Bogdan Wierzbicki
Founder and volunteer counsel
Bogdan founded the clinic and still volunteers there every Saturday morning.
Bogdan grew up in Hamtramck above his parents’ bakery and spent four decades representing autoworkers, nurses and grocery clerks. When he retired from practice, he opened the clinic so workers who couldn’t find a lawyer would have somewhere to go.
He now volunteers as counsel, reviewing severance agreements and mentoring the clinic’s younger lawyers.
Bogdan’s admissions and schooling
Bar admissions
State Bar of Michigan
1979
Courts
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
1980
Education
University of Detroit School of Law
J.D., 1979
Wayne State University
B.A., 1975
Languages
English
Polish
How Bogdan works
Bogdan likes to say that most work cases are won at the kitchen table, with the worker’s own notes, long before anyone sees a courtroom. He spends his Saturdays teaching people how to keep those notes.
He speaks Polish with clients who prefer it, and he still answers the front desk phone when it rings too long.