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Michael Hill

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Founder and Trial Attorney at Michael Hill Trial Law
Cleveland, OH

About Michael Hill

Michael A. Hill is the founder of Michael Hill Trial Law and focuses exclusively on nursing home and assisted living abuse and neglect litigation. He graduated magna cum laude from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 2011 after completing his undergraduate studies at Oberlin College. Earlier in his career, Hill practiced healthcare defense, representing medical facilities, before transitioning to plaintiff work. He has secured numerous seven-figure and eight-figure trial verdicts and settlements, including the $26 million verdict against Signature HealthCARE of Warren in Trumbull County in 2023, which stands as the highest recorded verdict against a nursing home in Ohio history.

Hill has been selected to Ohio Super Lawyers from 2023 through 2027 and was previously named a Rising Star from 2014 through 2022. He is a member of the National Trial Lawyers Top 100, the National Trial Lawyers Top 25 Medical Malpractice Lawyers, the Top 10 Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawyers, and the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums. He is licensed in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$26 millionVerdict

A Trumbull County jury awarded $26 million to the estate of Stephen Tate, a blind, brain-injured resident of Signature HealthCARE of Warren who aspirated while eating lunch unsupervised and died after staff waited about 42 minutes to call an ambulance. The award, reported as the largest nursing home verdict in Ohio history, was won by Michael A. Hill, then of Eadie Hill Trial Lawyers and now of Michael Hill Trial Law.

Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio · 2023Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Case Western Reserve University School of Law
JD, 2011
Oberlin College
Undergraduate, 2007

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Ohio
State Bar of Pennsylvania

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