UDM Events

Steve Gursten '99

October 28, 2009
Faculty Lounge – 1 to 2 p.m.

LUNCH WITH A LAWYER
Steve Gursten '99

Michigan Auto Law partner Steven M. Gursten is recognized as one of the nation’s top experts in serious car and truck accident injury cases and automobile insurance no-fault litigation.  Out of out of more than 40,000 practicing attorneys in Michigan, Steve is a Michigan Lawyers Weekly “Lawyer of the Year” and “Leader in the Law.”  In addition to achieving some of the highest car and truck accident settlements each year for injury victims in Michigan, Steve has received the largest jury verdict in automobile accident cases for four of the past seven years.  In 2008, he received the highest reported Michigan settlement and the top auto negligence jury verdict, according to verdict and settlement reports published by Michigan Lawyers Weekly.

Steve is extensively involved in the legal community in Michigan and across the country. He was president of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Interstate Truck Litigation Group for the 2007-2008 term.  Currently, he is on the board of governors for the Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America.  Steve also serves on the executive board of the AAJ Traumatic Brain Injury Group – a group of trial attorneys who dedicate major portions of their legal practices to helping victims of traumatic brain injury.  Steve has served on the executive board of the Michigan Association for Justice (formerly the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association), where he co-chairs the Automobile Accident No-Fault Committee.

Steve is a contributing author to various legal periodicals and textbooks, including the State Bar of Michigan Negligence Law Section Quarterly.  He is author of “Handling Automobile Accident Cases” in the Michigan Lawyers Manual, published by West Publications.

Steve donates dozens of hours in legal pro-bono work by helping families of people killed in motor vehicle accidents with only minimum policy limits.  He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Fordham University School of Law.