Five Michigan Auto Law partners selected as 2010 Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit

Written by Lawrence Gursten Monday, November 09, 2009 09:36

All five partners of Michigan Auto Law have been selected as Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit by Dbusiness Magazine. This honor for attorneys in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties is based on the highest ranking available from Martindale Hubbell's peer review rankings. The five partners listed as 2010 Top Lawyers are Lawrence Gursten, Steven Gursten, Leonard Koltonow, David Christensen, and Robert Raitt.

The magazine honored Michigan lawyers who are well-versed in nearly every aspect of the law, including auto negligence, personal injury, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. DBusiness partnered with the legal resource Martindale Hubbell who compiled the ratings.

The complete list of metro Detroit attorneys is included in the Dbusiness website.

About Michigan Auto Law:

Michigan Auto Law is a third-generation law firm with 17 lawyers specializing in helping people who have been seriously injured or killed in car, truck and motorcycle accidents throughout Michigan. The firm has received the top reported Michigan jury verdict in six of the past nine years, according to Michigan Lawyers Weekly. It is headquartered in Southfield at 26555 Evergreen Road, Suite 1530, (800) 777-0028. The firm also has offices in Detroit, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids and Sterling Heights.

About Lawrence E. Gursten:
Detroit attorney Lawrence E. Gursten has a legal career spanning more than 40 years as he joined his father's firm in 1965 having achieved the highest score on the Michigan Bar Exam. Larry has lectured and moderated extensively at seminars and legal conventions across the state, especially on the subjects of helping clients with traumatic brain, neck and back injuries and strategies for litigating automobile and truck accident cases. Larry has been requested as an expert speaker to the Michigan Legislature on the Michigan automobile no-fault law.

About Steven M. Gursten:
Detroit lawyer Steven M. Gursten is recognized as one of the nation's top experts in serious car and truck accident injury cases and automobile insurance no-fault litigation. In addition to achieving some of the highest car and truck accident settlements each year for injury victims in Michigan, Steve has received the largest jury verdict in automobile accident cases for four of the past seven years. In 2008, the auto accident attorney received the highest reported Michigan settlement and the top auto negligence jury verdict, according to verdicts and settlements report by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. For more information about Steve, read his Michigan Auto Accident Law Blog, which provides timely tips and advice for victims of Michigan car, truck and motorcycle accidents.

About Leonard Koltonow:
Detroit accident attorney Leonard Koltonow has devoted his entire career to helping injured accident victims in Michigan. As an auto accident lawyer for more than 30 years with Michigan Auto Law, Leonard is named a Michigan Super Lawyer in Super Lawyers magazine. He has also served on the executive board of the Michigan Association for Justice, and has lectured on personal injury cases at numerous seminars.

About David E. Christensen:
As a respected leader in the legal community, Detroit lawyer David Christensen is a recognized expert on closed-head injury cases and psychiatric injury cases. He is an executive board member of the Michigan Association for Justice (formerly the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association) and has served as an elected representative of the State Bar of Michigan. He is also an officer of the State Bar of Michigan Negligence Law Section, and was named a Michigan Super Lawyer in Super Lawyers magazine.

About Robert Raitt:
Detroit accident lawyer Robert Raitt recently finished a term as president of the Michigan Association for Justice and for the past five years, was a Michigan Association for Justice officer. Bob has been a speaker and moderator at various seminars for the State Bar of Michigan, the National Business Institute and the Michigan Association for Justice. He has also spoken before the Michigan Legislature on behalf of car accident victims who've had their rights stripped by the state's auto threshold law.