Joel T. Finnell
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3380 Pine Tree Road, Lansing, MI 48911
About Joel T. Finnell
Practice Areas
- Appellate
Education
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan, 2011J.D.
- Honors: <i>cum laude</i>
- Eastern Michigan University, 2001B.S.
- Honors: <i>magna cum laude</i>
Representative Cases
- Brown v Home-Owners Ins Co, 298 Mich App 678 (2012)
- Linden v Citizens Ins Co, 308 Mich App 89 (2014)
- People v Timothy Panagis, Circuit Court No. 15-28686-AL (2016)
- Swick v Farm Bureau, Unpublished Opinion of the Court of Appeals, Docket No. 324829 (2014)
- Bacon v City of Flint, Unpublished Opinion of the Court of Appeals, Docket No. 339009 (2018)
- Hughes v City of Livonia, Unpublished Opinion of the Court of Appeals, Docket No. 340447
- Kulghert v Michigan State University,328 Mich App 357 (2019)
- Slocum v Farm Bureau and USAA, 328 Mich App 626 (2019)
Classes and Seminars
- Survivor’s Loss and Work Loss Benefits, No-Falt Institute XVI, October 2019
- No-Fault Tort Threshold Update, No-Fault Institute – Co-author
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Michigan
- U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. Supreme Court
Other Affiliations
- State Bar of Michigan, Appellate Practice Section
- Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society
- Michigan Association for Justice
- The National Trial Lawyers Association
- Coalition Protecting Auto No-Fault (CPAN)
- Ingham County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
Articles
Published Works
- Sinas & Finnell, Tort Threshold Update (Lansing: ICLE, 2014-2018)
- Sinas & Finnell, The No-Fault Tort Threshold: An Annual Survey of the Law (Lansing: Michigan Association for Justice, 2014-2017)
- When Should I Hire an Auto No-Fault Insurance Attorney?
- “The No-Fault Tort Threshold: A Comprehensive Survey of the Law” co-authored with George T. Sinas, available for purchase through the Michigan Association for Justice
- Delay, Deny, Defend – Tactics Insurance Companies Use to Avoid Paying Claims
- Auto No-Fault Intentional Injuries Exclusion – You Don’t Have to Prove Innocence
- How “Don’t Worry About It” Can Lead to Car Insurance Fraud
- “Tort Threshold Update” ICLE No-Fault Summit, 2020
- “The No-Fault Tort Threshold: An Annual Survey of the Law” – Michigan Association for Justice, 2019
- AutoNoFaultLaw.com Digital Library – Regular contributor and editor
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Partner31 years of experienceCar Accidents, Accidents, Trucking Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death
- Partner11 years of experiencePersonal Injury, Car Accidents, Accidents, Wrongful Death
Nearby Lawyers
- Appellate
- 29.6 miles away
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