Annual Meeting & Program
Hyatt Regency, Dearborn
Friday, September 18, 2009
9:00 - 11:00 am |
| | Grand Ledge, Michigan 48837
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517-622-8106 |
| Annual Meeting - 9:00 am
New officers, council members, bylaw amendments
Program - 9:30 - 11:00 am
Hot topics in Negligence practice, including: · Strategies and pitfalls associated with notices of fault · Handling tort claims in Bankruptcy court · The care and feeding of experts in the modern era · The Supreme Court landscape Outstanding Achievement Award - Judge Avern L. Cohn, US Eastern District Court of Michigan
Supreme Court Update - Chief Justice Marilyn J. Kelly
Notices of Fault - David C. Anderson, Collins Einhorn Farrell & Ulanoff, PC
How to Handle Tort Claims in Bankruptcy - Kate Klaus, Maddin Hauser Wartell Roth & Heller, PC
Experts/Trial Courts as Gate-Keepers - Robert Sickels, Sommers Schwartz, PC |
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| Notice of Fault
David Anderson,
Collins Einhorn Farrell & Ulanoff P.C.
David C. Anderson is a partner at Collins, Einhorn, Farrell & Ulanoff P.C. where he focuses his practice on the defense of complex professional liability claims. For more than a decade, he has successfully defended lawyers, accountants, and a variety of insurance and real estate professionals. David also maintains an active general liability defense practice, including claims arising out of product liability and premises liability matters. David has a wealth of trial experience, having successfully tried many legal malpractice and other cases. |
How to Handle
Tort Claims in Bankruptcy
Kate Klaus,
Maddin Hauser
Ms. Klaus received her juris doctorate from the University of Michigan Law School in 1992. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 1987. From 1992 - 2004, Ms. Klaus practiced commercial and bankruptcy litigation in Chicago, Illinois. In August 2004, she joined Maddin Hauser Wartell Roth & Heller, P.C. where she focuses her practice on non-medical professional liability litigation. |
Experts/Trial Courts as Gate-Keepers Robert Sickels,
Sommers Schwartz, P.C.
For more than 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 or catastrophic injury due to other forms of medical negligence, defective products and defective premises. Due to superb pre-trial preparation, Mr. Sickels had engineered numerous settlements and jury verdicts that have provided many millions of dollars in compensation for his clients. He is currently a senior shareholder at Sommers Schwartz, P.C. and the Chairperson of the Personal Injury Department. In addition, he is a member of the Executive Board of Directors of the Michigan Association for Justice. |
| | | | Also on the Agenda for the Day Analysis of Supreme Court changes in 2009 by Chief Justice Marilyn J. Kelly |
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| | | Negligence Law Section to Honor U.S. District Court Judge Avern Cohn The Negligence Law Section will honor U.S. District Court Judge Avern Cohn at the section's meeting at the annual meeting of the State Bar of Michigan at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn on Friday, September 18.
The Outstanding Achievement Award is presented to Judge Cohn for his vigorous and outspoken defense of the civil justice system and the right to trial by jury in a civil case. Judge Cohn was appointed the U.S. District Court by President Jimmy Carter in 1970. |
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