About Steven Gursten

Steven Gursten is an Attorney at Michigan Auto Law in Detroit, Michigan. He has been designated a Michigan Lawyer of the Year and consistently ranked among Michigan's top 50 attorneys by Super Lawyers.

Gursten earned his Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law and his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Phi Beta Kappa). He is admitted to practice in Michigan.

At age 28, Gursten became the youngest attorney in Michigan history to secure a million-dollar jury verdict. He has recovered the largest auto/truck accident settlement by a Michigan attorney: $34 million. He serves as President of the American Association for Justice's Distracted Driving Litigation Group and is past-president of the Belli Society, the AAJ Traumatic Brain Injury and Truck Accident Litigation Groups, and the Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers Association.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$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 Michigan, Ann Arbor
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Michigan
American Association for Justice (Distracted Driving Litigation Group, President)
Belli Society (Past President)
Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers Association (Past President)
Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Awards & recognition

Michigan Lawyer of the Year
Best Lawyers in America (since 2008)
Super Lawyer Top 50 in Michigan
AV Preeminent (Martindale-Hubbell)
Hall of Fame - AAJ Trucking Litigation Group
Phi Beta Kappa

Other attorneys at Michigan Auto Law

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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.