Weaver, Michael D.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner, since 1998

Year Joined Organization: 1989

Lawyer Overview

A partner in the firm's Bloomfield Hills office, Michael D. Weaver is one of Plunkett Cooney's most accomplished trial attorney with over 50 cases tried to verdict.

Mr. Weaver represents an array of commercial clients directly and through their insurance providers. His litigation practice includes such areas of product liability, general liability, insurance law, labor and employment law, premises liability, motor vehicle liability and civil rights.

Mr. Weaver is a sought after speaker on his areas of expertise including trial practice, mitigating risk in business and techniques for managing high exposure and high profile litigation.

Areas of Practice

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Civil Rights
• Commercial Litigation
• Education Law
• Family Law
• Labor & Employment Law
• Premises Liability

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 1990
• Arizona, 2010

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Oakland County Bar Association, Negligence Committee (Member)
• State Bar of Michigan, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and Employment Section (Member)
• State Bar of Arizona (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Michigan Super Lawyer in Personal Injury Defense: Products, Michigan Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters publication, 2009-2011

Classes and Seminars

• Employment Law, Arm Chair Critic's View of Michigan Defense Trial Counsel Meeting
• "Circumstantial Evidence and Speculation After Skinner", Oakland County Bar Association

Education

• Detroit College of Law, Detroit, Michigan, 1990
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Samuel and Rose Helper Award for Oral Advocacy
  Honors: William P. Finch Book Award
  Honors: Edwin H. and Theresa Oehmke Award
• Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 1986
  B.S.

Published Works

• Circumstantial Evidence and Speculation After Skinner, LACHES, Oakland County Bar Association

Address

38505 Woodward Avenue
Suite 2000
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

Phones

(248) 901-4025

Faxes

(248) 901-4040

Emails

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Websites

http://www.plunkettcooney.com