Bob Wolford is a former Managing Member of the firm and has been practicing law since 2001. He is a
corporate lawyer who specializes in private equity and distressed transactions representing automotive
suppliers and other manufacturers in transactions, business and supply chain matters, as well as debtors,
purchasers of assets and other interested parties in turnaround and insolvency matters.
 

Professional Affiliations, Activities and Honors
From 2019-2023, Mr. Wolford was recognized as one of Crain’s Top 200 Most Powerful Business Leaders
in West Michigan.
Mr. Wolford currently serves as the Secretary and Legal Counsel to the Economic Club of Grand Rapids.
He is only the third person to hold this role in the Club’s history.
Mr. Wolford served a six-year term as one of the Firm’s managing members and served on its Management
Committee for nine years.
Mr. Wolford is one of the founders of the West Michigan Chapter of the Turnaround Management
Association and during his period of service on its board, it grew from a start-up to nearly 100 members.
He is also a Past President of the Chapter.
Mr. Wolford was recognized as one of West Michigan’s young professionals being honored by the Grand
Rapids Business Journal in their “40 Under Forty.” Criteria for consideration included accomplishments,
and professional and community board contributions, as well as volunteer activity.
Mr. Wolford was named one of the inaugural Fellows of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, a
professional organization comprised of Fortune 500 companies and Top 250 law firms in an effort to
foster diversity in opportunities at all levels of legal employment.
Mr. Wolford was named an “Up and Coming Lawyer” by Michigan Lawyers Weekly in 2009. He is named
as a Michigan “Super Lawyer” in Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights and Mergers and Acquisitions. He
was a Super Lawyers–Rising Stars for Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights and Mergers & Acquisitions for
several years. Mr. Wolford is listed in the “Best Lawyers in America®” for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor
Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law and
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships). In 2023, Mr. Wolford is recognized by Best
Lawyers as the Grand Rapids “Lawyer of the Year” for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency
and Reorganization Law. In 2019, he was Named as Best Lawyers Grand Rapids Lawyer of the Year
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships). He is AV rated (the highest possible rating) by
Martindale-Hubbell’s Peer Review Rankings.
Mr. Wolford is also involved in several professional associations, including the American Bar Association,
the American Bankruptcy Institute, the State Bar of Michigan, the Grand Rapids Bar Association, and the
Federal Bar Association.