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Address
Travelers Tower
26555 Evergreen Road, Ste. 1530
Southfield, Michigan 48076 (Oakland Co.)
Phone
1-800-777-0028; 1-248-353-7575
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.9
out of 5
 Free Initial Consultation (Main Office) Michigan's largest auto accident law firm practicing exclusively in serious car, truck, and motorcycle accidents as well as wrongful death cases. More million dollar verdicts and settlements for car & truck cases than any other Michigan law firm. Statement of PracticeAuto Accidents, Car Accidents, Truck Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Personal Injury, Head Injuries, Spinal Injuries, Wrongful Death, No Fault Law. Year Established: 1952
Firm Size: 41
Rate InformationFree Initial Consultation
AddressTravelers Tower
26555 Evergreen Road, Ste. 1530
Southfield, MI 48076, (Oakland Co.)
PhonePhone: 1-800-777-0028; 1-248-353-7575
Fax: 248-353-4504
Website
http://www.michiganautolaw.com
Lawrence E. Gursten (Member) born Detroit, Michigan; admitted to bar, 1965, Michigan. Education: Wayne State University Law School (LL.B., 1965). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2008-2009. Named, Michigan Super Lawyer, 2007, 2008, 2009. Achieved Highest Rating for Legal Ability, Martindale-Hubbell, 2008-2009. National Advisory Board, Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America, 2008. Member: State Bar of Michigan; Michigan Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Head Injury; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Spinal Injury; Whiplash; Wrongful Death.Email: Lawrence E. Gursten
Leonard M. Koltonow (Member) born 1944; admitted to bar, 1972, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1966); University of Detroit (J.D., 1971). Named Michigan Super Lawyer, 2007, 2008. Member: State Bar of Michigan; Michigan Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Head Injury; Accidents; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Spinal Injury; Whiplash; Trucking Accidents.Email: Leonard M. Koltonow
Steven M. Gursten (Member) born 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.S., 1992); Fordham University (J.D., 1995). Phi Beta Kappa. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2008. Named as: Michigan Super Lawyer, 2008; Lawyer of the Year, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, 2005. Author, "Handling Automobile Accident Cases," Michigan Lawyers Manual Treatise. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Representative Assembly); Michigan Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Executive Board); American Association for Justice (President, Interstate Trucking Litigation Group, 2007-2008); Million Dollar Advocates Forum. (Also at Detroit Office). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Accidents; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Head Injury; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Truck Accidents; Motorcycle Accidents; Spinal Injury; Whiplash.Email: Steven M. Gursten
David E. Christensen (Member) born Garden Grove, California, 1959; admitted to bar, 1991, Michigan. Education: San Francisco State University (B.A., cum laude, 1983); University of Michigan (M.A., 1991; J.D., cum laude, 1991). Named Michigan Super Lawyer, 2007, 2008. Author, "Breaking the Deadlock: Toward a Socialist-Confucianist Concept of Human Rights for China," 13 Mich. J. Int'l L. 469, 1992.; "Use of SPECT Imaging in Traumatic Brain Injury Cases," Michigan Trial Lawyers Association Quarterly. Member: State Bar of Michigan; Michigan Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Executive Board, 1996-1999, 2003); Secretary of Negligence Section of the State Bar of Michigan. (Also at Detroit Office). Languages: Mandarin. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Head Injury; Accidents; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Spinal Injury; Whiplash; Boating Accidents; Sexual Assault; Sexual Harassment.Email: David E. Christensen
Robert M. Raitt (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, September 12, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with honors, 1989); Wayne State University (J.D., 1992). Named Michigan Super Lawyer, 2008. Member: State Bar of Michigan; Michigan Association for Justice (Member, Executive Board, 1996; President, 2007); (Also at Detroit Office). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Head Injury; Accidents; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Spinal Injury; Whiplash; Premises Liability.Email: Robert M. Raitt
Jeffrey A. Bussell (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, 1963; admitted to bar, 2003, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A., 1985); Wayne State University (M.B.A., 1993; J.D., 2002). Member: State Bar of Michigan; Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Accidents; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Head Injury; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Spinal Injury; Whiplash.Email: Jeffrey A. Bussell
Ian M. Freed (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, February 10, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1996); University of Detroit- Mercy School of Law (J.D., 2000). Dean's List. Member: Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; Michigan Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Head Injury; Accidents; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Spinal Injury; Whiplash.Email: Ian M. Freed
Thomas James (Member) born 1967; admitted to bar, 2005, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: San Jose State University (B.S., 1993); Golden Gate University (M.B.A., 2001); Michigan State University College of Law (J.D., 2005). Author: "Environmental Disclosures: Increasing SEC Disclosures Requirements I Not The Answer," 1J. Bus. & Sec. L. 41, 2005. Member: State Bar of Michigan; Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Accidents; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Negligence; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Head Injury; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Spinal Injury; Whiplash.Email: Thomas James
Kevin H. Seiferheld (Member) born Royal Oak, Michigan; admitted to bar, 1998, Michigan. Education: Eastern Michigan University (B.A., 1993); Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University (J.D., 1998). Member: Oakland County Bar Association; Wayne County Case Evaluation Tribunal (Evaluator); Michigan Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Automobile Negligence; No Fault Automobile Insurance; Personal Injury; Construction Accidents; Traumatic Brain Injury; Catastrophic Injury.Email: Kevin H. Seiferheld
Michael R. Shaffer (Member) born 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1995); Wayne State University (J.D., 1999). Member: State Bar of Michigan; Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Accidents; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Head Injury; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Whiplash.Email: Michael R. Shaffer
Deborah A. Tonelli (Member) born Detroit, Michigan; admitted to bar, 1987, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1976); Detroit College of Law (J.D., 1987). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award at Detroit College of Law. Member: State Bar of Michigan; Women Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Automobile Negligence.Email: Deborah A. Tonelli
Alison Tomak (Member) born Huntington Woods, Michigan; admitted to bar, 2008, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (cum laude, 2005); University of Detroit Mercy Law (J.D., 2008). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Automobile Negligence.Email: Alison Tomak
Kathleen E. Johnson (Member) born Virginia, Minnesota; admitted to bar, 2004, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 2001); Michigan State University Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Member: Livingston County Bar Association; Michigan Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Automobile Negligence.Email: Kathleen E. Johnson
Brandon M. Hewitt (Member) born Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Michigan. Education: Ferris State University (summa cum laude, 2004); Wayne State University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: American Association for Justice; Michigan Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Automobile Negligence.Email: Brandon M. Hewitt
Amy Gubesch (Member) born Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Michigan. Education: Adrian College (1988); Wayne State University Law School (J.D., 1992). Member: Michigan Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Automobile Negligence.Email: Amy Gubesch
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