Collins Einhorn Farrell Attorneys Honored as "Detroit Lawyers of the Year" by 2014 Best Lawyers

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Sept. 4, 2013 - PRLog -- Collins Einhorn Farrell announced that three of its attorneys were selected among the 2014 Best Lawyers^® in America “Detroit Lawyers of the Year” in their respective practice areas.

Best Lawyers^®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, named Shareholder and firm President Michael J. Sullivan the 2014 Detroit Legal Malpractice Law — Defendants “Lawyer of the Year” for the fourth consecutive year.  Fellow Shareholder Brian D. Einhorn was selected as the 2014 Detroit Personal Injury Litigation — Defendants  “Lawyer of the Year.”  Donald D. Campbell earned recognition as the 2014 Detroit Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law “Lawyer of the Year.”

After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities.  Only a single lawyer in a particular specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

Sullivan has 30 years of litigation experience.  In the professional liability arena, he has defended attorneys, physicians, accountants, architects, engineers, real estate appraisers, real estate brokers and title agents in defense of significant claims involving personal injury, property damage and business loss.  The University of Detroit Mercy School of Law alum also has substantial experience in product liability litigation, and maintains an active general civil litigation practice, including business disputes, insurance disputes, and personal injury defense.

For more than four decades, Einhorn has been at the forefront of legal issues affecting lawyers, judges, courts, businesses and insurers.  The Wayne State University Law School alum has litigated numerous cases and disciplinary proceedings that have shaped Michigan law with issues ranging from lawyers’ potential liability to clients for defamation, to judicial candidates’ free speech rights.

Campbell focuses his practice on attorney grievance defense, representation in judicial tenure matters and legal malpractice defense. In addition to his law practice, he has served as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law for more than a decade, teaching courses in ethics and criminal law.  He is an alum of Wayne State University Law School.

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.  The current, 20th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2014) is based on more than 4.4 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

Founded in 1970, Southfield, Michigan-based Collins Einhorn Farrell is a multi-specialty law firm providing clients with expert legal representation in defense litigation, insurance, real estate, manufacturing and professional service issues.  For more information, visit www.ceflawyers.com.