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“My job is to see that my clients rise to the challenge of litigation prepared and confident. Results matter.” A principal with Lipson, Neilson, Cole, Seltzer & Garin, P.C., Phillip Seltzer offers clients advice and counsel drawn from more than two decades of experience in the areas of commercial litigation and the defense of professional liability claims. Licensed to practice law in Michigan and Nevada, Mr. Seltzer is a specialist in the areas of legal malpractice, architect and design professional malpractice, accounting malpractice, real estate broker errors and omissions, director’s and officer’s liability claims and insurance coverage disputes. Phillip Seltzer is a member of the Litigation Practice and Torts Insurance Practice Sections of the American Bar Association, the Oakland County Bar Association; the Litigation, Business Law, Corporation and Negligence Sections of the State Bar of Michigan; the Defense Research Institute; the Michigan Defense Trial Council (MDTC); and the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS). Mr. Seltzer has also been appointed by the State Bar of Michigan to the State Bar Character and Fitness Committee for a two year term beginning in 2011. He was also named a recipient of the 2011 Top Lawyer for Legal Malpractice Law by DBusiness Magazine. Mr. Seltzer earned a B.A. from Michigan State University and his J.D. from Wayne State Law School where he was Senior Associate Editor of the Wayne Law Review. He has authored and published articles for a range of legal and insurance publications including, ABA Magazine, The Brief, Michigan Bar Journal, Michigan Defense Quarterly, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Federal Lawyer, The Insurance Advocate, The Professional Liability Underwriting Society Magazine, Detroit Legal News and Oakland County Legal News. Articles Arbitration of Legal Malpractice Claims: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Adrift in a Sea of Venue Determining “Original” Injury in a Legal Malpractice Case Without a Compass The Statute of Limitations and Legal Malpractice: Attorney’s Right to a Bench Trial in Legal Malpractice Cases Watts V Polaczyk:Arbitration Clauses in Attorney Retainer Agreements Upheld |
