DONNA M. MACKENZIE

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Donna M. MacKenzie devotes a majority of her practice to representing individuals injured as a result of nursing home neglect and abuse as well as medical malpractice. She also specializes in the litigation of other personal injury matters including automobile accidents and senior investment fraud. Ms. MacKenzie has written numerous appellate briefs on behalf of injury victims in both state and federal courts. She is the author of a number of articles regarding Medicare liens and reimbursement rights in personal injury matters and frequently lectures on this topic at seminars. She has been a featured speaker at seminars presented by the Institute for Continuing Legal Education, State Bar of Michigan, American Association for Justice, and Michigan Association for Justice. Ms. MacKenzie's recent honors include recognition as a 2010 Up & Coming Lawyer by Michigan Lawyers Weekly, a Rising Star by Super Lawyers, and a Pacesetter by the Michigan Association for Justice. Ms. MacKenzie is on the Executive Committee and Executive Board for the Michigan Association for Justice. She also serves on the Board of Governors for the American Association for Justice, the Executive Committee for the American Association for Justice's New Lawyers Division, and is a Director of the Oakland County Bar Association New Lawyers Committee and a Special Committee Chair for the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan.

 

 

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

 

	• Selected as a 2010 Up & Coming Lawyer by Michigan Lawyers Weekly
	• Named a Rising Star in Super Lawyers 2010 & 2008
	• Recognized as a Pacesetter by the Michigan Association for Justice, May 2010
	• Richard B. Gushee Writing Award for best student work published in The Wayne Law Review, 2004

 

 

PRO BONO AND PUBLIC SERVICE
	• Pro Bono Legal Counsel for Citizens for Better Care
	• Participate in civic-oriented projects for the Public Service Committee of the New Lawyers Division of the American Association for Justice, including the following:
			o Habitat for Humanity in New York City, New York (2011)
			o Habitat for Humanity in Miami, FL (2011)
			o Habitat for Humanity's ReStore in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2010)
			o The Shelter Network in Daly City, California (2009)
			o Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans, Louisiana (2009)
			o The Eliza Shirley House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2008)
EDUCATION
	• Wayne State University Law School, Juris Doctor 2004
		o The Wayne Law Review, Note and Comment Editor
		o Student Trial Advocacy Program, National Competitor
	• Alma College, Bachelor of Arts 2001
		o Semester abroad at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, U.K.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
	• Michigan Association for Justice
		o Executive Committee (2010 - 2011)
		o Executive Board (2009 - 2011)
		o New Lawyers Committee
			• Co-Chair (2009-2010)
	• American Association for Justice
		o Board of Governors (2010-2012)
		o National Finance Council (2011-2012)
		o Section and Litigation Group Coordination Committee (2011-2014)
		o Marketing & Client Service Committee (2010-2013)
		o Convention Planning Committee (2010-2012)
		o New Lawyers Division
			• Executive Committee (2010-2012)
			• Representative to the AAJ Board of Governors (2010-2012)
			• Board of Governors (2008-2012)
			• Public Service Committee (2010-2011)
		o Nursing Home Litigation Group
	• State Bar of Michigan
		o Negligence Law Section
	• Oakland County Bar Association
		o New Lawyers Committee
			• Director (2009-2012)
	• Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
		o Special Committee Chair (2010)
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
	• State Bar of Michigan, 2004
	• United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2005
	• United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 2004
	• United States District Court, Western District of Michigan, 2008
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
	• A Day in the Life, American Bar Association's Council on Legal Education Opportunity Sophomore Summer Institute (June 2011).
	• Liens-Update, Michigan Association for Justice Rapid Fire Seminar (May 2011).
	• Medicare & Medicaid Liens, Michigan Association for Justice Liens Evening Forum (March 2011).
	• Medicare Update, Institute for Continuing Legal Education No-Fault Seminar (October 2010).
	• Medicare Liens, Michigan Association for Justice No-Fault Institute VII (September 2010).
	• Making the Impossible Medicare Reimbursement Procedures Possible: Finality, Clarity and Security May be on the way for Medicare Beneficiaries, Insurers and the Trust Fund, State Bar of Michigan Negligence Law Section Quarterly (August 2010).
	• A Day in the Life, American Bar Association's Council on Legal Education Opportunity Sophomore Summer Institute (June 2010).
	• Medicare Liens 2010: Information vs Speculation, State Bar of Michigan Negligence Law Section Evening Forum (May 2010).
	• Choosing a Senior Living Facility, Oakland County Bar Association, Senior Law Day (May 2010).
	• The Absence of Medicare Set-Asides in Liability Cases, Michigan Association for Justice 65th Annual Rapid Fire Seminar (May 2010).
	• Medicare Liens, Michigan Association for Justice Liens Seminar (March 2010).
	• Medicare Secondary Payer Law, State Bar of Michigan Health Care Law Section Teleconference (January 2010).
	• Thinking INSIDE the Box: Lessons Learned When a Trial Lawyer Serves as a Juror, American Association for Justice Winter 2010 Edition of “The Sidebar” (January 2010).
	•Liens, Michigan Association for Justice Medical Malpractice Seminar (November 2009).
	•Medicare Liens in Personal Injury Litigation: A Comprehensive Review of the Medicare Secondary Payer Statute, The Institute of Continuing Legal Education 2009 No-Fault Update (October 2009).
	•If I Had to Do It Over Again: Starting Out, What We Would Have Done Differently, American Association for Justice Annual Convention Law Student Services Committee (July 2009).
	•New Medicare Mandatory Reporting Requirements: When do you have to notify Medicare and what do you have to reimburse? Michigan Association for Justice No-Fault Institute VI (June 2009).
	•The Ultimate Medicare Liens Forum for Plaintiff and Defense Counsel, State Bar of Michigan Negligence Law Section Evening Forum (May 2009).
	•Medicare Conditional Payment Liens & Representing Medicare's Interest, Michigan Association for Justice 64th Annual Rapid Fire Seminar (May 2009).
	•Medicare is watching YOU: New mandatory reporting requirements ensure that Medicare will no longer be ignored, State Bar of Michigan Negligence Law Section Quarterly (Spring 2009).
	• Medicare Conditional Payment Liens & Representing Medicare’s Interest, Michigan Association for Justice Liens Evening Forum (March 2009).
	• How to Contact Medicare and Successfully Reduce a Lien, State Bar of Michigan Negligence Law Section Quarterly (Winter 2007).
	• Medicare Liens, Michigan Association for Justice (formerly known as Michigan Trial Lawyers Association) Liens Evening Forum (2005).
	• Do Democracies Die Behind Closed Doors? The Third and Sixth Circuits Split Over the Closure of Removal Hearings, 49 Wayne L. Rev. 813 (2003).