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RANDALL D. FIELSTRA
FIELSTRA SHIBLEY, P.C.
380 West Western Avenue
Suite 250
PO Box 1026
Fax: 231-728-5545
info@fielstra.com
www.muskegoninjurylawyers.com
Mr. Fielstra has engaged in an active litigation practice for
over 30 years pursuing product liability, medical malpractice,
employment discrimination, and workers’ compensation claims
in the state and federal courts in Michigan and South Carolina.
Admitted to practice in Michigan in 1970, he sat for and
passed the South Carolina Bar in 2007. In 2010 he recovered
a multimillion-dollar settlement against several Fortune
500 companies for a Michigan resident in the South Carolina
Federal District Court based on claims of product liability and
negligent crowd control at a NASCAR race event. Mr. Fielstra is
AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and appears in that company’s
Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers 2010 in the practice areas of
personal injury and medical malpractice.
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WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
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CHRISTOPHER J. HASTINGS THE HAS TINGS LAW FIRM 2684 West Eleven Mile Road Suite 200 Berkley, MI 48072 Tel: 248-591-9700 Fax: 248-591-2304 cjh@thehastingslawfirm.com www.thehastingslawfirm.com
Chris Hastings is an accomplished trial lawyer specializing in
injury cases of all types, including cases involving wrongful
death; trucking accidents; auto and motorcycle accidents;
construction injuries; railroad and maritime accidents; explosion
and fire-related fatalities and injuries; product liability; animal
bites and attacks; adulterated food; slip, trip, and fall accidents;
and all types of insurance claims. After graduating from the
University of Detroit School of Law in 1994, Mr. Hastings
spent three years defending insurance companies and large
corporations before devoting his practice exclusively to
representing injured persons. In 2003 Mr. Hastings formed The
Hastings Law Firm, and since that time he has recorded some
of the largest annual jury verdicts and settlements in Michigan.
TRANSPORTATION/MARITIME
INSURANCE CLAIMS/DENIALS
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BARRY F. LAKRITZ BARRY F. LAKRITZ, PC 39400 Woodward Avenue Suite 200 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 Tel: 248-723-4747 Fax: 248-723-4690 blakritz@lakritzlaw.com www.lakritzlaw.com
Mr. LaKritz, a Phi Beta Kappa and Honors (cum laude) law
graduate from Wayne State University, is a trial attorney who
has achieved great success litigating or resolving numerous
personal injury cases in excess of $1 million. A member of the
Federal Bar Association, he is admitted to practice before the
U.S. Supreme Court and has been selected by the Oakland
County Bench to serve as voluntary Judge Pro Tem, as Mediator,
and as Arbitrator. For 2011, Mr. LaKritz has been chosen as a Top
100 Trial Lawyer by the NTLA. Also, Mr. LaKritz is included in the
2011 edition of The Best Lawyers of America. Martindale-Hubbell
has bestowed upon Mr. LaKritz an AV Preeminent Rating, the
highest rating in both legal ability and ethical standards, and he
has been listed in Michigan Super Lawyers for the last five years.
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ALTERNATIVE DISPU TE RESOLU TION
CARY M. MAKROUER
THE THURSWELL LAW FIRM
1000 Town Center
Suite 500
Southfield, MI 48075
Tel: 248-354-2222
Fax: 248-354-2323
cmakrouer@thurswell.com
www.thurswell.com
Cary Makrouer specializes in personal injury and victims’ rights
law. He was the winner of the tenth largest trial verdict in the
State of Michigan in 2001 and the 13th largest trial verdict in
the State of Michigan in 2005. He graduated with honors from
Michigan State University and earned his law degree from the
Detroit College of Law. He was admitted to the Michigan Bar
in 1976 and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for
the Eastern Division of Michigan, the U.S. District Court for the
Division of Ohio, the U.S. District Court for the Western District
of Tennessee, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
Tennessee, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
He is a member of the American Arbitration Association, the
Federal Bar Association, and the MAJ.
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DAVID S. MITTLEMAN CHURCH W YBLE, PC 2827 East Saginaw Street Lansing, MI 48912 Tel: 517-372-1011 Fax: 517-372-1031 dmittleman@churchwyble.com www.churchwyble.com
I grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and attended the
University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University, where I
graduated with a B.S. in pharmacy. While attending Thomas M.
Cooley Law School, I started working with the Church Wyble,
PC law firm. I have been on the Executive Board of the
Michigan Association for Justice since 1985. I was appointed to
the Michigan Supreme Court Committee on Civil Model Jury
Instructions, elected Treasurer of the Michigan Democratic
Party, appointed by Governor Granholm as Chair of the
Michigan Public Educational Facilities Authority, and recently
appointed to the State Bar of Michigan Negligence Section
Council. I have been married to my wife Jill since 1985, and we
are proud of our two children, Hannah and Max.
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PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: PRODUCTS
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DANIEL G. ROMANO ROMANO LAW 26555 Evergreen Road Suite 1500 Southfield, MI 48076 Tel: 248-750-0270 Fax: 248-936-2105 dromano@romanolawpllc.com www.danielromanolaw.com
Three years ago, Daniel Romano left a partnership with a
well-respected plaintiffs’ firm to start Romano Law. The firm
has rapidly grown to four lawyers who devote their practice to
protecting the rights of individuals. The practice has been built
on attorney and client referrals. In his nearly 20 years of practice,
he has collected millions of dollars for his clients. He has had
multiple seven-figure verdicts and settlements. Currently he sits
as a Case Evaluator in Wayne, Macomb, and Oakland Counties.
Often he is called upon to sit as an arbitrator in police, auto,
premises, and other personal injury cases. Romano believes
that justice is his clients’ right and his business. He offers
tenacious, zealous, and compassionate representation.
CIVIL RIGHTS/FIRST AMENDMEN T
EMPLOYMEN T LITIGATION: PLAINTIFF
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CLIFFORD PASKEL
PASKEL TASHMAN WALKER,
P.C.
24445 Northwestern Highway
Suite 102
Southfield, MI 48075
Tel: 248-353-7750
Fax: 248-353-2253
cliffpaske@aol.com
www.ptwlegal.com
Clifford Paskel will tell you that of all his accomplishments the
most humbling and proudest are his recognition in 2007 by the
Wayne County Board of Commissioners for Outstanding Record
of Advocacy for Low Income People... and Community Service
and, though he is of Jewish faith, his recognition in 1998 by the
Historic Little Rock Baptist Church in Detroit as Christian Man
of the Year. For over 40 years, Mr. Paskel’s firm, Paskel Tashman
Walker, P.C., has been striving to protect the rights of and secure
justice for the weakest of society: the very young, the very old,
and the very poor.
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EMPLOYMENT LI TIGATION: PLAIN TIFF
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JUDITH A. SUSSKIND THE THURSWELL LAW FIRM 1000 Town Center Suite 500 Southfield, MI 48075 Tel: 248-354-2222 Fax: 248-354-2323 jsusskind@thurswell.com www.thurswell.com
For over 20 years, Judy Susskind has successfully handled
medical malpractice cases. She made history in the fall of
2002 by winning three medical malpractice jury trials in a row
in less than eleven weeks. She was given the Michigan Lawyers
Weekly Lawyer of the Year Award in 2004 for being dubbed
the winningest plaintiffs’ lawyer in Michigan by her colleagues.
Judy Susskind served as Chairperson of the Negligence Section
of the State Bar in 2003-2004. She served as President of
the Michigan Association for Justice, formerly known as the
Michigan Trial Lawyers Association, for 2008-2009.
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GERALD E. THURSWELL THE THURSWELL LAW FIRM 1000 Town Center Suite 500 Southfield, MI 48075 Tel: 866-354-5544 Fax: 248-354-2323 jthurswell@thurswell.com www.thurswell.com
Gerald Thurswell is the founder of The Thurswell Law Firm, and
his firm represents people injured or killed as a result of auto,
bus, truck, and motorcycle accidents; dog bites; and medical
malpractice. He graduated with honors at age 23 from Wayne
State University Law School in 1967. He is a past president of the
ATLA Metropolitan Detroit Chapter and is on the Executive Board
of the Michigan Association for Justice. He is admitted to practice
law in MI, NY, D.C., CO, and IL, and before the U.S. Supreme
Court. He is recognized in Who’s Who in American Law and
Who’s Who in the World. He handles medical malpractice cases.
Recently, a child with cerebral palsy received an $11.5 million
settlement. He has obtained millions of dollars for his clients
in medical malpractice and birth injury/cerebral palsy cases.
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