Plunkett Cooney
Laurel F. McGiffert is a senior trial attorney who concentrates her practice primarily in the areas of medical liability, labor and employment law, municipal law, civil rights and general litigation.
In addition to her successful trial practice, Ms. McGiffert has extensive experience representing clients involved in Michigan's Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) system. She also has the distinction of serving as an independent arbitrator and mediator in ADR hearings.
Ms. McGiffert has represented most major hospitals in the Detroit metropolitan area, and she is frequently asked to present seminars to clients and health care organizations on such topics as nursing documentation and legal issues associated with emergency nursing care, informed consent and record keeping. Ms. McGiffert has also participated in grand rounds for a major local hospital, participated in educational mock trials and lectured at trial skills seminars sponsored by such organizations as the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).
Plunkett Cooney
Plunkett Cooney is a Michigan law firm with offices in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio and attorneys practicing in litigation, corporate, appellate, commercial litigation, insurance law, construction, environmental, medical liability, trusts and estate planning, municipal, administrative and regulatory, real estate, banking and finance, and healthcare.