Richard L. Groffsky

Board of Directors
Chair of the Tort Litigation Department
Senior Shareholder

rgroffsky@sommerspc.com
toll free: 1-800-967-1234
phone: (248) 746-4028
fax: (248) 936-2136

Mr. Groffsky has practiced in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, South Carolina and Georgia in significant brain injury and birth injury cases. He has been selected by "Best Lawyers in America" and "Super Lawyers" for their organization's respective awards. Specializing in medical malpractice and other personal injury cases, he has obtained in excess of 20 seven figure verdicts or settlements.

Education:
- DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, JD
- University of Michigan, BA

Areas of Practice:
- Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury

Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:
- State of Michigan

Honors and Awards:
- Best Lawyers in America 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008
- Super Lawyers 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008

Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Hurley Medical Center OB Residency, Medical/Legal Seminar. 2006.
- Speaker, Michigan Society of Hospital Risk, Management Annual Meeting. 1993

Accomplishments:
- In excess of twenty (20) seven figure settlements and verdicts.
- $9.1 million verdict for the death of a 39-year-old father of two.
- $7.4 million dollar settlement for a baby brain damaged at birth.
- $3.9 million settlement for a brain injured baby in Illinois.
- $3.5 million settlement for brain injured man.
- $3 million settlement for a brain injured baby in Michigan.
- Richard Groffsky and Matthew Curtis obtained a settlement of $3,045,000 for a client (plaintiff) that presented to the hospital for an elective low-anterior colon resection. The settlement was one of Michigan's largest medical malpractice settlements of 2009.
- Richard Groffsky and Matthew Curtis obtained a confidential $7.4 million settlement for an infant born depressed after an emergent delivery. The baby developed brain damage because he was not properly resuscitated in the critical first hour after birth.

Professional Associations and Memberships:
- State Bar of Michigan
- American Bar Association
- Detroit Bar Association
- Oakland County Bar Association
- American Trial Lawyers Association
- Michigan Association for Justice (MAJ)
- Attorney Discipline Board, 1990 –
Present, panel member
- Detroit Bar Association, 1989 –
Present, Pro-Bono Appointee

Significant Settlements / Verdicts:
-Attorneys Richard L. Groffsky and Matthew G. Curtis obtained a $2,100,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case filed in Cook County Circuit Court (Illinois) involving a newborn who suffered motor deficits after a delay in testing. Read more.

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