About Carmine Paterra
Carmine Paterra graduated summa cum laude from Albion College with a degree in Political Science and concentration in Public Service. While at Albion, he played on the soccer team and was the president of the Student Council. He earned his law degree from Wayne State University Law School, where he sat on the Law School Student Association Board of Governors. He was awarded Best Brief Writer, Moot Court, in the Arthur Neef Competition, and was a semi-finalist for Best Brief Writer, Moot Court, in the Chase National Environmental Law Competition.
After graduation, Carmine practiced medical malpractice defense, specializing in birth trauma litigation. Carmine often defended doctors or hospitals in these cases. His background gives him a unique perspective, which allows him to anticipate defenses' strategies. Carmine has been recognized by his peers, who selected him as a Leading Lawyer.
He has also been recognized by Lawyers of Distinction and as a Top 25 Medical Malpractice Lawyer by National Trial Lawyers. Carmine is licensed to practice in Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Federal Court. Born and raised in Michigan, Carmine is an active member of the Italian American Club of Livonia and Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish. He has been a member of the Italian American Bar Association of Michigan.
Carmine's wife Rita is an English teacher at Detroit Catholic Central High School. They have four sons: Dante, MarcAnthony, Sebastiano and Cristiano. When not fighting for families with children affected by cerebral palsy, Carmine enjoys reading, traveling, spending time with his family, watching his sons play soccer, and watching his favorite Detroit sports teams and international soccer teams.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Fieger, Fieger, Kenney & Harrington, P.C.
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After spinal surgery at the Detroit Medical Center's Children's Hospital of Michigan left a 10-year-old girl partially paralyzed and permanently incontinent, and her surgeon took two vacations before the hardware came out, a Wayne County jury awarded $135 million.
Geoffrey Fieger and Jack Beam won the largest birth-injury verdict in Cook County history against the University of Chicago Medical Center, after a mother in fetal distress was left without an obstetrician for hours before an emergency cesarean.
An Oakland County jury awarded $144.5 million after a delayed cesarean left a Macomb Township girl with a permanent brain injury, a verdict the Michigan Court of Appeals later upheld before it was reduced to roughly $42 million.
A Wayne County jury found the Detroit Medical Center liable for the death of 26-year-old Terrea Holly, whose pulmonary embolism was treated as a virus and sent home from the emergency room.
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