Attorney Profile
Don Ferris

Don Ferris

Don Ferris

Ferris & Salter, PC
4158 Washtenaw Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Contact Contact Don Ferris
T: 734-677-2020
F: 734-677-3277

Visit: www.ferris-salter.com
Practice areas: Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (40%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice (30%), Criminal Defense (30%)

Profile

Ferris & Salter, P.C. is a plaintiff's personal injury and criminal defense law firm that specializes in maximizing the rights of individuals through aggressive and skilled representation of each client. The firm was established by Don Ferris and Heidi Salter-Ferris, who combine 50 years of experience and over 250 jury trials. The firm's areas of concentration include serious personal injury, auto accidents, medical malpractice, birth trauma and criminal defense law. As married and professional partners, Don Ferris and Heidi Salter-Ferris apply a team approach to every case, and will often try cases together. Their unique professional background, trial skills, and gender diversity serve to enhance the service they provide to their clients.

Selected to Super Lawyers

Michigan Super Lawyers 2008
Michigan Super Lawyers 2007
Michigan Super Lawyers 2006

About Don Ferris

Admitted: 1976, Michigan

Professional: www.ferris-salter.com

Honors and Awards: Best Lawyers in America -- Plaintiff's Personal Injury and Criminal Defense, 2002-2007; Martindale & Hubbell, AV (Highest) Rating; Million Dollar Advocates Forum 1991; Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in America; Phi Beta Kappa
Bar/Professional Activity: Michigan Association of Justice 1995 to present -- Executive Board Member; Washtenaw Trial Lawyers Association, President 1997-1998; Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan,  1985 to present; Criminal Defense Lawyers of Washtenaw County,  President  1995-1997 
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: "Health Care Malpractice", Torts, Michigan Law and Practice, ICLE, 2007
Verdicts and Settlements: Among recent results for our clients are a $750,000 verdict -- failure to diagnose and treat a bowel perforation (Jackson County); a $750,000 settlement -- automobile accident caused by a drunk driver (Livingston County); $5.1 million settlement -- traumatic brain injury suffered by pedestrian hit by a truck (Oakland County); $800,000 settlement -- medical malpractice for failure to diagnose and treat an ischemic leg (Lenawee County; $500,000 settlement -- truck accident causing foot and ankle injuries (Federal District Court in Northern Ohio) 

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