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Judith (Judy) Susskind is one of Michigan’s foremost medical malpractice and personal injury trial attorneys who has, for over 35 years, successfully handled medical malpractice cases, obtaining favorable outcomes for her clients and their families. |
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Wayne Miller is a graduate of the University of Michigan (1976) and Wayne State University School of Law (1979). Licensed to practice law in Michigan since 1980, Wayne has specialized in the legal issues relating to the victims of motor vehicle accidents. Wayne and the firm specialize in cases involving catastrophic injury, including the rights of the injured, their families, and their professional service providers. Wayne has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Wayne Law School, where he has taught the class in Michigan’s no-fault auto insurance law since 1998. The textbook used in the three Michigan law schools that teach no-fault insurance is co-authored by Wayne. Wayne has been included in the “Best Lawyers in America” since 2005 and was named the “Most Respected Advocate” by the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel in 2007. Wayne has been honored by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as a 2015 “Leader in the Law”. Wayne received the 2019 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Negligence Section of the State Bar of Michigan. Most recently, Wayne has been invited to join the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and is currently Vice-President of the Michigan Association for Justice. |
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Brian McKeen began practicing law in 1982. During his career, he has become a powerful advocate for his clients and one of the foremost medical malpractice attorneys in Michigan. He has tried cases throughout the United States. He currently sits on the executive boards of the Michigan Association for Justice (MAJ) and the American Association for Justice (AAJ). Mr. McKeen formerly served as chair of the AAJ Professional Negligence Section, Medical Negligence Exchange Group and Birth Trauma Litigation Group (BTLG). |
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Shereef H. Akeel is one of the nation’s most respected civil rights and employment attorneys. Recognized among the Forbes Top 200 Lawyers in America (2024), Akeel has built his reputation on litigating complex, high-stakes cases that deliver justice for individuals harmed by powerful institutions. He has been named a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA), Lawyer of the Year by Michigan Lawyers Weekly, and a Super Lawyer for 20 consecutive years in civil rights law. He is nationally ranked as a Tier One Civil Rights Lawyer by U.S. News & World Report. |
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Donna M. MacKenzie devotes the majority of her distinguished practice to advocating for individuals harmed by neglect and abuse in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and adult foster care homes, as well as victims of medical malpractice. In addition, she represents clients in a broad range of serious personal injury matters, including motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, and wrongful death cases. She is also at the forefront of complex litigation against hospitals and physicians on behalf of multiple plaintiffs who have undergone unnecessary or fraudulent medical treatments, holding unethical medical providers accountable for deceptive practices that endanger patient safety and violate public trust. |
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Todd Stearn has been practicing personal injury law for over 30 years with a subspecialty in premises liability law. He has tried close to 100 cases throughout Michigan and obtained numerous six and seven figure verdicts and settlements. He is a member of the Michigan Lawyer’s Weekly Lawyers Hall of Fame, the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Million Dollar Advocates Club, MAJ’s executive and PAC boards and serves as the premises liability chair for the Michigan Association for Justice. His real accomplishments are staying married to his wife, Terri, for 34 years and putting his daughter Paige through medical school.
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Bryon Pitts |
Bryon is a senior parter at Pitts Law/Cornelius Pitts and Associates with practice area expertise in complex federal litigation including cases involving public integrity violations, RICO statute violations and Medicaid fraud, catastrophic personal injury plaintiff’s work, including but not limited to, civil rights violations and automobile negligence, and cannabis Law, including cases involving obtaining and retaining licensure for Cannabis Provisioning Centers. Accolades: Michigan Chronicle Men of Excellence Awardee HIGH PROFILE CASES: United States of America v. Kwame Kilpatrick Mitchell v. City of Warren Police Department Top Dollar Holdings LLC v. State of Michigan |
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Lauren Kissel is an attorney at the Sinas Dramis Law Firm in Lansing, Michigan. She represents people in a wide variety of personal injury cases including car accidents, Michigan no-fault claims, bicycle accidents, and sexual assault claims. Lauren joined the Sinas Dramis Law Firm in 2017 as a law clerk while attending law school at Michigan State University. Upon graduating law school and passing the Bar Exam in 2018, Lauren became a full-time attorney. Lauren plays a crucial role as part of the Sinas Dramis legal team in representing complex cases, such as the Andary case. Lauren is an active member of Michigan’s legal community and serves as the Past President of the Ingham County Bar Association – Young Lawyers Section, the current President of the Women Lawyers Association Mid-Michigan Region, and an Executive Board Member of the Michigan Association for Justice. In her free time, she enjoys reading, playing soccer, and going on walks with her husband and two dogs. Lauren’s topic regarding settlement agreements is widely applicable. Each and every civil case that is settled has a settlement agreements. It is important to closely scrutinize these agreements so you understand and can explain to your clients what they mean to avoid binding your client to unfavorable terms. |
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Thomas R. Behm – Tom has represented seriously injured individuals throughout Michigan for over 35 years in the areas of personal injury law, medical malpractice and sexual abuse. Tom has been listed in the book “Best Lawyers in America” in the fields of Personal Injury Law, Medical Malpractice, Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation. In 2021, Tom was selected as a Hall of Fame Honoree by the Michigan Lawyers Weekly. He has also served as a Board Member of the Michigan Association of Justice. Tom is a Fellow for the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL), International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) and the International Society of Barristers (ISOB). He is also a Fellow and Past President of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) for the Michigan Chapter. Tom also serves as a facilitative mediator and is a Fellow of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. Tom is currently a Director and Officer of the Michigan State Bar Foundation. |
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Bhavani K. Raveendran is the founder and lead trial attorney for Raveendran Law LLC. Bhavani focuses her work on civil rights, police misconduct, prison abuse, and sexual assault cases against public entities. Bhavani has led trials in both state and federal courts and litigated cases in over 18 states, but is based in Chicago. She has also handled appeals before multiple federal circuits, including arguing multiple times before the 7th Circuit. Notably, in November of 2024, Bhavani led the trial team representing the family of Botham Jean to a 98.6 Million Verdict against Police Officer Amber Guyger. She is the current chair of the American Association of Justice's minority caucus and the co-chair of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Bhavani has been included in the Emerging Lawyers and Illinois Super Lawyers® Rising Star lists since 2018. The American Association for Justice awarded Bhavani the 2021 Leonard Weinglass in Defense of Civil Liberties Award, as part of the civil team representing the family of George Floyd. |
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Rob Kamenec is a graduate of the University of Michigan, B.A. (English) in 1978 and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Detroit School in 1982. He focuses his practice primarily on appellate law, concentrating on high-verdict and high-exposure matters. |
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Carla Aikens is an attorney licensed in Michigan and Illinois. Born and raised in Southeast Michigan, she headed east to play collegiate tennis and receive a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was published in the Georgetown Poverty Law Journal. Following her second year of law school, she accepted an offer to practice in the Philadelphia office of a large firm upon graduation. Before she could begin, however, she received a call from the Honorable Paul D. Borman in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, who asked her to serve as his law clerk. This still remains one of her favorite jobs she has ever had. At the completion of her clerkship, Carla became a corporate associate in the Detroit office of the same Philadelphia-based firm, where she performed a wide variety of general corporate matters for businesses and nonprofits. She later worked for a Chicago-based international law firm handling mergers & acquisitions for private equity companies and performed extensive corporate work on bankruptcy matters. When the opportunity presented itself, she started her own law firm, Carla D. Aikens, P.L.C., over thirteen years ago. Her firm now includes two associates and specializes in employment and personal injury matters. She has leadership positions as a member of the American Association for Justice and the Michigan Association for Justice, and she is also a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. |
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Nick Andrews is a partner at Liss & Andrews, PC, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, specializing in automobile no-fault cases involving catastrophic brain and spinal cord injuries. He has handled over 70 jury trials in both State and Federal Courts. He has lectured extensively in the areas of trial practice and automobile and insurance law. He is a member of the American Association for Justice, President of the Michigan Association for Justice, Oakland County Bar Association, and the Federal Bar Association Eastern District of Michigan Chapter. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and a Member of the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society Advocates Guild. He is the current President of the Michigan Association for Justice and also serves as Chair of the Bad Faith Committee and as a member of the No-Fault Committee. He is a past Chair of the Oakland County Bar Association’s Circuit Court Committee. |
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My practice focuses on probate and estate planning matters only. This means that I focus all of my practice's energy, resources, and attention to specializing and knowing the in's and out's of all things probate and probate related. Whether you are facing probate litigation, estate administration, conservatorship, guardianship, Special Needs Trusts, or even grappling with a friend or relative with mental health challenges, I will utilize my specialized expertise and relentless advocacy to navigate you through your probate challenges and issues in the Wayne County Probate Court and the Oakland County Probate Court. |
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Justice Noah P. Hood was appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court effective May 27, 2025, for a partial term ending on December 31, 2026. Previously, he was appointed to a partial term on the Michigan Court of Appeals in March 2022 and won election later that year. From 2019 to 2022, Justice Hood served on the Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan in the Criminal Division, presiding over felony cases in Wayne County. Justice Hood is a proud graduate of Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Yale College, and Harvard Law School. A native Detroiter, Justice Hood continues to live in Detroit with his wife and sons. |
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Jenna Wright Greenman is an experienced litigator and trial attorney, and a Principal of the Kitch Firm, sharing a leadership role and serving as the Detroit office’s contact in birth trauma and medical malpractice defense practice. Additionally, Ms. Wright Greenman serves on panels for National Trial Counsel for multiple carriers and organizations. *Full link below, I am not that important and don’t need all this for a bio lol, but wanted you to have it. It also has the social media links. https://www.kitch.com/professionals/jenna-wright-greenman/
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Founder, SMT Litigation Consulting, and Founding Partner of Synergy Litigation Services [SLS]. |
Samantha Teal is a highly regarded litigation consultant and the founder of SMT Litigation Consulting, bringing over ten years of invaluable experience in trial preparation, jury strategy, and courtroom dynamics. Her career has been marked by a proven track record of success, contributing to verdicts exceeding $400 million across diverse jurisdictions, including Michigan, Illinois, Philadelphia, California, and Iowa. Samantha’s expertise lies in developing winning strategies for complex, high-stakes cases. She specializes in jury selection, deposition and witness analysis, crafting persuasive trial themes, and delivering comprehensive trial preparation support. |
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Jonathan H. Lomurro is an expert certified civil trial attorney. He is a specialist in medical malpractice and personal injury cases. After completing law school, he continued his focus on the craft of litigation by earning his LL.M. as a Master of Law in Trial Advocacy. Jonathan has authored three books on Legal Practice: New Jersey Medical Malpractice Law, Litigation Technology for the Modern Practitioner and Try It. He frequently publishes in peer reviewed journals and magazines. Additionally, Mr. Lomurro is an extensive lecturer in the field of Medical Malpractice, Trial Techniques and Technology in the Courtroom. He has lectured across the United States of America on Medical Malpractice, Patient Rights to Access, Audit Trails, and Electronic Medical Records. Mr. Lomurro additionally acts as an expert witness in cases involving audit trails, audit logs, access logs, and electronic medical records. He has been involved in numerous cases before the New Jersey Supreme Court. Jonathan currently is appointed as the Chair of the Medical Malpractice Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He is on the Executive Committee of the New Jersey Association for Justice. And he is the vice-chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association Civil Trial Section. |
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Ven Johnson, founder of Ven Johnson Law, PLC, is a veteran trial lawyer with more than 40 years of experience litigating complex, high-stakes cases in state and federal courts. His practice focuses on automobile negligence, civil rights, police misconduct, product liability, medical malpractice and catastrophic injury litigation across the country. Ven has tried and resolved cases resulting in more than $1.5 billion in verdicts and settlements, including an eight-figure jury verdict. His 2022 $100 million federal jury verdict in Edwards/Blasingame v. Grubbs remains the largest police excessive force verdict in U.S. history. He is particularly known for his work challenging governmental immunity and litigating cases involving institutional accountability. Highly respected within the legal profession, Ven has been inducted into the Michigan Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame and the Inner Circle of Advocates, an organization limited to the top 100 plaintiff trial lawyers in the United States. He has also received the American Board of Trial Advocates’ Advocate distinction and the State Bar of Michigan’s Respected Advocate Award, presented by defense counsel. Ven is a past president of the Michigan Association for Justice and former chair of the State Bar of Michigan Negligence Law Section. He is a frequent speaker and panelist on trial strategy, civil rights litigation and the evolving landscape of governmental immunity. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, where he focused on trial practice and constitutional law, and his Bachelor of Arts in political science from Kalamazoo College. He was admitted to the Michigan Bar in 1986. |
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