Robert M. Raitt, Michigan Auto Accident Attorney

Robert M. Raitt rallies tirelessly for Michigan plaintiffs, especially those injured in auto accidents. He is a partner of Gursten, Koltonow, Gursten, Christensen and Raitt, PC, and recently finished a term as president of the Michigan Association for Justice. Formerly the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association, the Michigan Association for Justice is a victims’ rights organization comprised of more than 1,700 personal injury attorneys across the state.

For the past five years, Bob was a Michigan Association for Justice officer. Previously, he served on the Michigan Association for Justice executive board for several years. He has enjoyed the challenges inherent in leading the organization in its fight to obtain justice for people who have been injured or taken advantage of by special interests.

Bob has been a speaker and moderator at various seminars for the State Bar of Michigan, the National Business Institute and the Michigan Association for Justice. He has also spoken before the Michigan Legislature on behalf of car accident victims who’ve had their rights stripped by the state’s auto threshold law.

Bob is a Michigan “Super Lawyer,” based on ratings of lawyers throughout Michigan of his high degree of professional achievement and ethics. Before becoming an auto accident attorney, Bob graduated with honors from both the University of Michigan and Wayne State University Law School.

While in practice, Bob has been successful in receiving many jury verdicts, arbitration awards and negotiated settlements with very favorable results for his clients. For example, he received a trial verdict of more than $1.5 million for an elderly woman who had a serious aggravation of life-long rheumatoid arthritis when she was injured in Dearborn, due to the negligence of a corporate entity. The defendant strongly disputed liability and made no offer prior to trial.

Settlements include a $1.2 million resolution for a client who suffered a traumatic brain injury and permanent disability in a Shelby Township automobile collision; $900,000 for a woman who was struck by a cart filled with car doors at an auto plant in Sterling Heights, causing serious injury to her lower back; and $685,000 for a client who had a mild traumatic brain injury and a shoulder injury, where the defendant strongly argued the cause of the injuries. In 2008, Bob received a $1.15 million settlement for an Ingham County case in which the client sustained a skull fracture, finger fracture and disc herniations after a truck crane arm struck him.
 
Through arbitration, Bob obtained $875,000 for a woman who suffered multiple fractures to her legs in a Southfield auto accident. The defendant’s offer prior to arbitration was nominal. Additionally, a $535,000 award was recently received for a man who suffered a mild traumatic brain injury following a car crash. The matter was strongly contested due to several previous injury accidents and disabilities.

Meanwhile, Bob values the opportunity to crusade for his clients against the insurance industry and an overly conservative Michigan Supreme Court. His continuous service within the Michigan Association for Justice allows him to further his commitment to help auto accident victims obtain just compensation.

For more information about Bob, or to retain him as your Michigan auto accident attorney, please call (800) 777-0028. You can also use the free consultation form. There is absolutely no fee or obligation.

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Seminars and Honors

• Faculty, “How to Present Opening Statements, Cross Examinations and Closing Arguments in an Auto Case,” Michigan Association for Justice; Southfield, Mich., February 2010
• Speaker, “Third-Party Auto Tort Threshold Update,” Michigan Association for Justice Rapid Fire Seminar; Dearborn, Mich., May 2009
• Speaker, “Update on Third-Party Auto Accident Cases,” State Bar of Michigan Negligence Law Section; La Romana, Dominican Republic, May 2009
• Moderator, “Traumatic Brain Injury Seminar,” Michigan Association for Justice; 2008
• Executive Board, Michigan Association for Justice; 1996-present
• President, Michigan Association for Justice; 2007
• Moderator, “All About the Jury Seminar,” Michigan Association for Justice; 2007
• President-Elect, Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; 2006
• Vice President, Michigan Trial Lawyers Association;  2005
• Moderator, “Trial Seminar,” Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; 2005
• Secretary, Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; 2004
• Speaker, “How to Get the Most Value Out of Your Case,” Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; 2004
• Treasurer, Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; 2003
• Moderator, “Understanding Colossus and Expanding Damages with Insurance Companies,” Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; 2002
• Moderator, “Handling the Appeal in Personal Injury Cases,” Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; 2002
• Speaker, “Premises Liability,” Institute for Continuing Legal Education; 2002
• Moderator, “How to Hammer Allstate Seminar II,” Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; 2001
• Moderator, “Premises Liability Seminar,” Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; 2001
• Speaker, “Products Liability - A Breach of Implied Warranty Claims,” Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; 2000
• Speaker, “Trial Advocacy and Strategy,” State Bar of Michigan; 1997