Steven M. Gursten is recognized as one of the nation’s top experts in serious car accident and truck accident injury cases and automobile insurance no-fault litigation.Out of out of more than 40,000 practicing attorneys in Michigan, Steve is a Michigan Lawyers Weekly Lawyer of the Year and Leader in the Law. He is named a Michigan Super Lawyer and is listed in the Best Lawyers in America directory. Steve is also highlighted as one of the Best Lawyers in Metro Detroit in DBusiness magazine.Based on opinions of attorneys throughout Michigan, Steve has been selected as an AV-rated lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest lawyer rating available for legal ability and ethics. He is also recognized as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the American Trial Lawyers Association, and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.Recently, Steve was highlighted in a special in-depth analysis by Michigan Lawyers Weekly of Michigan’s tough auto accident injury threshold laws — and why his clients are succeeding at a time when most people injured in Michigan car and truck accidents are being devastated by the Michigan Supreme Court Kreiner v. Fischer decision.In addition to achieving some of the highest reported car and truck accident settlements each year for injury victims in Michigan, Steve has received the largest jury verdict in automobile accident cases for four of the past seven years. In 2008, the auto accident attorney received the highest reported Michigan settlement and the top auto negligence jury verdict, according to a verdicts and settlements report by Michigan Lawyers Weekly.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 his 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.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 . . .”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 term. 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 representing Michigan for the Association of Plaintiff 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 is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Fordham University School of Law.