Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  Wrongful Death is a generic term that applies to situation where a person dies as a result of someone else’s negligence. Where there has been a violation of a legal duty that results in the death of a person, that is considered a wrongful death case. These cases are normally brought by the person appointed as the personal representative of the decedent’s estate. However, the damages due to the death are owed to the persons who would normally be the heirs of the deceased person. At the end of a case, the trial judge many times is required to hold a hearing to determine the relatives who will be awarded damages and the amounts that should be awarded to each individual relative.

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Disputes
  While attending law school, I left a law review appointment for the experience of working at a top notch law firm specializing in personal injury and workers’ compensation. I was a law clerk at a personal injury and workers’ compensation law firm during law school. I was sworn into the State Bar of Michigan and the United States Federal Court on May 10, 1977 and have been practicing since that date. I was a trial attorney for law firms specializing in personal injury and workers’ compensation, opening my own office in 1981. I have obtained the highest rating possible in both competency and ethics from the Martindale-Hubbell attorney rating association which is a rating awarded by other attorneys. I have extensive trial experience having successfully tried construction accident cases, medical and legal malpractice cases, automobile collision cases, workers’ compensation cases, police misconduct claims (long before the advent of video) and business disputes. I was an adjunct member of the Workers’ Compensation Appellate Commission, acting as an appellate judge on Workers’ Compensation cases.

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  All Workers Compensation and injury cases are handled on a contingency basis..........NO FEE, NO RECOVERY. All fees in workers’ compensation cases are very low, generally, less than 20% and are set by the state and monitored by the magistrates. I have a proven track record of success. Call (248) 353-9400 or make an appointment online.
• Wrongful Termination
  These are damages awarded in a wrongful discharge case where the employee is supposed to return to work but the employer does not return the employee to his or her old job or does so after the judgment is entered. This is the amount of damages between the time of the judgment and the return of the employee to the proper position.
• Employment Discrimination
  Successful claims are normally based upon some action on the part of the employer that violates a civil rights statute, the Family Medical Leave Act, a failure to make a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, an adverse employment action (like a discharge) for violating a Whistleblower statute or illegal age discrimination.
• Employment Contract
• Employment Litigation
  Q: I worked for my employer for many years. I believe I did an excellent job. I was discharged for something that was not my fault. I feel I was treated extremely unfairly by my employer. Does the law give me any protection?
• Severance Agreement

Property Law

• Premises Liability
  Tenant fell on walkway from apartment due to defective walkway. Judge dismissed case. Appealed to Michigan Court of Appeals and had trial judge overturned. Upheld by Michigan Supreme Court
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  Tenant leaving apartment fell from porch sustaining serious leg injury. Settlement for hundreds of thousands of dollars based on landlord tenant statute.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  No case is too big or small, contact me today for any workers compensation, employment law issues, social security or personal injury claims. Having an attorney on your side increases your chances of getting a fair settlement for your financial losses, pain and suffering.
• Medical Malpractice
  I have extensive appellate experience having successfully represented claimants in discrimination claims, medical–legal issues and other types of cases many times before the Michigan Court of Appeals, on multiple occasions before the Michigan Supreme Court and the Sixth Circuit federal Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. I am approved for and participate frequently in the Oakland County Circuit Court and district courts on case evaluation panels. I am also approved to participate on medical malpractice case evaluation panels in the Wayne County Circuit Court.
• Auto Accidents
• Social Security Disability
  Most people applying for Social Security are requesting Social Security Disability or Supplemental Security Income. In either event, the test for receiving Social Security is whether the injured person is unable to engage in any substantial gainful work activity because of a severe and medically provable physical or mental impairment or impairments which has either lasted or can be expected to last for twelve continuous months or to result in death. Most denials are based upon a medical issue concerning whether the disabled person meets the test of disability.
• Dog Bites
  Dog bites are generally considered “strict liability” cases. This means that in general, if a dog bites someone, the dog owner is liable for the damages. However, if the dog is provoked, then strict liability does not apply. There have been cases where provocation has been something obvious, such as taunting a dog with a stick. Other cases have not been so obvious, such as a child who comes up to a dog while the dog is eating.
• Disability Discrimination