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Collins Einhorn Farrell PC Ranked in 2025 “Best Law Firms”

Collins Einhorn Farrell PC’s Appellate Practice Group has been recognized nationally for the 9th year in a row. The 2025 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list names the Appellate Practice Group as a National Tier 3.  CEF is also proud to be recognized as Metropolitan Tier 1 in 9 practice areas. “Firms...
Collins Einhorn Farrell PC’s Appellate Practice Group has been recognized nationally for the 9th year in a row. The 2025...
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10 Collins Einhorn Attorneys Named 2025 “Top Lawyers” by DBusiness Magazine

  Collins Einhorn Farrell PC is pleased to announce that ten of our colleagues have been named to the 2025 “Top Lawyers” list by DBusiness magazine: David C. Anderson – Legal Malpractice Law Theresa M. Asoklis – Legal Malpractice Law Donald D. Campbell – Legal Malpractice Law Trent B. Collier – Appellate Law Michael J....
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25 Collins Einhorn Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers 2025

Collins Einhorn Farrell PC is pleased to announce that 25 lawyers have been included in the 2024 editions of The Best Lawyers in America, including two receiving “Lawyer of the Year” distinction.  Ten of the 25 lawyers have been included in the Ones to Watch edition, which recognizes attorneys who are early in their careers...
Collins Einhorn Farrell PC is pleased to announce that 25 lawyers have been included in the 2024 editions of The...
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CEF obtains historic Supreme Court decision overruling “Denney damages”

The Michigan Supreme Court ended its term with a historic decision, overruling so-called “Denney damages.” Collins Einhorn attorney Michael Cook represented the defendants in the Supreme Court and successfully argued for the overruling. In 2016, the Michigan Court of Appeals dramatically changed Michigan law on wrongful-death damages in a case named, Denney v Kent County...
The Michigan Supreme Court ended its term with a historic decision, overruling so-called “Denney damages.” Collins Einhorn attorney Michael Cook...
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21 Collins Einhorn Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers

  Collins Einhorn Farrell PC is pleased to announce that 21 of our firm’s lawyers have been included in the 2024 editions of Super Lawyers.  Five of the 21 recognized lawyers have been included in the Rising Stars edition, which recognizes attorneys who are early in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private...
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Collins Einhorn CEO, Kellie Howard, Discusses AI Ethics with FOX2

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an integral part of our daily lives, whether we realize it or not.  Despite ongoing speculation about AI having the capacity to replace us all, we assure you it does not.  There is, however, an ongoing enthusiasm to harness the technology, which has been around for decades, but has recently become...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an integral part of our daily lives, whether we realize it or not.  Despite ongoing speculation...
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11 '18

Attorneys Melkonian and Koch obtain dismissal on behalf of television streaming company

November 1, 2018

Attorneys Kari Melkonian and Jonathan Koch recently prevailed on behalf of a television streaming company in a fraud and Michigan Consumer Protection Act claim brought by a former customer. The Court found that the plaintiff’s pleadings were insufficient to maintain a cause of action against the defendant and dismissed with prejudice.

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10 '18

Morton H. Collins June 26, 1931-September 28, 2018

October 1, 2018

Morton H. Collins June 26, 1931-September 28, 2018 With heavy hearts, we share the sad news that Morton H. Collins, founder of Collins Einhorn Farrell, and 2016 recipient of the Oakland County Bar Association’s Distinguished Career Achievement Award passed away on Friday, September 28, 2018. Mort graduated from Wayne State University in 1953 and Wayne…

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09 '18

Twenty-Seven Collins Einhorn Farrell PC Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers®

September 6, 2018

Collins Einhorn Farrell PC announced today that 15 of its attorneys have been named to the 2018 Michigan Super Lawyers list, and an additional 12 attorneys were named to the 2018 Michigan Rising Stars list. In addition, Michael Sullivan and Melissa Graves received additional accolades. Michael Sullivan was listed in the Top 100: 2018 Michigan Super Lawyers list and the Top 50: 2018 Michigan Business Super Lawyers list, and Melissa Graves was named to the Top 50: 2018 Women Michigan Super Lawyers list and the Top 25: 2018 Women Business Super Lawyers list. For full details and a list of all recipients, click on the headline.

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09 '18

Attorneys Kevin Moloughney and Matthew Zmijewski Successfully Defend Complicated Wrongful Death Lawsuit

September 6, 2018

Collins Einhorn attorneys Kevin P. Moloughney and Matthew J. Zmijewski successfully defended a complicated wrongful death lawsuit in Oakland County Circuit Court. To read further details, click on the headline.

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08 '18

Crain’s Detroit Business Names Collins Einhorn Farrell a 2018 Cool Places to Work

August 21, 2018

Collins Einhorn Farrell PC, a leading defense litigation firm based in Southfield, Michigan, is pleased to announce that it has been honored as a 2018 Cool Places to Work in Michigan by Crain’s Detroit Business. For full details, click on the headline.

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08 '18

16 Collins Einhorn Farrell PC Attorneys Named to 2019 Best Lawyers in America© List

August 15, 2018

Collins Einhorn Farrell PC is pleased to announce that 16 of its attorneys have been named to the 2019 edition of Best Lawyers in America©. Additionally, Deborah Lujan has been named the Best Lawyers 2019 Litigation – Insurance “Lawyer of the Year” in Michigan due to her exemplary work in defense litigation. For the full list of attorneys selected for this prestigious award, click on the headline.

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08 '18

Attorney Matthew LaBeau Obtains Summary Disposition for Spindle Manufacturer in Product Liability Action

August 2, 2018

Attorney Matthew S. LaBeau obtained summary disposition on behalf of a spindle manufacturing company in a product liability case. To read the full outcome of the case, click on the headline.

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08 '18

Attorneys Brian Einhorn and Karen Geibel Obtain Summary Disposition in Legal-Malpractice Case

August 1, 2018

Attorneys Brian D. Einhorn and Karen R. Geibel obtained summary disposition for their client in a legal-malpractice case. Brian and Karen successfully argued that the plaintiff’s claims were invalid because their client’s statements—the basis for the plaintiff’s malicious-prosecution claim—were made in a judicial proceeding and therefore absolutely privileged. They also argued that the plaintiff couldn’t pursue a legal-malpractice claim at all because there was no attorney-client relationship between the plaintiff and the defendant. The Wayne County Circuit Court agreed, dismissing all claims against Brian and Karen’s client.

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07 '18

Attorney Matthew LaBeau Authors Article Entitled “Consider Removing Your Next PIP Case to Federal Court”

July 24, 2018

Attorney Matthew S. LaBeau has published an article in the Journal of Insurance and Indemnity Law entitled “Consider Removing Your Next PIP Case to Federal Court.” The article explores the procedural and strategic considerations involved in seeking a removal of a claim for first-party no-fault benefits. For more information, click on the headline.

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07 '18

Michigan No-Fault Update: Bazzi v Sentinel Ins Co — Supreme Court Decision

July 23, 2018

It’s a long-standing principle that no-fault insurers can assert common-law defenses, such as fraud in the application, in order to obtain rescission of a policy and avoid liability for payment of benefits on a claim. If a policy is rescinded, it’s as if the policy was never issued in the first place.

The innocent-third-party rule was a judicially created exception to this principle. Under the rule, insurers couldn’t use the defense of fraud in the application against a third party (that is, someone other than the policyholder) making a claim under a policy. The reasoning was that, because the third-party claimant didn’t commit the fraud, it was unfair for insurance companies to rescind the policy based on fraud.

We take a look at the recent Michigan Supreme Court decision in Bazzi v Sentinel Ins Co, and what this means for insurance companies moving forward. Click the headline for further details.

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