Automotive Product Liability Attorney Jay Logel Joins Dykema’s Bloomfield Hills Office

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Jay Logel as a Senior Counsel in the firm’s Product Liability Practice Group and Automotive and Transportation Industry Group resident in the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office. Logel joins Dykema after more than three decades holding several in-house legal roles with Ford Motor Company.

For the past decade, Logel served as Managing Counsel, Litigation & Regulatory for Ford, a role in which he managed a team of legal professionals handling global class action, discovery, employment, environmental, HR/Labor, product liability, and safety matters. He also advised on emerging technologies including EVs and autonomous driving. Some of Logel’s other roles with Ford included handling crisis management of multi-faceted government investigation, litigation, and media challenges across global markets, creating and leading teams of legal professionals and business colleagues during public crises to investigate and resolve environmental, safety, and quality issues, and initiating development of corporate policies to guide effective decision-making. Logel has deep and varied experience working on litigation and with multiple government agencies in many global markets.

In his practice, Logel counsels businesses to meet product safety compliance and litigation challenges and provides timely, sound, and actionable legal advice that mitigates risks and manages costs. He brings a practical business approach to problem-solving and guides organizations to build the culture, compliance policies, internal procedures, and external relationships that will satisfy the scrutiny of regulators such as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Consumer Product Safety Commission, and state consumer protection agencies.

Logel also has experience building relationships with regulatory agencies to help clients receive fair hearings and have open discussions of issues affecting their business and developing effective company processes and compliance programs that balance competing priorities and allow companies to meet their regulatory obligations.

“We’re truly honored to welcome Jay to the firm,” said Mike Cooney, Director of Dykema’s Litigation Department. “His extensive background navigating complex legal landscapes and his deep understanding of regulatory intricacies will undoubtedly be a massive benefit to Dykema’s Automotive Industry Group and the firm’s clients.”

Logel earned a J.D. and a B.A. in Political Science, with highest distinction, from the University of Iowa.