About Rob Kamenec

Rob Kamenec is a graduate of the University of Michigan, B.A. (English) in 1978 and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Detroit School in 1982. He focuses his practice primarily on appellate law, concentrating on high-verdict and high-exposure matters. Rob has argued over 400 appellate cases in state and federal courts, including many cases involving the largest verdicts in Michigan. He has experience and expertise in the substantive areas of civil rights, medical malpractice, employment/management liability, professional liability, insurance coverage, bad faith, class actions, directors' and officers' liability, drug liability and title insurance. Clients frequently call upon Rob to monitor and resolve matters which include complex and cutting-edge issues that typically result in serious financial, business and legal consequences.

Examples include managing above-limits exposure, preserving company positions and counseling clients when business risk is highest. Rob is a fellow with the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers (2007-Present), has been consistently acknowledged by his peers in appellate law by Best Lawyers in America (2008-Present), is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and is licensed in Michigan and Illinois. He is also admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court and in the Sixth and D.C. Circuit appellate courts. Rob is married to his wife of 43 years, Margaret, and they have three adult children Kara, Danielle, and Robert, who presently live out of state.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Fieger, Fieger, Kenney & Harrington, P.C.

These results are credited to Fieger, Fieger, Kenney & Harrington, P.C.. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

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.

Wayne County Circuit Court, Detroit, MI · 2018Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

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.

Cook County Circuit Court, Chicago, IL · 2016Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

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.

Oakland County Circuit Court, Pontiac, MI · 2011Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

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.

Wayne County Circuit Court, Detroit, MI · 2017Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$25 millionVerdict

An Oakland County jury found Warner Bros. and The Jenny Jones Show liable for the wrongful death of Scott Amedure and assessed $25 million, an award the Michigan Court of Appeals later reversed.

Oakland County Circuit Court, Pontiac, MI · 1999Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Detroit School of Law
J.D., 1982
University of Michigan
Undergraduate, 1978

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Illinois

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.