Thomas Waun
About Thomas Waun
Thomas W. Waun is the Managing Partner of Ven Johnson Law's Flint office, with 34 years of practice and over 100 civil jury trials to verdict as lead counsel.
Waun is admitted to the State Bar of Michigan. He specializes in plaintiff personal injury matters including motor vehicle accidents, trucking accidents, construction incidents, product liability, premises liability, police misconduct, and legal malpractice, with approximately 25% of his practice devoted to business litigation.
Waun has obtained verdicts or settlements exceeding seven figures over 10 times and mid- to high-six figures over 50 times. He is a 2023 Michigan Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame inductee and has been a Super Lawyer since 2008. He serves as President of the Michigan Association for Justice (since 2017) and as an officer of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law teaching trial practice.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Ven Johnson Law, PLC
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A Wayne County jury awarded $22.6 million to port truck driver Burt Holt, who suffered a traumatic brain injury and permanent disability when a negligent driver struck him while he inspected his trailer at a Detroit shipping terminal in 2011.
A federal jury in Atlanta awarded $100 million to Jerry Blasingame, left quadriplegic at 65 after an Atlanta police officer tased him without warning during a foot pursuit, though the award was ultimately reduced to $21 million following post-trial rulings and a 2026 Eleventh Circuit decision.
A Wayne County jury awarded $20,595,570 to Terry Novak after a van driver for FSS Technologies lost control, crossed the center line, and struck Novak while he was clearing snow from his own driveway in Romulus.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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