Litigating Neck and Back Injuries

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Michael J. Morse

 Michael J. Morse is the owner of the Law Offices of Michael Morse, P.C. and the Auto Accident Claim Center in Southfield, Michigan. Mr. Morse is a trial attorney who handles only personal injury matters. He began his education at the University of Arizona where he earned a Bachelors of Science in business. To continue his college career, Michael graduated in 1992 with honors from the University of Detroit School of Law with his Juris Doctor. Prior to founding Michael J. Morse, P.C., Michael was employed with a medium-sized personal injury law firm. Since the opening of his firm in September of 1995, Michael J. Morse has increased the staff of employees to 10 times its original number. Michael frequently lectures on automobile claims around the State. He is an executive board member of the Michigan Association for Justice, and a respected member of the State Bar of Michigan and the American Association for Justice. In addition to serving as legal counsel to his clients, Michael also serves as a case evaluator and arbitrator in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.

Mr. Morse lectures frequently on trial techniques and on various aspects of Michigan’s No-Fault law. He has given numerous seminars for various national organizations, including legal, medical and chiropractic organizations.

Further, Michael is an adjunct professor at University of Detroit-Mercy School of Law where he teaches law practice management.

In 2007, Michael was appointed by Governor Jennifer Granholm to Michigan’s Chiropractic Board. Michael is one of the public members on the Board. His term is 4 years.

Michael Morse, P.C. has 12 attorneys with a total of 35 employees. The entire firm specializes in handling Automobile, Truck and Motorcycle accidents, both first and third party. The firm has a strong emphasis on spinal cord injuries, as well as other back and neck injuries and Traumatic Brain Injuries. Besides the firm’s third party negligence practice, a large portion of the firm’s resources are dedicated to first party litigation against Michigan No-Fault insurance companies.  Referral fees are guaranteed in writing.

If any reader of this book has suggestions, comments or questions, please email Michael@morse-law.com.

John A. Tarantino
(Author, 1st & 2nd Editions)

John A. Tarantino is a trial attorney, principal, and president of the law firm of Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. with offices in Providence, Rhode Island and Boston, Massachusetts.

He lectures frequently on trial techniques and is the author of several legal texts including Personal Injury Forms: Discovery & Settlement (2d ed. James Publishing), Trial Evidence Foundations (James Publishing), Estimating & Proving Personal Injury Damages (James Publishing), Personal Injury Trial Handbook (Wiley Law Publications), Premises Security Law & Practice (Wiley Law Publications), Commercial Premises Liability (Wiley Law Publications), Strategic Use of Scientific Evidence (Aspen Law Publications), Environmental Liability Transaction Guide (Aspen Law Publications), and many trial articles. He has written articles on personal injury, trial practice and procedure, evidence, discovery, products liability, ethics and trial strategy.

He has also given seminars for various national organizations including the American Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, as well as many national, local and specialty bars.

He is a member of the Rhode Island and Massachusetts bars, the United States Supreme Court bar, the American Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Defense Member), the Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Association, the National Italian-American Bar Association, the Justinian Society, and the American Inns of Court, where he holds the rank of Barrister. He is also a former Regent and a founding member of the National College for DUI Defense, Inc., and is a provisional member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences Jurisprudence Section. He has served as Vice Chair of the ABA Science and Technology Committee on Scientific Evidence, and has served as chair of the Rhode Island Bar Association Committees on Ethics and Professionalism, Public Relations, Lawyer Advertising, and Judicial Independence.

From 1992 to 1999, John Tarantino also served on the Rhode Island Bar Association’s Executive Committee, and in 1997 through 1998, the Rhode Island Bar’s Centennial Year, he served as President of the Rhode Island Bar Association. He has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the New England Bar Association.

Finally, Mr. Tarantino has been selected as one “The Best Lawyers in America” in the field of litigation and was also chosen by his peers as one of “The Best Lawyers in Rhode Island” by Rhode Island Monthly magazine.

E-mail - jtarantino[at]apslaw.com

Chris Brown
Illustrator

Chris Brown has over twenty-five years experience as a medical and biological illustrator. He received his primary education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and studied gross anatomy at Cook County School of Medicine. The past fifteen years have been devoted almost exclusively to forensic art, with occasional forays into print. Chris has worked closely with physicians and attorneys in preparation of all facets of medical illustration, either in 2 or 3 dimensions. Chris Brown can be reached at loftstudio[at]netzero.net.

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