Michael S. Hohauser
Private Practice Lawyer
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Practice Areas
Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Commercial Litigation; Dram Shop Liability; E Coli Contamination; Gastric Bypass Surgery Malpractice; Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists; No Fault Automobile Insurance; Personal Liability; First and Third Party Insurance; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Trial Practice; Birth Trauma; Failure to Diagnose; Gynecology Malpractice; Medical Negligence; Nursing Malpractice; Nursing Negligence; Obstetric Malpractice; Pediatric Malpractice; Surgeons Liability; Negligence; Accidents; Animal Attacks; Aquatic Injuries; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Boating Accidents; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Bus Accidents; Catastrophic Injury; Commercial Vehicle Liability; Dog Bites; Head Injury; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Pedestrian Injuries; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Slip and Fall; Severe Burns; Third Party Wrongful Death; Traumatic Brain Injury; Wrongful Death; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Accountants Malpractice; Architects and Engineers Malpractice; Design Professionals Malpractice; Professional Negligence; Civil Liability
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Admitted
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1974, Michigan, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1981, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
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Law School
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Michigan State University College of Law, J.D.
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Member
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Oakland County Bar Association (Elected, Board of Directors, 1992-1998; Secretary; Treasurer; President Elect; President 1999-2000); State Bar of Michigan (Commissioner, 2000-2007; Member, Section on Negligence; Member, Representative Assembly, 1989-1995, 1990-2002; Civil Procedure Committee, Member, 1985-1993; Chair, 1992, 1993); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
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Biography
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Recipient: Francis R. Avadenka Memorial Award for significant contribution to the Community, 2010; Sander Lowenthal Award, 2004; Award honoring contribution to the legal profession, Women's Bar Association for outstanding contribution to the Legal Community, 2000. Author: "Dental Implants: An Emerging Area of Malpractice"; "Is The Bar Important or Self Important?," Contributing Author: "Medical Malpractice: A Practical Approach to the 1993 Act in Michigan"; "Soft Tissue Injury The Plaintiff's Case"; "Premises Liability: Overview and Update of the Law"; "Dog Bite in Michigan"; "The Keys of the Rabbi or Can the 'Adversarial' System Survive?," Laches; "Elected Judgeships," Laches; "Media Criticism of the Bench"; "A Legacy of Intangibles"; "How Did This Situation Come To Be - Is it New?"; "Politics or Justice"; "Architects of a New Millennium"; "Attorney Freedom of Speech"; "A Legacy of Intangibles"; "Transportation Authority Liability". Adjunct Professor, Thomas M. Cooley Law School: Professional Liability, 2007; Medical Malpractice, 2006. Adjunct Professor: Product Liability, University of Detroit, Mercy College of Law, 1999. Lecturer, National Business Institute, 1989-1997. Hearing Panelist, Attorney Discipline Board, 1994. Member, National Council of Bar Presidents, 2000. Founder: Michigan Attorney Trade Organization (MATO), 2006. Fellow: Oakland Bar Foundation; Michigan State Bar Foundation.
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Born
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Newark, New Jersey, February 11, 1947
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Languages
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German
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Reported Cases
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Yahrling v. Belle Lake, 429 Mich 66 (1987); Perez v. KFC Nat Management Co, Inc, 183 Mich App 265 (1990); PIM Inc v. Steinbichler Optical Tech USA Inc, Docket Nos. 220053 and 222221 (September 4, 2001); Vavrick v. Bill's Automotive, Docket No. 238473 (April 17, 2003); Hill v. Hoig, 258 Mich App 538 (2003) lv den 470 Mich 880 (2004); Smith v. Rolladium, 2005 Mich App Lexis 2615 (2005).
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ISLN
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906425310
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