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Patrick McLain | |
  T: 313-961-0200 F: 313-961-0388 |
Patrick McLain is a Member of Kerr, Russell and Weber, PLC. Mr. McLain has a varied litigation practice concentrated in the areas of commercial and employment litigation, as well as professional responsibility, licensing and liability defense. An experienced trial lawyer, Mr. McLain is an Advocate of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, Association of Defense Trial Counsel, Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, State Bar of Michigan Negligence Section and Employment Law Section, American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section and Employment Law Section and the Metropolitan Detroit Bar Association. He is listed as a Michigan Super Lawyer.
Recent successes include obtaining a preliminary injunction on behalf of the manufacturer and distributor of medical devices restraining a former representative from continued breach of restrictive covenants in her employment contract; Zimmer, Inc. and Zimmer Spine, Inc. v Pamela Albring, No. 2:08-cv-12484 (ED MI, 2008); obtaining a permanent injunction restraining the unauthorized practice of dentistry; Michigan Dental Association v Everett Van Den Eeden, d/b/a Smile-Rite Denture Center, Oakland County Circuit Court Case No. 08-094849-CZ (2008); obtaining a summary judgment on proximate cause grounds in a wrongful death medical malpractice action; Estate of Teal v Manish Prasad, M.D., et al., Lenawee County Circuit Court No. 0672279-NH (2008) and obtaining injunctive relief in aid of arbitration to enforce non-competition restraints in an executive employment contract; Specialty Vehicle Acquisition Corp. v Trostle, Wayne County Circuit Court No. 07-728675-CK (2007).
Mr. McLain has tried cases to jury verdict in all nearby state and federal courts, and has argued cases before the Michigan Court of Appeals, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Mr. McLain is an editor of “Michigan Law of Damages and Other Remedies”, published by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education at the University of Michigan 2002-55-2310. He has authored numerous articles and lectured in the areas of business and professional liability litigation. Mr. McLain is a graduate of the University of Michigan (AB, English Language and Literature) and the University of Michigan Law School (J.D.). |