Super Lawyers - Michigan 2014

THOMAS W. WAUN

WAUN & PARILLO, PLLC

10683 South Saginaw Street Suite D Grand Blanc, MI 48439

Fax: 810-695-7884 twaun@waunlaw.com www.waunlaw.com Thomas W. Waun is a principal in the firm of Waun & Parillo, PLLC, located in Grand Blanc, Michigan. He became a member of the Michigan bar in 1982 and his practice is focused primarily on plaintiffs’ personal injury and commercial litigation. He has tried over 100 civil jury trials to verdict in various state and federal courts as lead counsel. Mr. Waun currently serves on Michigan’s Committee on Model Civil Jury Instructions. He is a past Chair of the Negligence Section of the State Bar and currently is the treasurer of the Michigan Association for Justice. He is also a frequent lecturer on issues involving negligence law and trial practice.

BUSINESS LI TIGATION

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAIN TIFF
MILTON H. GREENMAN

THURSWELL LAW

1000 Town Center Suite 500

Fax: 248-354-2323 mgreenman@thurswell.com www.thurswell.com Milton Greenman has expertise in medical malpractice and personal injury litigation. Mr. Greenman has obtained substantial jury verdicts and settlements for his clients in courts throughout Michigan since joining the Thurswell firm in 1982. AV-rated (highest peer view rating) by Martindale-Hubbell, he is a member of the Michigan Association for Justice and State Bar of Michigan. Mr. Greenman is also admitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern District Court. In July of 2011, Mr. Greenman was elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates for his excellence as a trial attorney. He is a member of the Case Evaluation Tribunals for Wayne County Circuit Court. Mr. Greenman has received multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements in medical malpractice and negligence cases.

PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: PLAIN TIFF
RUSSELL GREGORY
THE LAW OFFICES OF
RUSSELL GREGORY, P.C.
Tel: 248-210-7877
rgregory@lawofficesrg.com
www.LawOfficesRG.com
Named in The Best Lawyers in America, Michigan Super Lawyers,
National Trial Lawyers’ Top 100 Trial Attorneys, Million Dollar
Advocates Forum, and other leading attorney institutions. Top
AV rating, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Attorney Russell
Gregory says, “I reassess seemingly unpursuable, high-damage
matters. Most of my seven-figure-plus outcomes have been
on prior turndowns. If your client’s high-damage matter has
been turned away, let me help. Birth trauma is my forte, but
I’ll evaluate any substantial loss matter, even business and
financial. Reanalysis can change everything – don’t let it go
without another look.”

PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRAC TICE: PLAIN TIFF CLIFFORD PASKEL

PASKEL TASHMAN WALKER, P.C.

24445 Northwestern Highway Suite 102

Southfield, MI 48075

Tel: 248-353-7750

Fax: 248-353-2253 cpaskel@ptwlegal.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.

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAINTIFF EMPLOYMENT LI TIGATION: PLAIN TIFF

PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRAC TICE: PLAIN TIFF
JUDITH A. SUSSKIND

THURSWELL LAW

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. She is a regular speaker and moderator for medical malpractice law seminars in the State of Michigan and across the nation.

PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: PLAIN TIFF
GERALD E. THURSWELL
THURSWELL LAW

1000 Town Center Suite 500

Southfield, MI 48075 Tel: 248-354-2222 Fax: 248-354-2323 jthurswell@thurswell.com www.thurswell.com Gerald Thurswell is the founder of Thurswell Law, which has a Best Law Firm ranking by U.S. News & World Report. The firm represents people injured or killed as a result of motor vehicle accidents, police misconduct and medical malpractice. He graduated with honors at age 23 from Wayne State University Law School. He is past president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America Metropolitan Detroit Chapter and is on the Executive Board of the Michigan Association for Justice. He is admitted to practice law in Michigan, NY, D.C., CO, IL and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is recognized in Who’s Who in American Law and The Best La wyers in America. He has obtained millions of dollars for his clients in medical malpractice, birth injury/cerebral palsy and motor vehicle accidents. PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAINTIFF

PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRAC TICE: PLAIN TIFF THOMAS P. BRANIGAN

BO WMAN AND BROOKE LLP

41000 Woodward Avenue Suite 200 East Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

Tel: 248-205-3316

Fax: 248-205-3399 tom.branigan@bowmanandbrooke.com www.bowmanandbrooke.com Tom Branigan is the managing partner of the Bloomfield Hills office of Bowman and Brooke. He is a veteran trial lawyer who represents clients from a broad array of business and industry sectors including automotive, banking and financial services, chemical, franchising, and insurance. He has a proven track record of aggressive and cost-effective management and resolution of all facets of complex litigation including trials, class actions, MDLs, appeals, arbitrations, and mediations. Tom has tried over 30 complex and high-exposure cases to verdict in both state and federal courts nationally. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He is listed in Who’s Who in American Law and Chambers USA, has been named in Michigan Super Lawyers’ Top 100, and has been listed in the Irish Legal 100 since 2003.

BUSINESS LI TIGATION CLASS AC TION/MASS TORTS

PERSONAL INJURY PRODUC TS: DEFENSE
NORTON J. COHEN

MILLER COHEN, PLC

600 West Lafayette Boulevard Floor 4

Detroit, MI 48226

Tel: 313-566-4787

Fax: 313-964-4490 nortoncohen@millercohen.com www.millercohen.com Norton Cohen is a Principal in the Detroit labor law firm of Miller Cohen, PLC. He graduated from Wayne State University Law School in 1959 and was appointed law clerk to Justice Carr of the Michigan Supreme Court. Cohen has engaged primarily in the practice of workers’ compensation and Social Security disability law. He was special counsel to the Michigan AFL-CIO on workers’ compensation law. He has lectured on workers’ compensation and Social Security disability, both locally and nationally. He served as the Labor Co-Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Committee of the ABA Section on Labor and Employment Law. He was elected to the Michigan Workers’ Compensation Hall of Fame in 2000 and is a Fellow of the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers.