RANDY J. WALLACE

Shareholder

 

Randy Wallace graduated from the University of Michigan in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. In 1998, he earned his Juris Doctor from Wayne State University Law School. In 1997-1998, Mr. Wallace worked as a student member of the Executive Board of the Free Legal Aid Clinic in Detroit, which provides free legal services to clients who could not otherwise afford an attorney.

 

Since being admitted to the State Bar of Michigan in 1998, Mr. Wallace has devoted the vast majority of his practice to assisting injury victims in obtaining compensation from the responsible parties' insurance companies. Mr. Wallace represents individuals who have been injured in automobile accidents, citizens whose constitutional rights have been violated by the government, and vulnerable adults who have been abused and/or neglected in nursing homes, adult foster care facilities and homes for the aged (the latter two of which are often referred to by facility owners as "assisted living facilities"). Mr. Wallace also assists clients whose automobile insurance benefits have been improperly denied and those who have been wrongfully denied Social Security Disability benefits.

 

Since 2003, Mr. Wallace has served as an Executive Board Member for the Michigan Association for Justice (formerly MTLA). As a former Co-Chair and current member of MAJ's New Lawyer's Committee, Mr. Wallace helps organize an annual workshop to assist new attorneys with their law practices (past topics have included, "Organization," and, "How to Take Effective Depositions"). He was the moderator for this year's workshop on the topic of Case Evaluation. He also served as a judge for Wayne State University Law School's Student Trial Advocacy Program and the First Year Legal Research and Writing department's moot court. Mr. Wallace serves as a Case Evaluator for the Circuit Court in Oakland County, Michigan. He is also a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ).

 

Mr. Wallace is admitted to practice in Michigan's state courts, as well as the following federal courts: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. In 2003, Mr. Wallace argued the case of Terry v. LaGrois in the Sixth Circuit.