Geoffrey Fieger
About Geoffrey Fieger
Geoffrey Fieger is a veteran of the legal battlefield. In his practice of over 45 years, he won more million-dollar verdicts and settlements than any other attorney in the country. He's the driving force who built Fieger Law into one of the most respected Law Firms in America. His command of the law, both as a trial litigator and as a scholar, made him one of the most sought-after attorneys in the country. Though he always practiced from his firm's home in Southfield, Michigan, he is known all over the world for his charismatic trial presence and refusal to back down from the battles that matter. Geoffrey's legal skills have been acknowledged by some of the biggest institutions in America and media networks throughout the country. The Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University named The Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute in his honor. He was repeatedly featured on MSNBC, CNN, Fox, and various other networks to provide legal insight and commentary throughout his career. He even had his own program on CBS radio titled Fieger Time and was featured on Fox's live court program Power of Attorney . Geoffrey was also frequently in the news as a subject matter expert, as he was often called upon to represent high-profile cases on behalf of those facing impossible odds.
Notable case results
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.
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.
A Johnson County jury returned a record $97.4 million verdict for an Iowa City newborn left with permanent brain damage after a forceps and vacuum delivery, an award the Iowa Supreme Court later reversed, ordering a new trial.
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.
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.
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.
A Cook County jury awarded $23.5 million after doctors at Presence St. Joseph Hospital waited more than three hours to perform an emergency cesarean, leaving a newborn brain-damaged from oxygen loss.
Geoffrey Fieger won an $8 million Wayne County wrongful death verdict against the Northville Moose Lodge and Leonard's Syrups after an unvented carbon dioxide soda system asphyxiated volunteer Mary Katherine Simpson.
Birth trauma verdict
Medical malpractice verdict
Police misconduct verdict
Auto accident verdict
Sexual harassment verdict
Construction accident verdict
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
