3000 Town Center,
Ste. 1700
Southfield, Michigan
48075
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P. 248-213-3800
F. 248-213-3830
Sheldon L. Miller
Victor L. Bowman
Stephen Schaefer
Barbara Goldman
Cheryl Cole, Paralegal
Sharon Milligan, Legal Assistant
Sheldon L. Miller
Sheldon L. Miller has defended the rights of Michigan residents as a top litigator and expert counsel for more than 40 years.
Mr. Miller graduated from Wayne State University Law School in Detroit, Michigan, in 1961. In 1971, he originated the idea for what is called "mediation" in the state of Michigan. As a pioneer in this area of law, Mr. Miller was asked to form a committee to put the concept into rule form. He also served as the first mediator on behalf of the Plaintiff's Bar in the State of Michigan.
In 1979, Mr. Miller served as president of the newly founded Mediation Tribunal Association, a non-profit corporation, formed to oversee the mediation process in Wayne County ( Detroit ). He served as president until 1992.
With the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), Mr. Miller served as a former vice-president, parliamentarian and secretary, and he was also president of the Detroit chapter of the ATLA. He also received the prestigious Champion of Justice award from the ATLA in 1998, and he has served on the Board of Governors of the ATLA since 1977.
Mr. Miller served as president of the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA) and also received the Champion of Justice award from the MTLA.
As a trial lawyer, Mr. Miller introduced new concepts to the legal community. In Placek v. City of Sterline Heights, he served as trial and appellate counsel and brought pure comparative negligence to Michigan. This case was cited 13 times by the Illinois Supreme Court when it threw out contributory negligence and adopted comparative negligence as the standard.
Mr. Miller is a frequent lecturer and author on trial strategies and also teaches trial practice as an adjunct professor of law. Mr. Miller's other accomplishments include testifying on Federal No-Fault before the U.S. Congress, founding Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, and authoring several well-received legal articles.
Mr. Miller was profiled in the books The Million Dollar Lawyers and Detroit's Powers and Personalities, and he was also rated by the New York Law Journal as "one of the top tort litigators in the United States."
To find out more about Sheldon L. Miller or any of our other personal injury lawyers, contact our firm near Detroit today.
Victor L. Bowman
Victor L. Bowman is a litigation specialist specializing in civil litigation, general negligence, medical malpractice and municipal liability. Mr. Bowman graduated from the University of Michigan with honors in 1978 and went on to the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, where he completed his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree in 1981. He was admitted to the Michigan state bar and also to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1982.Mr. Bowman's past and current professional memberships include the American Bar Association, the Detroit Bar Association and the Wolverine Bar Association. In 2000, he was also the chairperson of the Negligence Section of the State Bar of Michigan.
His private organization memberships include the University of Michigan Alumni Association, the University of Michigan M Club, and the University of Michigan Men 's Basketball Program (1994-1996).
Mr. Bowman is a Michigan Supreme Court approved and certified mediator/facilitator and a guest lecturer at various medical and dental organizations, including the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and the Detroit College of Law.
Mr. Bowman has been with Sheldon Miller & Associates since 1999. He is a former shareholder in Grier & Copeland, P.C. (1982-1999).
To find out more about Victor L. Bowman or any of our other personal injury lawyers, contact our firm near Detroit today.
Stephen Schaefer
Stephen Schaefer specializes in medical malpractice and personal injury cases. He graduated cum laude from the Detroit College of Law in 1980, and for 12 years he worked as a medical malpractice defense lawyer. Mr. Schaefer was also with the House Counsel for Citizens Insurance, where he represented plaintiffs in auto accident cases, premises liability cases, dog bite cases and more.Mr. Schaefer has been with Sheldon Miller & Associates since 2000. He has had many accomplishments, including a $34,000,000 medical malpractice verdict.
To find out more about Stephen Schaefer or any of our other personal injury lawyers, contact our firm near Detroit today.
Barbara Goldman
Barbara Goldman specializes in legal research, writing and appellate practice. A former staff attorney for the Michigan Court of Appeals, she also clerked for the Honorable Maura D. Corrigan.Ms. Goldman holds a Bachelors of Arts degree from Boston University, a Masters of Arts degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the State University of Buffalo, and a Juris Doctor degree with highest honors from the Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University.
Ms. Goldman has been admitted to practice in all Michigan courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and the United States Supreme Court. She has contributed to the Michigan Bar Journal, and she prepared the 2000, 2001 and 2002 state of law outlines of negligence law. In 2002, she received the Thomas M. Cooley Distinguished Brief Award.
Ms. Goldman is the secretary of the Appellate Practice Section of the State Bar of Michigan; a former chair of the Animal Law Section; and a member of the Committee on Libraries, Legal Research and Publications. She participated in organizing the 1998, 2001 and 2004 Michigan Appellate Bench Bar Conference.
To find out more about Barbara Goldman or any of our other personal injury lawyers, contact our firm near Detroit today.
Cheryl Cole, Paralegal
Cheryl Cole graduated from Wayne State University with a Bachelor of Science degree with distinction in psychology. She was a member of the Golden Key National Honor Society at Wayne State University.Ms. Cole joined Sheldon Miller & Associates 20 years ago and is Sheldon Miller's personal paralegal in the areas of product liability, personal injury and class action lawsuits.
She holds a paralegal certificate from the American Institute.
To find out more about Cheryl Cole or any other member of our staff, contact our law firm near Detroit today.
Sharon Milligan, Legal Assistant
Sharon Milligan graduated from Madonna University (Magna Cum Laude) with a Bachelor of Science degree in legal administration. Ms. Milligan has over 24 years of litigation experience in the fields of medical malpractice and personal injury, and she has been with Sheldon Miller & Associates for 10 years.To find out more about Sharon Milligan or any other member of our staff, contact us today.