George T. Sinas
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Partner at Sinas Dramis Law Firm
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 48 years of experience
Car Accidents, Accidents, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death
3380 Pine Tree Road, Lansing, MI 48911
About George T. Sinas
Practice Areas
- Car Accidents
- Accidents
- Personal Injury
- Wrongful Death
Education
- Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, MichiganJ.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
- Honors: <i>cum laude</i>
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1972B.A., Bachelor of Arts
- Major: Political Science
- Honors: <i>magna cum laude</i>
Representative Cases
- Brownell v. Brown, 283 N.W.2d 502 (Mich. 1979)
- Arnold v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co., 269 N.W.2d 311 (Mich.App. 1978)
- Hathcox v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 282 N.W.2d 374 (Mich.App. 1979)
- Bradley v. Detroit Auto. Inter-Insurance Exchange, 343 N.W.2d 506 (Mich.App. 1983)
- Perkins v. Riverside Ins. Co. of America, 367 N.W.2d 336 (Mich.App. 1985)
Classes and Seminars
- Presenter, Brain Injury Association of Michigan Fall Conference, “The Current State of Auto No-Fault Reform” — September 2019
- Presenter, Michigan Association for Justice’s annual No-Fault Institute — every year for more than 10 years
- Presenter, Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s annual No-Fault Update — every year for more than 20 years
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Michigan, 1975
- U.S. Federal Court, 1975
Other Affiliations
- Michigan Trial Lawyers Association, 1982 - 1983 (President)
- State Bar of Michigan, Negligence Law Section, 1988 - 1989 (Vice-Chair)
- Michigan Trial Lawyers Association, Executive Board, 1976 - Present
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America, National Board of Governors, 1984 - Present
- Michigan Association for Justice (Executive Board Member)
- Coalition Protecting Auto No-Fault (CPAN) (General Counsel)
- Brain Injury Association of Michigan (Board of Directors)
- State Bar of Michigan, Negligence Law Section, 1989 - 1990 (Chairperson)
- Ingham County Bar Association (Member)
Past Positions
- Michigan State University College of Law, Adjunct Professor
Articles
Published Works
- Michigan No-Fault Auto Insurance Decisions Case Annotation Text - Michigan Trial Lawyers Association (Supplemented Quarterly), 1981
- Article, The Evolving No-Fault Tort Threshold Michigan Bar Journal (Co-Authored with Hon. Robert M. Ransom), June, 1986
- “Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law in Michigan,” co-authored with Wayne J. Miller
- “The Current Status of No-Fault – Increasing Discord in Appellate Court Decisions,” Michigan Bar Journal, 1978
- “1995 No-Fault Tort Threshold: A Statutory Hybrid,” Michigan Bar Journal, 1995
- “Case Management and the Michigan No-Fault Law,” Michigan Bar Journal, 1999
- “Case Management and the Michigan No-Fault Law: A Look at the Legal Issues,” Michigan Bar Journal, 2000
- “Highway Defect Claims . . . Is Something Wrong with the Actual Roadbed?,” State Bar of Michigan, Negligence Law Section Quarterly, 2002
- “Deciphering Two Related Concepts: No-Fault PIP Causation Law and the Decision in Griffith v State Farm,” Thomas M. Cooley Law Review, 2010
- NFRBO.com (No-Fault Red Book Online), 2010
- “Navigating the Chaos: the New No-Fault Legislation” – co-authored with Stephen Sinas and Tom Sinas, a thorough overview of Michigan’s new no-fault law following the legislation’s 2019 reform
- “Making Smart Choices: A Summary Guide to the New Auto No-Fault Law” – co-authored with Stephen Sinas and Thomas Sinas, an in-depth guide to consumer choices under the 2019 reformed auto no-fault law
- “Protecting the Injured: A Summary Guide to the New Auto No-Fault Law” – co-authored with Stephen Sinas and Thomas Sinas, this brochure is an essential resource to those injured in Michigan motor vehicle accidents regarding their rights under the recently reformed no-fault law. “Protecting the Injured” replaces our former publication known as the “Rights and Benefits” brochure, which has been widely used throughout Michigan by injured people and the medical teams that provide them care.
- “The No-Fault Tort Threshold: A Comprehensive Survey of the Law” co-authored with Joel Finnell, available for purchase through the Michigan Association for Justice
Office Info
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