Adkins, Maureen C.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner, since 2003

Lawyer Overview

Maureen C. Adkins is a partner in the firm's Bloomfield Hills office who practices primarily in the area of medical malpractice liability. Prior to joining the firm, she practiced as a registered nurse and a pediatric nurse practitioner for 11 years.

Ms. Adkins represents hospitals, physicians, nurses, psychologists and social workers and has successfully tried numerous malpractice cases to jury verdict. She has also built a successful pre-trial motion practice, which has resulted in the dismissal of claims against her clients or limited the evidence presented by plaintiffs at trial.

Areas of Practice

• Medical Liability
• Nursing Home & Long-term Care Liability

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 1995

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Michigan (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Federal Bar Association (Member)
• National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners & Associates (Member)
• National Association of Neonatal Nurses (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Awards, 1992 - 1993
• American Jurisprudence Awards for Contracts, Civil Procedure, Agency and Partnership and Law Practice Management
• Michigan Super Lawyer in Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice, Michigan Super Lawyers, a publication of Law & Politics magazine, 2007 - Present

Classes and Seminars

• Michigan Medical Records Update, Lansing, MI, 2007 - Present
• Medical Malpractice Mock Trial, Troy, MI, 2006 - Present
• Michigan Mental Health Update, Lansing, MI, 2006 - Present
• Emerging Trends in Failure to Diagnose, Trinity Health System seminar, 2005 - Present
• Deposition Skills Workshop, St. John Hospital seminar, 2005 - Present
• Nursing Liability, Saginaw and Traverse City, MI, 2004 - Present
• Non-party at Fault, Chicago, IL, 2004 - Present
• Advance Directives in Michigan, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland seminar, 2004 - Present
• Risks of Electronic Medical Record Keeping, Southfield, MI, 2003 - Present
• Unraveling Daubert, Detroit, MI, 2003 - Present
• Spoliation of Evidence, Detroit, MI, 2003 - Present

Education

• Detroit College of Law, Detroit, Michigan, 1995
  J.D.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: American Jurisprudence Awards, Contracts, Civil Procedure
  Honors: American Jurisprudence Awards, Agency and Partnership & Law Practice Mgmt.
  Law Review: Detroit College Law Review, 1992 - 1995
• University of Michigan, Michigan, 1991
  M.S.
  Honors: Merit Scholar, 1987-1988
  Major: Parent Child Nursing
• Oakland Community College, Rochester, Michigan, 1984
  A.D.N.
  Major: Nursing
• University of Michigan, Michigan, 1979
  A.B.
  Major: Speech & Communications

Address

38505 Woodward Avenue
Suite 2000
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

Phones

(248) 594-6243

Faxes

(248) 901-4040

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http://www.plunkettcooney.com