Michael S. Hohauser
Principal

Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Commercial Litigation.

Admitted: 1974, Michigan, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1981, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Law School: Detroit College of Law, J.D., 1974

College: Michigan State University, B.A., 1969

Member: Oakland County Bar Association (Elected, Board of Directors, 1992-1998; Secretary; Treasurer; President Elect; President 1999-2000); State Bar of Michigan (Commissioner, 2000-2007; Member, Section on Negligence; Member, Representative Assembly, 1989-1995, 1990-2002; Civil Procedure Committee, Member, 1985-1993; Chair, 1992, 1993); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Biography: Recipient: Award honoring contribution to the legal profession, Women's Bar Association, 2000; Sander Lowenthal Award, 2004. Author: "Dental Implants: An Emerging Area of Malpractice"; "Is The Bar Important or Self Important?" Contributing Author: "Medical Malpractice: A Practical Approach to the 1993 Act in Michigan"; "Soft Tissue Injury - The Plaintiff's Case"; "Premises Liability: Overview and Update of the Law;" "Dog Bite in Michigan"; "The Keys of the Rabbi or Can the 'Adversarial' System Survive?" Laches; "Elected Judgeships," Laches; "Media Criticism of the Bench"; "A Legacy of Intangibles"; "How Did This Situation Come To Be - Is it New?"; "Politics or Justice"; "Architects of a New Millennium"; "Attorney Freedom of Speech"; "A Legacy of Intangibles"; "Transportation Authority Liability". Professor: Liability, 2007; Adjunct Professor: Medical Malpractice, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 2006; Adjunct Professor: Product Liability, University of Detroit, Mercy College of Law, 1999. Lecturer, National Business Institute, 1989-1997. Hearing Panelist, Attorney Discipline Board, 1994-. Member, National Council of Bar Presidents, 2000. Founder: Michigan Attorney Trade Organization (MATO), 2006. Fellow: Oakland Bar Foundation; Michigan State Bar Foundation.

Languages: German.

Born: Newark, New Jersey, February 11, 1947

ISLN: 906425310