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Robert B. Sickels 
Southfield, Michigan
Senior Shareholder
phone (248) 746-4588
fax (248) 936-2165
email Email Me

For 25 years, Mr. Sickels has been tremendously successful in handling complex personal injury matters, primarily in the areas of medical negligence and products liability. He has developed particular expertise in cases involving injuries to baby and mother during birth, brain damage during medical procedures, death due to delays in diagnosing cancer and other progressive medical conditions, death or catastrophic injury due to other forms of medical negligence, defective products or defective premises. Due to superb pre-trial preparation, Mr. Sickels had engineered numerous settlements that have provided many millions of dollars in compensation for his clients. He is currently a senior shareholder at Sommers Schwartz, P.C., one of Michigan's premier law firms.

Areas of Practice:
Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Michigan, 1978
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1978
U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1978
Pennsylvania
Education:
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, 1978
J.D.


Michigan State University, 1975
B.L.
Honors: With High Honors
Honors: Member Honors College


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Lecturer, Radiology Malpractice


Lecturer, Michigan Trial Lawyers Association Annual Conference, June, 1985


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Michigan Bar Association
Member


Michigan Trial Lawyers Association
Member


Michigan Trial Lawyers Association, Medical Malpractice Subcommittee
Member


Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Member


Detroit Bar Association
Member


Wayne County, Michigan
Mediator


Oakland County, Michigan
Mediator


Past Employment Positions:
Gage & Sickels, P.C., and William C. Gage, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, Associate and Partner, June, 1982 - December, 1994


Evans and Luptak, Detroit, Michigan, Associate Attorney, August, 1979 - June, 1982



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.


Sommers Schwartz, P.C. | 2000 Town Center, Suite 900 | Southfield, MI 48075 | Toll Free: 800.967.1234 Local: 248.355.0300 | Fax: 248.746.4001