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Christopher Stombaugh

Attorney at Michigan Auto Law
Detroit, MI

About Christopher Stombaugh

Christopher Stombaugh is a Trial Attorney at Michigan Auto Law, recognized as a leading trial lawyer. He has achieved major verdicts including $102.6 million against General Motors, a $40 million wrongful death case, and verdicts of $26 million and $13 million. He serves as the main instructor at the Michigan Auto Law Trial Center and teaches at the Trial Lawyers College.

Stombaugh earned his Juris Doctor with honors from Drake University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He is admitted to practice in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Fluent in Spanish, Stombaugh served as past president of the Wisconsin Association for Justice. He has been selected to Super Lawyers continuously since 2010 and regularly presents at national legal conferences on trial advocacy.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Michigan Auto Law

These results are credited to Michigan Auto Law. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$3.5 millionVerdict

A Jackson County jury awarded James and Kim Fairley $3.5 million after a Schiber Truck Co. tractor-trailer rear-ended their minivan and pushed it into oncoming traffic, leaving James Fairley with a traumatic brain injury and two fractured vertebrae.

Jackson County, MI · 2010Truck AccidentsRead 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 Wisconsin-Platteville
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Iowa
State Bar of Minnesota
State Bar of Wisconsin
State Bar of United States Supreme Court
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Wisconsin Association for Justice (Past President)

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers (since 2010)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Detroit firms

Marko Law Firm
Marko Law Firm
$896.5 million · Oakland County Jury Returns Record $896.5 Million Verdict for Boy Struck at Continental Test Track
McKeen & Associates, PC
McKeen & Associates, PC
$130.57 million · $130.5 Million Verdict for Infant Brain Damage After Beaumont Hospital Delayed Code Blue
Ven Johnson Law, PLC
Ven Johnson Law, PLC
$22.6 Million Verdict for Port Trucker Left Permanently Disabled After On-the-Job Crash

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