Kamenec, Robert G.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner, since 1988

Lawyer Overview

Robert G. Kamenec serves as the Department Leader of Plunkett Cooney's Professional Liability/Insurance Department, which includes approximately 45 attorneys practicing in such specialized areas as appellate law, construction liability, insurance coverage, medical liability and professional liability.

Mr. Kamenec specializes in appellate law, special and complex litigation, and telecommunications. His practice is concentrated in the substantive areas of insurance coverage, medical malpractice, professional liability, drug liability, and title insurance. He has briefed and argued hundreds of cases at all levels of the Michigan court system, as well as in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Kamenec has handled successfully appeals of multi-million dollar verdicts, as well as precedent-setting cases. Mr. Kamenec has a long track record of representing a variety of clients, including municipalities, insurance companies, hospitals, physicians and pharmaceutical manufacturers. He has been responsible for many of Plunkett Cooney's complex litigation matters, both at the trial and appellate court levels. These matters include litigation involving high exposure medical malpractice, diethylstilbestrol (DES), L-Tryptophan, silicone breast implants, DBCP, other chemicals and pesticides, and Fen-Phen. Mr. Kamenec has also represented various corporate clients and insurance companies in the environmental context.

He is also admitted in tthe Michigan Court of Appeals (1983) and Michigan Supreme Court (1983). He was a Michigan Court of Appeals Mediator from 1997 to 1998.

Areas of Practice

• Appellate Law
• Drug Liability
• Environment, Energy and Resources Law
• Financial Services Liability
• Foodservice & Hospitality Industry Group
• Insurance Law
• Medical Liability
• Municipal Law
• Nursing Home & Long-term Care Liability
• Telecommunications Law
• Title Insurance Law

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 1983
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1983
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1988

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association (Member)
• Oakland County Bar Association (Member)
• State Bar of Michigan (Member)
• Council on Litigation Management, 2010 - Present
• Michigan Defense Trial Counsel (1983 – present; Chairperson of the Appellate and Amicus Section, 1996 – 1998; MDTC Board of Directors, 1997-1999)
• American Bar Association; Torts and Insurance Practice Section, 1983 - Present (Member )
• DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar (Member)

Honors and Awards

• American Academy of Appellate Attorneys, 2007 - present , 2007 - Present
• Michigan Super Lawyer in Personal Injury Defense; Medical Malpractice; Michigan Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters publication, 2006 - 2011 , 2006 - Present
• Michigan Super Lawyer, Appellate Law Practitioner, Top 100 Lawyers Statewide, 2009 , 2007 - Present
• Lawyer of the Year, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, 2006
• The Best Lawyers in America® for Appellate Law (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.), 2007 - 2011

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, "Tort Reform", Michigan Municipal League
• Lecturer, "Michigan Tries Tort Reform", National Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters

Past Employment Positions

• Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, 1983 - Present
• Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Chairperson, Appellate and Amicus Section, 1996 - 1998
• Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Board of Directors, 1997 - 1999
• Michigan Court of Appeals Mediator, 1997 - 1998

Education

• University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit, Michigan, 1982
  J.D.
• University of Michigan, 1978
  B.A.
  Major: English

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Sigma Kappa

Published Works

• Case note, "Right of Confrontation - Ohio v. Roberts, 448 U.S. 56", University of Detroit Journal of Urban Law, 1980
• Rocket Docket Indefinitely Suspended Due to Budget Constraints
• Plaintiff May Not Rely Upon Equitable Tolling to Escape Retroactive Effect of Waltz v Wyse
• 'Rocket Docket' Speeds Processing of Appeals in Michigan Court of Appeals
• Michigan Court of Appeals Declares Conflict with Ousley
• Informed Consent Does Not Include Surgeon’s Success Rate
• Michigan's Medical Damages Cap Reduces Federal Jury's Verdict

Address

38505 Woodward Avenue
Suite 2000
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

Phones

(248) 901-4068

Faxes

(248) 901-4040

Emails

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Websites

http://www.plunkettcooney.com