Steven M. Gursten
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Steven M. Gursten
Michigan Auto LawTotal Records: 1Phone Number
Biography
As head of Michigan Auto Law, Steven M. Gursten focuses his practice on serious motor vehicle accident injury and wrongful death cases.
Steve has received the top-reported truck accident trial verdict in Michigan over multiple years, the highest reported truck accident settlement over multiple years, and the highest settlement for a motor vehicle accident case of any Michigan attorney in history, according to published reports by Michigan Lawyers Weekly.
Steve frequently lectures at legal seminars throughout the country on trucking litigation, trial advocacy, and traumatic brain injury cases. He also speaks on maximizing auto negligence and truck cases, including at several advanced trucking legal seminars throughout the nation.
He has been named a "Leader in the Law" and "Lawyer of the Year" by Michigan's largest legal newspaper for his record-breaking auto accident verdicts and Michigan car accident settlements and advocacy work in preventing wrecks.
Bar Admission
Michigan, 1995
Other Affiliations
Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers Association, 2011 - 2018 (President)
Truck Accident Attorneys Roundtable (Founding Member)
American Association for Justice, 2010 - 2013 (President, Truck Litigation Group)
State of Michigan Model Civil Jury Instructions (Subcommittee Member)
Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America (Board of Governors, Representing State of Michigan)
Michigan Association for Justice (Co‐Chair, Automobile Accident No‐Fault Committee)
Sarah Jane Brain Project (Advisor, Traumatic Brain Injury Legal Committee)
TAOS Injury Lawyers (Member)
American Association for Justice, 2018 - 2019 (President, Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group)
Belli Society, 2019 - 2020 (President)
American Association for Justice, 2019 - Present (President, Distracted Driving Litigation Group)
Achievements
- Other Sources of Feedback About Steven M. Gursten
- Included on the 2023 Michigan
Past Lists
- 2022 Michigan Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Michigan Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Michigan Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Michigan Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Michigan Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Michigan Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Michigan Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Michigan Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Michigan Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Michigan Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Michigan Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Michigan Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Michigan Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Michigan Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Michigan Super Lawyers list
Education
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Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, highest academic distinction
Honers
- Lawyer of the Year, Michigan Lawyers Weekly
- Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers listing
- Top 100 Trial Lawyer, American Trial Lawyers
- Martindale-Hubbell AV-Rating, highest rating for legal ability and ethics
- Michigan Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers listing
- Top 50 Lawyers in the State of Michigan, Super Lawyers
- Best Lawyers, Crain's Detroit Business
- Best Lawyer/Best Law Firm, U.S. News & World Report
- Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit, DBusiness Magazine
- Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell
- Leader in the Law, Michigan Lawyers Weekly
- Top 100 Litigation Lawyer, American Society of Legal Advocates
- America’s Most Honored Lawyers – Top 1% by The American Registry, 2021 - Present
- Personal Injury Law Firm of the Year in Michigan, Lawyer Network Annual Awards, 2021 - Present