Bernard Puglisi

Mr. Puglisi is an Associate in the firm's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice. He focuses his practice on a broad range of commercial litigation issues, including employment and partnership disputes, condominium association matters, breaches of contract and fiduciary duty, fraud and consumer fraud, estates and trusts litigation, and commercial evictions. He brings experience from both the plaintiff and defense sides in areas such as premises liability, product liability, auto negligence, and cases under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act (FELA) and Jones Act.

Bernard has experience as an appellate litigation attorney in Detroit, where he specialized in critical motions and complex appellate analysis. During and immediately after law school, Bernard trained under the mentorship of a former Seventh Circuit judicial law clerk, focusing on research and drafting briefs for civil and criminal appeals before the Illinois Appellate Courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.