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Joshua R. Terebelo

Joshua R. Terebelo is a trial lawyer in Michigan Auto Law’s litigation division. He specializes in No-Fault auto insurance lawsuits, fighting to ensure that auto accident victims receive the medical treatment and wage loss reimbursements they are legally entitled to. Recent multi-million-dollar victories for Josh’s clients include a $7 million wrongful death settlement in a fatal motorcycle-truck accident, a $2 million truck accident settlement, and $1.8 million car accident settlement. Josh is included among the The Best Lawyers™ in America, an honor limited to the top 5 percent of all attorneys in America. He is ranked among the Michigan Super Lawyers, a distinction for outstanding attorneys who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The honor is limited to the top 5 percent of Michigan lawyers. Josh has been named in the National Trial Lawyers: Top 100, America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys, and certified as a distinguished Member of Lawyers of Distinction. Josh is named among the Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit by DBusiness Magazine.

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Education


Wayne State University Law School; Detroit, Michigan

  • Juris Doctor, Cum Laude
  • Recipient of Bronze Key Award for Academic Excellence
  • National Moot Court Team Member

Michigan State University, James Madison College; East Lansing, Michigan

  • Bachelor of Arts – Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy
  • Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, Vice President
  • University Honors

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Honors

Josh has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers™ in America for 2024. This honor is limited to the top 5 percent of all attorneys in America.

Josh has been selected to the Michigan Super Lawyers’ list since 2012 as both a Super Lawyer and Rising Star. Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding attorneys who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The honor is limited to the top 5 percent of Michigan attorneys.

Josh has also been named in the National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 – an invitation-only organization composed of the premier trial lawyers from each state or region who meet stringent qualifications as civil plaintiff trial lawyers.

Josh has been selected to the invitation-only America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys for 2022.

Josh has been named to DBusiness Magazine’s list of Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

In 2023, Josh was certified as a distinguished Member of Lawyers of Distinction.


Notable Cases

$7 Million Motorcycle-Truck Wrongful Death Settlement – Confidential

$2 Million Truck Accident Settlement – Confidential

$1.8 Million Car Accident Settlement – Confidential

$1.75 Million Truck Accident Settlement – Confidential

$1.65 million Macomb County Car Accident Settlement – Confidential

$1.6 Million Car Accident Settlement – Confidential

$1.6 Million Car Accident Settlement – Confidential

$1.485 million Macomb County Rear-end accident trial verdict

$1.1 Million Oakland County Car Accident Settlement – Confidential

$1.1 million Oakland County Rear-end Car Accident Settlement

$1.025 Million Oakland County Car Accident Arbitration Award

$1,005,000 Car Accident Settlement

$1 Million Car Accident Settlement – Policy Limits

$1 Million Oakland County Car Accident Settlement

$475,000 Rear-End Car Accident Verdict on a $0 defense offer

Memberships and Affiliations

Michigan Association for Justice

American Association for Justice

Oakland County Bar Association

Member of The National Trial Lawyers Top 100: Civil Plaintiff

Licenses

Josh is a member of the State Bar of Michigan. He is also licensed to practice in Eastern and Western District Federal Court.


Presentations

  • Speaker, “A ‘Negative’ DME Isn’t Always Negative,” Michigan Association for Justice’s SeminarWeb, hosted from Lansing, MI, February 26, 2026

  • Speaker, “Proving Liability and Proactively Proving Threshold”; Michigan Association for Justice’s 2025 No-Fault Institute XXII; Novi, MI; October 24, 2025

  • Speaker, “Litigating the Low Impact Case,” Michigan Association for Justice’s No-Fault Institute; Novi, MI; October 25, 2024 

  • Speaker, “How can everything the defendant says be true and I still win?,” 360 Advocacy’s Auto Crash Litigation Conference; Las Vegas, NV; September 22-24, 2024

  • Speaker, “The Importance of Establishing a Bad Faith Claim even without ‘Bad Faith’ laws.  What it will get you and how it will increase the value of your case.”; Michigan Association for Justice Annual Winter Seminar; Traverse City, MI; March 1, 2024

  • Speaker, “Defusing the DME: Law, Deps, Motion Practice”; Michigan Association for Justice No-Fault Institute XX; Novi, MI; October 26, 2023

  • Speaker, “Defusing the Defense Medical Exam and Destroying the Defense Medical Examiner”; 360 Advocacy’s Auto, Truck, Damages Extravaganza; Las Vegas, NV; June 5, 2023

  • Speaker, “Fundamentals of Auto Liability Law and Evidence”; Michigan Association for Justices’ No-Fault Institute XIX, Novi, MI, October 14, 2022

  • Speaker, “Excess Economic Loss: Experts and their role in your claim for future losses”; Michigan Association For Justice’s Economic Damages and Experts SeminarWeb, hosted from Lansing, MI, May 3, 2022

  • Speaker, “Maximizing Economic Loss Damages in Auto Crash Cases”; 360 Advocacy Auto Crash Litigation 8.0 Seminar, Las Vegas, NV, April 26, 2022

  • Speaker, “Excess Economic Loss: Experts and Their Role in Your Claim for Future Losses”; Consumer Attorneys of California SeminarWeb Live; Hosted from Sacramento, CA; December 29, 2021

  • Speaker, “Excess Economic Loss: How to Argue Damages? When do You Need a Life Care Plan?”; Michigan Association for Justice No-Fault Institute XVIII; Novi, MI; October 8, 2021

  • Speaker, “Proving Negligence of the At-Fault Driver”; Michigan Association for Justice’s No-Fault Update: July 2021 Changes!; hosted from Lansing, MI; June 17, 2021

  • Speaker, “How Changes to Michigan’s No-Fault Law Could Impact Workers’ Compensation Claimants”; Workers’ Compensation Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan – Winter Meeting; Hosted from Lansing, MI; December 2020

  • Speaker, “Tort Claims for Out of State Residents”; No-Fault Institute XVII; Hosted from Lansing, MI; October 2020

  • Speaker, “Collateral Sources in Tort and FECA Liens Under the New Law”; Michigan Association for Justice No-Fault Institute XVI – Navigating the Chaos of a New Law; Novi, MI; October 2019

  • Speaker, “Cross Border Issues in Car Accident Cases between MI and Canada”; No Fault Institute, Michigan Association for Justice; Southfield, MI; September 2015

  • Speaker, “Auto Accident Cases With Minimal Vehicle Damage: To Try or Not to Try?”; Michigan Association for Justice’s 2013 No-Fault Institute Legal Seminar; Southfield, MI; September 2013