Honors and Awards: - Best Lawyers in America 2009 - Best Lawyers in America 2008 - Super Lawyers 2008 - Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating Classes/Seminars Taught: - Hurley Medical Center OB Residency, Medical/Legal Seminar. 2006. - Speaker, Michigan Society of Hospital Risk, Management Annual Meeting. 1993 Accomplishments: - In excess of twenty (20) seven figure settlements and verdicts. - $9.1 million verdict for the death of a 39-year-old father of two. - $3.9 million settlement for a brain injured baby in Illinois. - $3.5 million settlement for brain injured man. - $3 million settlement for a brain injured baby in Michigan. - Richard Groffsky and Matthew Curtis 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. - Richard Groffsky and Matthew Curtis 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. | Professional Associations and Memberships: - State Bar of Michigan - American Bar Association - Detroit Bar Association - Oakland County Bar Association - American Trial Lawyers Association - Michigan Association for Justice (MAJ) - Attorney Discipline Board, 1990 – Present, panel member - Detroit Bar Association, 1989 – Present, Pro-Bono Appointee
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