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.

Areas of Practice

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Appellate Law
• Financial Services Liability
• Insurance Law
• Medical Liability
• Municipal Law
• Telecommunications Law
• Drug Liability
• 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
• Oakland County Bar Association
• State Bar of Michigan
• American Bar Association, Torts and Insurance Practice Section, 1983 - Present
• Defense Research Institute

Honors and Awards

• Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating-AV
• The Best Lawyers in America® for Appellate Law (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.), 2007 - Present
• Lawyer of the Year, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, 2006 - Present
• American Academy of Appellate Attorneys, 2007 - Present
• 2006 & 2007 Michigan Super Lawyer in Personal Injury Defense; Medical Malpractice; Michigan Super Lawyers, a publication of Law & Politics magazine

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 Ave.
Suite 2000
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

Phones

(248) 901-4068

Faxes

(248) 901-4040

Emails

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Websites

http://www.plunkettcooney.com/