Raechel M. Badalamenti graduated from Eisenhower High School in Shelby Township before attending Oakland University where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts with honors. In 2004, she received a Juris Doctor from Wayne State University. She graduated law school cum laude with added honors from the moot court program where she placed first in the Law Day Competition, as judged by Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court.
Ms. Badalamenti joined the firm as a law clerk in 2002 and was offered an associate attorney position on graduation. After taking on a leading role in the area of corporate and municipal litigation, she was offered partnership in 2011. With her acceptance the name expanded to Kirk, Huth, Lange & Badalamenti, PLC as it is known today. Ms. Badalamenti’s practice focus continues to be litigation.
Her practice areas focus on Corporate Law and Business Litigation; Municipal Law and Litigation including Land Use Disputes and Civil Rights Defense; Employment Litigation Defense and Employer Contract Enforcement Matters; and General Civil Litigation including Auto Negligence, Premises Liability, Libel/Slander and Fraud Cases. Ms. Badalamenti also specializes in a range of business services for start-up companies or large existing companies which are designed to avoid the potential for lawsuits in the future. This includes the creation of detailed business plans, partnership contracts, customer proposals, employment agreements and organizing documents. Her experience also includes Sale or Purchase of Businesses, Stock or Assets; Buy/Sell transactions; Collections; Commercial Lease preparation and enforcement; Non-Compete plans and enforcement; and Membership and Shareholder agreements.
Ms. Badalamenti practices in both Michigan’s state and federal court systems with admission to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Ohio. As a matter of course, she handles the pre-trial, trial and appellate stages of all types of her civil litigation matters. She has also pursued and opposed arbitration proceedings. In the employment arena she also defends claims initiated before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or Department of Civil Rights.
Ms. Badalamenti is a Trustee of the Macomb County Bar Association, a Member of the Macomb County Young Lawyers Section and a Fellow of the American Bar Association. She has been honored for the last 6 years by Super Lawyers which also recognizes her as one of Michigan’s Top Women Attorneys. In 2019, she was honored as one of America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators. In 2018, she was recognized as a Top Civil Litigator by CorpAmerica. Since 2015, she has received the 10 Best Award from the American Institute.
Education:
Oakland University (B.A., 2001)
Wayne State University (J.D. Cum Laude, 2004)
Bar:
Michigan
Super Lawyers Honoree 2013 to present
Member, Macomb County Bar Association
Trustee, Macomb County Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Honored as One of America's Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators 2019
“Attorney Badalamenti is courteous, professional, and knowledgeable. She is up front in her dealings with other attorneys and in her cases. She is a respected member of the legal community and a pleasure to work with, even though it is normally on opposite sides.”
Peer Review
Congratulations to Kirk Huth Partner Raechel Badalamenti for being recognized as a "Go To Lawyer" by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s "Go To Lawyers" program identifies and recognizes the top lawyers across the state in a given practice area, as...
Kirk, Huth, Lange & Badalamenti, PLC litigators went all the way to Federal Trial to secure a win for City of Warren Police Commissioner Dwyer in an employment dispute seeking to strike down long-established policies and practices in the Warren Police Department....
Business Litigation Attorneys Robert S. Huth, Jr., Raechel M. Badalamenti and Michael C. Petrus were retained to represent a Cannabis Consulting Firm client in a hotly contested contract case in Wayne County Circuit Court. After Trial, the Jury returned a unanimous...
