Matthew Turner
Sommers Schwartz P.C.
Matthew Turner is a senior shareholder with Sommers Schwartz, and focuses his practice on medical malpractice, legal malpractice, ERISA, and class action matters.
Fighting for and protecting the rights of his clients is the most important part of Matt’s profession. During law school, he was a law clerk for Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Richard Kuhn, and after graduation, he joined his family’s law firm where he litigated a broad range of matters involving business disputes, employment discrimination, dental malpractice, auto accident, slip and fall, and significant cases of death and catastrophic loss.
Matt has appeared before the United States Supreme Court, and prevailed in a 9-0 decision establishing precedent that has been followed throughout the country. He has argued a number of appeals before the Michigan Supreme Court, the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Michigan Court of Appeals. At the trial level, he obtained a verdict in excess of $1 million dollars in a medical malpractice case, and has secured a number of other highly successful trial verdicts and settlements.
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Michigan
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- 3rd Circuit
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- 6th Circuit
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- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
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- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
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- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- English
- Shareholder
- Sommers Schwartz P.C.
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- Case Evaluator
- Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb County Courts
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- Detroit College of Law
- J.D. (1993)
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- Ohio State University - Columbus
- B.S. | Political Science
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- Top Lawyer
- DBusiness
- Michigan Super Lawyers 2007 – Present
- Super Lawyers
- Class Action & Mass Tort Law
- Leading Lawyers
- AV Preeminent Lawyer – Peer Review Rating of 5.0 out of 5.0
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Michigan Association for Justice
- Executive Board Member
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- American Association for Justice
- Member
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- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Member
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- Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb County Circuit Courts
- Case Evaluator
- Current
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- State Bar of Michigan # P48706
- Member
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- Medical Malpractice Seminar, Michigan Association for Justice
- Great Lakes Mass Torts Institute, Sommers Schwartz
- “Advanced Trial Skills – Voir Dire”, Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Michigan
- Negligence Law Section’s Lien Seminar, State Bar of Michigan
Unpaid Overtime: Donning & Doffing - Legal News Update
https://www.sommerspc.com/ - (248) 355-0300 In this Legal News Update from Sommers Schwartz, attorney Matthew Turner discusses how workers in manufacturing plants, food processing facilities, and elsewhere are not being paid for...
Michigan Workers Should Be Paid for Time Spent Donning and Doffing Protective Gear
https://www.sommerspc.com/ - (248) 355-0300 Sommers Schwartz attorney Matthew L. Turner discusses his efforts to obtain unpaid wages on behalf of hourly workers in a class action lawsuit against Sara Lee (now...
