Attorney Profiles

Paul W. Hines
Southfield, Michigan

Senior Shareholder
phone	(248) 746-4016
fax	(248) 936-2137
email	Email Me

Mr. Hines is former President, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, and currently in an ""Of Counsel"" position at Sommers Schwartz, P.C., one of Michigan's premier law firms. He concentrates his practice in the areas of Plaintiff personal injury litigation and medical malpractice. Over the past thirty years, Mr. Hines has counseled and represented thousands of individuals and defended corporations and business entities on a broad spectrum of issues. In addition, he has extensive experience in the roles of advocate, litigator, arbitrator and mediator in solving legal disputes to the greatest possible benefit for his clients.

Areas of Practice:: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury

Litigation Percentage:: 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Michigan, 1973; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1973; U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1973

Education:: Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, 1973
J.D.; Michigan State University, 1969
B.A.

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Guest Lecturer, Mount Mercy Carmel Mercy Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine; Guest Lecturer, Risk Management Seminar, Detroit Osteopathic Hospital; Guest Lecturer, Oakdale Regional Center; Guest Lecturer, Wayne State University Medical School Residency Program in Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds; Guest Lecturer, Trial Practice, Detroit College of Law; Guest Lecturer, Public Risk & Insurance Management Association

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Volunteer Lawyers Program; Member; Wayne County Mediation Association; Member; American Arbitration Association; Member; State Bar of Michigan; Member; American Bar Association; Member; American Trial Lawyers Association; Member; Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; Member; Detroit Bar Association; Member; Oakland County Bar Association; Member; Wayne State University Law School Student Trial Advocacy Program, 1992 - 1994; Judge; Wayne Sate University Law School, 2004 - Present; Board of Visitors

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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