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With offices based in metropolitan Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan, Foley Baron & Metzger PLLC serves as local, regional and national counsel in high-stakes civil litigation. FBM is a broad-service law firm with a strong focus on complex litigation, including products and commercial liability, environmental, and health care areas, as well as counseling on business matters.

Our clients are diverse in size and character. We represent individuals in their personal and business concerns, trusts and estates. Our corporate clients include publicly traded and multinational companies, and many start-up, medium-sized and non-profit businesses. FBM offers sophisticated, state-of-the-art capabilities for litigation support, legal research, document transmittal and trial document management and presentation.

Statement of Practice

Appeals, Asset Protection, Aviation Law, Business Law and Litigation, Class Actions, Collections, Commercial Transactions and Litigation, Complex Litigation, Construction Law, Contracts, Corporate Law, Creditors Rights, Criminal Law, Drug, Medical Device and Biotech Litigation, Employee Benefits, Environmental Law, Estate Planning, Family Law, Fraud and Deceit, General Negligence, Health Care Law, Insurance Law and Subrogation, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Litigation Risk Prevention, Long Term Care, Managed Care Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation, Medical Malpractice, National Trial Work, NESHAP Compliance, OSHA Issues, Pharmacy Malpractice, Negligence, Physician Staff Privileges, Product Liability, Probate, Professional Negligence, Premises Liability, Real Estate Transactions, Shareholder Disputes, Taxation Law, Toxic Torts, Trucking Accidents, Wills/Trusts/Estates and Workers Compensation.

Representative Clients:

3M Company
Allegiance Health
American Safety Insurance Services, Inc.
Amerisure
Amgen
Ascension Health
Brandenburg Industrial Services
Clinton Services Corporation
Covenant Healthcare, Inc.
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.
Edison Sault Electric Co.
Environmental Testing & Consulting
Ethicon, Inc
Express Scripts
Foote Hospital
Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.
General Mills, Inc.
Genesys Regional Medical Center
George L. Landry, Inc.
GlaxoSmithKline
Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce
Great West Casualty Company, Haworth, Inc.
Henry Ford Health System
Hewlett Packard
Hoffmann-LaRoche
Homrich Inc.
Hoyt Corp.
Interactive Frontiers, Inc.
Ishpeming Concrete Corp.
Johnson & Johnson
Liberty Mutual
Louisiana Pacific
Mark Four Industries
Maryland Casulty
Merck
MHA Insurance Co.
Mission Petroleum
Monsanto
NexCare Health Care Systems
Oakwood Healthcare, Inc.
Pfizer, Pharmacia
Quality Transportation
Raytheon Aircraft Co., Solutia
St. Joseph Mercy Health System
St. Jude Medical
St. Paul Travelers Insurance
Synthes, Tiodize, Inc.
Travelers Insurance
Trinity Health
Univertical Corp.
U.S. Oil Co.
WE Energies
Zurich North American.

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
Accepts Major Credit Cards

• Visa
• MasterCard

Address

Cambridge Center
38777 Six Mile Road, Suite 300
Livonia, MI 48152, (Wayne Co.)

Phone

Phone: 734-742-1800
Fax: 731-521-2379

Website

http://www.fbmlaw.com

Office Hours

Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM

Firm/Affiliate Offices

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPALS

Charles D. Brown (Associate Principal) born 1956; admitted to bar, 1984, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., Political Science, 1980); Michigan State University College of Law (J.D., 1984). Achieved the highest rating for legal ability in Martindale-Hubbell. Publication/Presentation: "Toward a New Vision of Malpractice Reform," Michigan Medical Law Report, Volume I, No. 2, Summer 2005. Member: State Bar of Michigan. Reported Cases: Smith v. Sinai Hospital of Detroit, 152 Mich. App. 716, 394 N.W. 2d 82 (1986); Sexton v. Petz, 170 Mich. App. 561, 428 N.W. 2d 282 (1992); Ginther v. Zimmerman, 195 Mich. App. 647, 491 N.W. 2d 282 (1992). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Professional Liability; Insurance Defense.Email: Charles D. Brown

Jeffrey C. Hart (Associate Principal) born 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois; 2006, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Seventh Circuits; Pro Hac Vice, Colorado. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1992); Loyola University Chicago School of Law (J.D., 1995). Advisory Board Member, Loyola Consumer Law Review, 2009. Author: "Subrogation and the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act," Zurich-American Insurance Company, 2005; Northwestern University Office of Risk Management, 2005; "An Introduction to Subrogation, Lien Recovery and Employers' Liability under the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act," Workers' Compensation Law update, 2004; Sentry Insurance Company, 2004, American Family Insurance Company. 2004. Editor, Consumer Law Reporter (now Consumer Law Review), Loyola University College School of Law, 1994-1995. Member: American Bar Association; Illinois Defense Trial Lawyers Association; State Appellate Defenders Organization; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association. Special Agencies: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Longshore & Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Workers Compensation; Professional Liability; Probate; Criminal Law; Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act; Labor and Employment; Subrogation.Email: Jeffrey C. Hart

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Brian H. Phinney (Senior Associate) born Fort Wayne, Indiana, August 11, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Michigan; 2001, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Michigan; 2008, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (B.S., 1997); New England School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Pro Hac Vice in state and federal courts in California, Texas, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Member: State Bar of Michigan. Reported Cases: Bennett v. MIS Corp., et al, 2008, U.S. Dist. Lexis 94724 (Ed. Mich.); Adobe Lumber v. Hellman, et al, 415 F.Supp. 2d 1070. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Products Liability; Real Estate.Email: Brian H. Phinney

ASSOCIATES

Marc P. Lawrence (Associate) born Connersville, Indiana, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Michigan; 2008, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., Political Theory Constitutional Democracy and International Relations, 2000); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., with distinction, 2003). Pro Hac Vice basis in California. Author: "Michigan Supreme Court Narrows Standing Requirement in MEPA Decision: MCWC v Nestle Waters," Reflections, Vol. 2, Issue 4, Fall 2007; "Rapanos Decision Sprouts New EPA Policies," Reflections, Vol. 2, Issue 3, Summer 2007; "Avoidance and Limitations of MEPA 'Citizen Suits,'" Reflections, Vol. 2, Issue 2, Spring 2007; "The effects of Rapanos and Carabell in Michigan," Reflections, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Winter 2007; "Concurrent Ownership of Property," Reflections, Vol. 1, Issue 4, Fall 2006; "Pay-to-Hunt Preserves Get a Break with 2006 PA 214: New Property Tax Law," Reflections, Vol. 1, Issue 3, Summer 2006. Presentation: "Don't Get Sued: Legal Responsibilities of the Amateur Soccer Referee," Flint Area Soccer Referees Association (February 2008). Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member: Litigation and Environmental Law Sections); American Bar Association (Member: Section of Litigation and Young Lawyers Division). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Corporate Law; Complex Litigation.Email: Marc P. Lawrence

Saulius D. Polteraitis (Associate) born Livonia, Michigan, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., English, with honors, 1999); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., 2005). Fellow: Catholic Lawyers Society of Detroit (Member, Board of Directors). Member: State Bar of Michigan. Languages: English and Lithuanian. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Premises Liability; Workers Compensation; Negligence.Email: Saulius D. Polteraitis

OF COUNSEL

Lisa F. Geherin (Of Counsel) born Las Vegas, Nevada, December 30, 1962; admitted to bar, 1996, California; 2000, Michigan. Education: University of San Diego (B.A., 1985); California Western School of Law (J.D., 1996). Author: "Heppler v. J.M. Peters; Changing the Way Indemnity Clauses are Interpreted," San Diego Daily Transcript, Business Journal, Spring 2000. Member: Washtenaw County Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense; Premises Liability; Construction Law.

All Members and Associates are members of the State Bar of Michigan.