Matthew G. Curtis
Senior Shareholder
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
Personal Injury Litigation Committee
Compensation Committee
toll free: 1-800-967-1234
phone: (248) 746-4038
fax: (248) 746-4001 
Mr. Curtis is a senior shareholder at Sommers Schwartz, P.C., one of Michigan’s premier law firms. For the past 23 years, Mr. Curtis has been tremendously successful in handling complex personal injury and medical malpractice cases. He was the recipient of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association Award, which was based upon his successful representation of three families who filed federal tort claims against the National Institute of Health. He represents clients in multiple counties throughout the State of Michigan, and has litigated cases in states throughout the country including Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Minnesota, Georgia, and Maryland. He specializes in birth trauma litigation, delay in diagnosing medical conditions, and wrongful death/catastrophic injury cases. He has successfully resolved hundreds of medical negligence cases and has been responsible for numerous settlements in excess of $1,000,000. Education:
- Detroit College of Law, Detroit, Michigan, 1985
- Honors: Cum Laude
- Moot Court Board
- University of Michigan, BGS 1982
- Michigan Varsity Wrestling Team, 1978-1980 |  - Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury
- Auto Negligence Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation |
|  - State of Michigan
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- U.S. Tax Court
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan |
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| Accomplishments:
- Mr. Curtis recently received one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in the State of Michigan in 2008 exceeding $9,000,000. - Matthew Curtis and Richard Groffsky 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. - Matthew Curtis and Richard Groffsky 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.
Honors and Awards:
- Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation, 2008
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association Award
Speaking Engagements:
-Michigan State University College of Law: What's on the Horizon for Michigan Medical Malpractice? | Professional Associations and Memberships:
- State of Michigan Bar Association
- Michigan Association for Justice
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Hellenic Bar Association
Past President 1994-1995
Media:
- The Law Business Insider, Featuring Americas Premier Lawyers & Business Execs Radio Show featured Matt Curtis as one of their premier guests on the January 2, 2010 program |
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