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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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07 '22

Michigan Supreme Court Rejects and Blesses Reliance on Standing Orders in Medical-Malpractice Cases

July 15, 2022

The idiom “give with one hand and take away with the other” aptly describes aspects of the Supreme Court’s opinion in Estate of Corrado v Rieck. The Court held that a claim based on violation of a nursing home’s standing order is for medical malpractice but it fails as a matter of law. Then it…

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06 '22

Never mind, maybe everything is recorded: Schaumann-Beltran Reversal

June 15, 2022

In December 2020, I wrote about a Court of Appeals case holding that courts cannot permit parties to video record their medical examinations. It was proof that everything isn’t recorded, I said. Forget that. We’ll have to look for proof elsewhere because the Supreme Court reversed in Schaumann-Beltran v Gemmete. The facts and holding in Schaumann-Beltran are…

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04 '22

Attorneys Kari Melkonian and Laura Alton obtained a verdict of no cause of action based on a unanimous jury verdict

April 20, 2022

In a negligence case against a high-end hotel, the plaintiff asserted claims of bodily and emotional injuries arising out of contact with soiled towels in her room. At trial, the plaintiff argued alternative theories as to how the hotel failed to clean the room prior to check-in and/or didn’t follow proper housekeeping and laundry protocols….

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02 '22

Brief of Amicus Curiae Michigan Defense Trial Counsel by Attorney Michael Cook

February 22, 2022

Michigan law on damages in wrongful-death actions has been unsettled for several years. The difficulty stems from a 2016 Court of Appeals opinion that conflicts with a 1948 Supreme Court opinion. Appellate attorney Michael J. Cook authored an amicus curie brief on the issue for the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc. in Estate of Jumaa…

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01 '22

Collins Einhorn Farrell PC Announces Attorneys Mate, Lang, Catrinar, Aretha, and McPhee as New Partners

January 3, 2022

Collins Einhorn Farrell is pleased to announce that attorneys  Sam S. Mate, Jr., Christopher T. Lang, Brian A. Catrinar, Mary C. Aretha, and John S. McPhee have been elected partners in the firm. “All five new partners have earned their promotions through their dedication to the best interests of our clients, and the firm.” said…

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12 '21

Collins Einhorn #ThrowbackThursday Initive

December 14, 2021

  October 14th – Introduction #ThrowbackThursday As part of our year-long 50th Anniversary Celebration, Collins Einhorn will be launching a series of #throwbackthursday posts starting next Thursday. The series will delve into the rich history of our firm. We will be shining the light on the individuals who were the foundation of the firm and…

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11 '21

Collins Einhorn Farrell PC Ranked in 2022 “Best Law Firms”

November 5, 2021

Collins Einhorn Farrell PC’s Appellate Practice Group has been recognized nationally for the 6th year in a row. The 2022 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 Regional Tier 1 in 9 practice areas. “Firms…

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11 '21

Twelve Attorneys Listed as 2022 “Top Lawyers” by DBusiness

November 1, 2021

Collins Einhorn Farrell PC is pleased to announce that twelve attorneys have been named to the 2022 “Top Lawyers” list by DBusiness magazine: David C. Anderson Legal Malpractice Law Professional Malpractice Law Joshua I. Arnkoff  Legal Malpractice Law Theresa M. Asoklis Legal Malpractice Law Professional Malpractice Law Donald D. Campbell Legal Malpractice Law Professional Malpractice…

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09 '21

David Anderson Re-appointed Chair of the IADC’s Professional Liability Committee 2021-2022

September 16, 2021

The results are in, and CEF’s own David C. Anderson has been re-appointed Chair of the International Association of Defense Counsel’s (IADC) Professional Liability Committee for 2021-2022. Congratulations, and here’s to another successful year. For more information on the IADC Click Here

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09 '21

Collins Einhorn Appellate Team Obtains Published Affirmance of No-Cause Verdict

September 15, 2021

In Estate of Carlsen v Southwestern Michigan Emergency Services, PC, the plaintiff raised a variety of constitutional and evidentiary arguments in an effort to overturn a jury’s no-cause verdict in a wrongful-death action alleging medical malpractice. Attorneys Trent Collier and Michael Cook obtained a published Court of Appeals opinion affirming the verdict.                                                                                                                                     The decedent…

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