Degree
Wayne State School of Law
Juris Doctor - 1969
Admitted to
Practice
Michigan - 1969
Arizona -
1982
Membership/Professional
Organizations
State Bar of Michigan
State Bar of Arizona
American Association of Justice
American Bar Association
Michigan Trial Lawyers Association
Arizona Trial Lawyers Association
Positions Held
Michigan Trial Lawyers Association:
President (1993 - 1994)
President-Elect (1992 - 1993)
Vice President (1991 - 1992)
Secretary (1990 - 1991)
Treasurer (1989 - 1990)
Executive Board (1985 - Present)
Justice PAC Board Member (1993 - Present)
Michigan Trial Lawyers Political Action
Committee
(MTL-PAC):
Secretary/Treasurer (1989 - 1992)
Board Member (1987 - Present)
Medical Malpractice Committee, MTLA
Constitution & By-Law Committee, MTLA
Membership Committee, MTLA
Mediator - Mediation Tribunal Association
Wayne County, (Detroit) Michigan
Special Medical Malpractice Mediator
Mediator - Oakland County, Michigan
Selection Committee - Plaintiff Mediators
(Mediation Tribunal Association)
Appointed Arbitrator - American Arbitration
Association
Speaker/Lecturer
Understanding and Using HIPPA
Medical Malpractice Seminar
Livonia, MI
Trial Practice After Medical Malpractice Reform
State Bar of Michigan Annual Meeting
Negligence Council
C0bo Hall, Detroit
Medical Malpractice Reform
Medical Legal & Negligence Committees
Oakland County Bar Association
The New Med Mal Primer
How? What? Where? When?
MTLA - Detroit - Westin Hotel
Grand Rapids
Garland Seminar
Basic Trial Skills
48th District Court
MTLA - Young Lawyers Section
State Bar of Michigan
Steps to Successful Litigation
MODERATOR
Michigan Trial Lawyers Association
Annual Meeting
Advocacy in the Nineties
Michigan Trial Lawyers Association
Annual Meeting
Successful Litigation in the Nineties
Michigan Trial Lawyers Association
Annual Meeting
Michigan's Top Ten
Michigan Trial Lawyers Association
Annual Meeting
Basic Trial Skills
46th District Court
Michigan Trial Lawyers Association
Michigan Young Lawyers Section
Advanced College of Advocacy
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Medical Malpractice
Vail, Colorado
Basic College of Advocacy
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Opening Statement
University of Michigan Law School
Changes Under Tort Reform
Michigan Trial Lawyers Association
Professional/Political
Activities
Participant in Medical-Legal Roundtable Activities
include meetings between Medical,
Legal and Insurance Representatives discussing
current medical-legal topics.
Federal Level - Extensive discussions with
U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives, and their
staffs, regarding Federal Legislation
impacting the rights of victims.
State Level - Active participant and
consultant with State House and Senate
regarding a broad range of legislation
affecting victims and consumer rights.
Activities include testimony before various
committees, legislative analysis, commentary,
and consultation.
Lead Counsel in numerous Jury
Trials throughout the United States over a
30 year period. These cases include multiple million
dollar awards.
Numerous verdicts and settlements involving
malpractice and injury to children with
specific emphasis
on complex medical issues.
Arvin Pearlman Profile
Elaine Livingway Profile
Verdicts and Settlements
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