Samira Z. Bode Elevated to Partner

Bailey & Glasser, LLP is proud to announce that litigator Samira Z. Bode has been elevated to partner.

Ms. Bode is a member of Bailey Glasser’s nationally recognized and ranked Mass Torts Practice Group, where she focuses her practice on representing former minors abused in juvenile hall facilities in Maryland, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere. This is challenging work which she approaches with not only immense tenacity, but deep compassion.

Samira also represented servicemembers in the 3M Combat Arms Earplugs litigation, the largest multi-district litigation in history which settled in 2023 for $6 billion. Additionally, Samira’s experience includes litigating mass tort cases injured by defective medical devices and dangerous pharmaceutical drugs.

Ms. Bode’s important work was recognized by Lawdragon when it named her a 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation in the mass tort and product liability category, and she has been included in the Super Lawyers list in Illinois since 2024. Bailey Glasser’s Mass Torts Practice Group is nationally ranked by Chambers & Partners in the nationwide Product Liability: Plaintiffs category and by Best Law Firms® on the top National Tier in the Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs. Ms. Bode is located in our firm’s Maryville, Illinois office.

A joint statement issued by Contingency Practice Area Leader Jonathan R. Marshall, Mass Torts Practice Group Leader David L. Selby II, and partner D. Todd Mathews states:

We warmly welcome Samira Z. Bode to our partner ranks at Bailey & Glasser, LLP. She has proven time and time again that she will fight to protect and find justice for our clients, no matter if she is facing a multinational corporate conglomerate or the legal arm of an entire state. To that end, her elevation to partner is well-deserved and we congratulate her on this career milestone.

Learn more about the firm’s fight to find justice for victims of abuse in Maryland juvenile hall facilities at this link.

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