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.
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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.
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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.”
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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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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