customer's written consent, which has not been sought and is not guaranteed. The company's primary commercial lease is personally guaranteed by the owner and cannot be assigned without the landlord's approval. An equity arrangement with a longtime employee was discussed and understood between the parties, but was never put into a formal agreement. What was intended is not reflected in any document the buyer can review.

The deal does not collapse. But it slows considerably. Negotiations that should have centered on price and structure are now about remedying gaps the seller could have addressed long before anyone was at the table.

Buyers price what they can underwrite. A business with clean, assignable contracts, documented equity arrangements, and no undisclosed encumbrances is easier to value and easier to close. That cleanliness is not an administrative achievement. It is a financial one.

The owner who is always in a state of readiness is in the strongest position, whether a transaction materializes this year or well into the future. Talk to your attorney at Dawda for potential solutions.

06/01/2026

Congratulations to John F. Youngblood, named a 2026 Michigan Super Lawyer in Franchise & Dealership, now 19 consecutive years of recognition.

A steady hand for dealers across Michigan. Well earned, John.

05/29/2026

Metro Detroit is moving. Development corridors that sat quiet for years are seeing activity. Family-owned businesses that have operated across two and three generations are navigating transitions, ownership transfers, real estate decisions and growth that demands better structure. The spring commercial market is not quiet.

Dawda has been part of this business community for more than thirty years. Not as observers, but as counsel to the owners making these decisions, the developers closing these transactions, and the investors structuring these acquisitions.

What those years have produced is something that doesn't show up in a firm profile. It is an understanding of how Michigan business actually works, the relationships that underpin transactions here, the weight that institutional knowledge carries, and the way a handshake between people who have worked together for decades still shapes how deals get done.

That knowledge is earned over time, client by client, deal by deal, matter by matter. We're here, and we're engaged with what's happening in this market right now.

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39533 Woodward Avenue Ste 200
Bloomfield Hills, MI
48304

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Website

http://www.dawdalaw.com/

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