Firm: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
Mr. Long concentrates his practice in the areas of product liability, medical devices, complex commercial litigation and real estate.. Mr. Long has specialized in the handling of the defense of medical device product liability cases, including, but not limited to, medical devices implanted in the spine, knee, hip, ear and eye. Mr. Long has also specialized in the handling of the defense of other product liability related cases including, but not limited to, tire defect cases, asbestos, silica dust, phentermine and fenfluramine ("Phen Fen"), phenolic foam, breast implant cases for over twenty years. He has defended manufacturers, distributors and suppliers of medical devices, as well as manufacturers of other products in courts in Michigan, Nevada, Iowa, Louisiana, Texas, Illinois and Ohio. His other specialty practice areas include the defense of premises and construction defect claims and the defense of consumer and industrial personal injury claims. He has resolved complex insurance coverage actions and cases involving asbestos, silica dust, phentermine and fenfluramine ("Phen Fen"), phenolic foam, breast implant and Y2K related claims. He has been instrumental in the development of defense strategies in complex litigation matters handled by the firm, including a specialty in defending clients involved in both asbestos and silica cases. He is admitted to practice in the State of Michigan and the State of Ohio and he has also been admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan. He has been admitted Pro Hac Vice in a number of state and federal courts located in Illinois, Nevada, Iowa, Louisiana and Wisconsin.. Mr. Long received a B.A. in Economics and Management from Albion College in 1989 and a J.D. from the Michigan State University College of Law (formerly The Detroit College of Law) in 1994. While in law school, he was a member of the Law Review and a finalist in the Case Note Competition. Mr. Long was admitted to the State Bar of Michigan in 1995 and the State Bar of Ohio in 2006. He is a member of the American Bar Association (Tort and Insurance Practice, Products Liability, Litigation and Environmental Sections); State Bar of Michigan (Insurance, Environmental and Negligence Sections); State Bar of Ohio; Federal Bar Association (Eastern District of Michigan); Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Association of Defense Trial Counsel.
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Firm: 1-800-LAW-FIRM
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
Ari Kresch, founder of , is an energetic visionary who sees a bright future for the consumer and for those lawyers who are committed to creating extreme value by leveraging technology. He doesn't mind being called a market disrupter or taking heat for advocating the elimination of hourly fees. He strives to make legal access simple and relevant by aggressively expanding ’s customized legal offerings not available anywhere else. For consumers from middle school to retirement, Ari is designing easy to understand legal products and services that arms them in ways that the little guy could never before afford. Michigan native, Ari Kresch began his law career in New York City, after graduating from the Detroit College of Law at the age of 22. He is the son of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, with no “lawyer role models” in his home growing up. Thus, Ari was never “in the box”, which makes his “out of the box” thinking so natural to him. At his first job in 1978 with the New York Legal Aid Society he witnessed how the indigent and the affluent have access to the legal system while the hard working middle class person does not.Ari opened his own law firm in Manhattan in 1980, three years after the Supreme Court of the United States struck down the ban on lawyer advertising. He immediately recognized this as a "win" for consumers and started educating consumers about their right to hold doctors, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies accountable for their mistakes and misdeeds. This was also a vibrant time in the development of technology and Ari was part of the first wave of lawyers to use law office management software tools to increase operational efficiency and better serve clients. In 2011, he launched , with its national headquarters prominently located in Southfield, MI. He is working toward creating a national consumer centric law firm that deploys best practices and attracts the best talent for each practice area. A significant part of his strategy is to be relevant to his clients for their life cycle legal needs as well as being available to protect the consumer from corporate greed, governmental abuse, and injury litigation of every variety.
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Firm: Cardelli, Lanfear P.C.
Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products
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