Steven Gursten - Attorney Profile
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 for an automobile accident case in Michigan in four of the past seven years, and the largest Michigan car accident settlement in 2009.. Read more about Steve's 2009 largest car accident settlement in Michigan.
In the largest reported 2008 settlement case, Steve garnered $3.9 million for the family of a plaintiff who died in a commercial trucking accident when an extremely negligent truck driver lost control of his fully-loaded 150,000-pound gravel truck on I-75 in Detroit. In the highest reported 2008 auto negligence jury verdict, a Macomb County jury awarded $5.65 million to our client, a pedestrian who was run over by a pickup truck.
In 2005, Steve obtained the largest reported pain and suffering settlement in the preceding decade. His client received $9 million after losing both legs when his Saturn was rear-ended and split in half by an Atsalis Brothers truck on I-94 in Harrison Township.
Meanwhile, 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.
As the newspaper noted, “Gursten is clearly doing something right. Perhaps it’s that his firm is the largest in the state specializing in serious car and truck accident cases. Perhaps it’s the fact that he’s willing to take difficult cases to trial and continues to receive spectacular results. Perhaps it’s the fact that he practices law with honesty and integrity. More likely, it is all of these things . . .”
— Michigan Lawyers Weekly, December 26, 2005
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 2007-08 terms. The national group is composed of truck accident attorneys working to make unsafe trucking companies follow the laws, and better prepare lawyers who handle serious truck accident cases. 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.
Furthermore, 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.
Because he is considered the authority on Michigan auto accident cases, Steve frequently lectures at legal seminars for auto accident attorneys on topics such as trial advocacy, Michigan no-fault law, traumatic brain injury cases and maximizing settlements for those injured in serious car and truck accidents.
Steve Gursten's Seminars and Honors
Catch Steve's Michigan Auto Lawyers Blog where he posts numerous new stories and legal advice for car accident victims.
For valuable legal information and advice on Michigan auto accidents, visit one of Michigan Auto Law's Resource Centers:
Car Accident Legal Resource Center
Truck Accident Legal Resource Center
Motorcycle Accident Legal Resource Center
Watch Steve's Michigan auto accident attorney video - Do I have an accident case in Michigan?
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University of Michigan
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Fordham University
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1995
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Personal > Insurance
Personal > Personal Injury
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Best Lawyers in America, Michigan Super Lawyer, American Trial Lawyers Association, Member of executive board of the AAJ Traumatic Brain Injury Group, Michigan Lawyers Weekly Lawyer of the Year, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
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