smh@hclawyers.com

Admitted to Practice in 1981

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Toxic exposure and occupational disease
• Insurance coverage analysis and declaratory judgment litigation
• Commercial litigation

OF SPECIAL NOTE

• 2009 - 2011 Selected as a Michigan Super Lawyer
• Experienced defense and trial counsel in toxic tort claims including asbestos, talc, silica, hard metals, paints and coatings exposures, VOC's (volatile organic compounds) and related claims of multiple chemical sensitivity, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic lung disease, cancers and medical monitoring claims
• Chief medical counsel to 40 corporations in asbestos personal injury litigation
• Insurance coverage counsel for several national carriers, involved in coverage disputes regionally, including Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and several other states
• Serves as outside general counsel to a number of small and mid-sized businesses on commercial matters and related litigation
• Seminar presentation, Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), June 1989, Defending the Medical Case: How to Prove the Negative
• Seminar presentation, Legal Assistants Association of Michigan, 1988, Defending Toxic Injury Cases 
• Seminar presentation, Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, June 1991, Preparation, Analysis and Trial of Complex Toxic Tort and Environmental Matters
• Faculty, Michigan Judicial Institute, September 1993, The Reliability of Scientific Evidence and the Role of the Judge
• Author, Increased Risk of Cancer as an Item of Damages in Toxic Exposure Cases, Laches, 1989
• Author, Junk Science in the Courtroom, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, November 1992
• Author, Accrual of Latent Disease Claims Under Trentadue v Buckler Lawn Sprinkle Co., Michigan Defense Quarterly, Vol 25, No. 3, Jan. 2009, pp.12-18. Also published in The Litigation Newsletter, State Bar of Michigan, Spring 2009, pp. 12 - 18
• Selected, Defense Cross-Examiner, Mock Trial Counsel, Harris Martin Publishing Co. Seminar, June 2009, Chicago, IL, Trial of a Bystander Asbestos Exposure Case

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