Current Employment Position(s)

Partner, since 2003

Year Joined Organization: 1994

Lawyer Overview

Jeffrey C. Gerish is a partner in the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office who practices in the areas of appellate law, insurance coverage and commercial litigation.

Mr. Gerish is a member of Plunkett Cooney’s Appellate Law Practice Group, which is one of the only dedicated law firm appellate practice groups in the State of Michigan. He has successfully represented parties in numerous published decisions issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the Michigan Supreme Court and the Michigan Court of Appeals. He is also a member of the firm’s Insurance Coverage Practice Group.

Mr. Gerish received both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Michigan, and he is a member of several professional organizations.

Areas of Practice

• Appellate Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Insurance Law

Representative Cases

• Hardy v. Oakland County, 461 Mich. 561 (2000)
• Ireland v. Tunis, 113 F.3d 1435 (6th Cir. 1997)
• Hampton v. Waste Management of Michigan Inc., 236 Mich. App. 598 (1999)

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Insurance Law, Federal Appellate Practice, State Appellate Practice

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 1994
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1997
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1994

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Oakland County Bar Association
• State Bar of Michigan
• Michigan Defense Trial Counsel
• Defense Research Institute
• American Bar Association

Past Employment Positions

• State Bar of Michigan Appellate Practice Section Newsletter, Editor, 1997 - 1999

Education

• University of Michigan Law School at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1994
  J.D.
  Honors: Semifinalist, Campbell Moot Court Competition, 1994
  
  Law Journal: University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Associate Editor, 1992 - 1994
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1989
  A.B.

Published Works

• “Abandoning Congressional Intent: Modern-Day Applications of the ADA,” Author, Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University Law Review, Issue 3, 1997
• “The Rape Shield Law and Sexual Harassment,” Co-author, Laches, Number 362, March, 1996
• “Enforceable Contracts Without Agreement On Price”, Co-author, Michigan Bar Journal, June, 2005
• Court Orders MCCA to Reimburse Member Insurers For All Personal Injury Protection Benefits Paid
• Michigan Supreme Court Considers Viability of 'Reasonable Expectations' Doctrine

Address

38505 Woodward Ave.
Suite 2000
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

Phones

(248) 901-4031

Faxes

(248) 901-4040

Emails

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Websites

http://www.plunkettcooney.com/