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Kenneth T. Watkins 
Southfield, Michigan
Senior Shareholder
phone (248) 746-4022
fax (248) 936-2182
email Email Me

Mr. Watkins is a senior shareholder at Sommers Schwartz, P.C. one of Michigan's premier law firms. His areas of practice include auto negligence, birth trauma, medical malpractice, and personal injury.

Areas of Practice:
Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury
Litigation Percentage:
80% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Michigan, 1992
Education:
Detroit College of Law, Detroit, Michigan, 1992
Juris Doctor
Honors: Cum Laude
Law Review: Detroit College of Law Review


Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1984
Bachelor of Science
Major:  Communication Studies


Honors and Awards:
Quarter Finalist, Fredrick Douglas Moot Court Competition


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Wolverine Bar Association, 1998 - 1999
President


Wolverine Bar Association, Executive Board, 1998 - 1999
Member


Wolverine Bar Foundation
Member


Michigan Trial Lawyers Association, Executive Board
Sustaining Member


American Trial Lawyers Association
Michigan Minority Delegate Representative


American Bar Association
Member


National Bar Association, 1999 - 2000
Special Assistant to the President


National Bar Association, Judicial Review and Selection Committee, 1999 - 2000
Member


Federal Bar Association
Member


Man to Man Mentor/Mentoree Program in the City of Detroit
Mentor


Past Employment Positions:
Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman Detroit, Michigan, Summer Associate, 1991


36th District Court, Probation Officer, 1985 - 1992



Attorneys of Sommers Schwartz, P.C., with offices in Southfield, Michigan, represent clients throughout Southeast Michigan and the Midwest United States, from communities in Michigan such as Detroit, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Troy, Rochester, Grosse Pointe, Sterling Heights, Warren, Taylor, Van Buren Township, Dearborn, Ann Arbor, Plymouth, Monroe, Jackson, Lansing, Grand Rapids, Flint, Kalamazoo and Saginaw; and clients and referring attorneys from other states such as Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.  Sommers Schwartz, P.C. lawyers represent plaintiffs, defendants, employees, management, small businesses, and corporations in individual lawsuits and class actions.


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