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Braun Kendrick Finkbeiner PLC
4301 Fashion Square Boulevard
Saginaw, Michigan 48603
Telephone: 989-498-2100
Fax: 989-799-4666
Toll Free: 800-853-3461
www.bkf-law.com


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(Mt. Pleasant, MI Office: 304 East Broadway, Suite 206, 48858)
     (Tel: 989-775-7404)
     (Fax: 989-775-3764)
(Midland, MI Office: 414 Townsend, 48640)
     (Tel: 989-631-1027)
     (Fax: 989-631-9880)
Established: 1950
Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation, Investigation and Adjustment, Trial Practice, Accident and Health, Automobile, Dram Shop, Life Insurance, Malpractice, Premises Liability, Product Liability, Subrogation, Surety
Firm Profile
The law firm of Braun Kendrick Finkbeiner P.L.C. is a mid-sized firm consisting of more than 40 attorneys with a highly skilled and experienced support staff. The firm's offices in Midland, Mt. Pleasant and Saginaw, Michigan are able to deliver quality comprehensive legal services and achieve results in a cost effective manner. The firm has an extensive insurance defense practice at trial and appellate levels in all Michigan and Federal Courts. This practice typically handles malpractice (medical, legal and other professions), auto negligence, premises liability, arson, liquor liability and product liability matters. In addition to defending insurers and self-insured businesses and individuals, the firm often represents insurers directly in coverage disputes and first party actions. The firm's experience in handling such cases enables us to quickly evaluate and aggressively defend its clients, using varied resources to achieve a successful resolution without unnecessary expense. The firm also practices in the areas of business law, environmental law, estate planning and probate law, labor law and real estate law.

Client Information
Insurance Company Clients
AIG Technical Services, Inc.Allied Insurance Company
Allstate Insurance CompanyAmerican Bankers Insurance Group
Cincinnati Insurance CompanyFarm Bureau Insurance Companies
Fireman's Fund Insurance CompanyFrankenmuth Mutual Insurance Company
Great Midwest Insurance CompanyGulf Insurance Company
Harleysville Insurance CompanyThe Hartford
The Hartford Insurance GroupHastings Mutual Insurance Company
Horace Mann Insurance CompanyIndiana Insurance Company
John Hancock Life Insurance CompanyLexington Insurance Company
Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyMIC General Insurance Corporation
Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance CompanyMotorists Mutual Insurance Company
Northern Mutual Insurance CompanyPartners Mutual Insurance Company
ProNational Insurance CompanyState Farm Fire and Casualty Company
Titan Insurance CompanyUnion Security Life Insurance Company
Utica Mutual Insurance CompanyWest Bend Mutual Group
Western Surety Company
Non-Insurance Company Clients
AAA Automobile ClubMichigan Basic Property Insurance Association
Midwest Claims ServiceMLBA Limited Liability Pool
SecureOneSET-SEG (School Employers' Trust-School Employers' Group)

Personnel Information
Firm Members
PATRICK KALTENBACH — 1945 — Wayne State University, J.D. (cum laude), 1971 — Admitted to Bar, 1970, Michigan — Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation
KENNETH W. KABLE — 1946 — University of Notre Dame, J.D., 1972 — Admitted to Bar, 1972, Michigan — Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation
E. LOUIS OGNISANTI — 1945 — Wayne State University, J.D., 1973 — Admitted to Bar, 1973, Michigan — Practice Areas: Employment Law; Litigation; Workers' Compensation
BRUCE L. DALRYMPLE — 1948 — University of Michigan, J.D., 1973 — Admitted to Bar, 1973, Michigan — Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Workers' Compensation
CHARLES A. GILFEATHER — 1950 — Tulane University, J.D., 1976 — Admitted to Bar, 1976, Michigan — Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers' Compensation
JOHN A. DECKER — 1949 — Duke University, J.D., 1974 — Admitted to Bar, 1974, North Carolina; 1980, Michigan — Practice Areas: Employment Law; Litigation
CRAIG W. HORN — 1957 — University of Michigan, J.D., 1982 — Admitted to Bar, 1982, Michigan — Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Product Liability
FRANCIS J. KEATING — 1961 — University of Detroit, J.D. (cum laude), 1986 — Admitted to Bar, 1986, Michigan — Practice Areas: Litigation
BRIAN S. MAKARIC — 1963 — University of Detroit, J.D., 1991; University of Windsor, LL.B., 1991 — Admitted to Bar, 1991, Michigan — Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation
JAMIE HECHT NISIDIS — 1968 — University of Michigan, J.D. (cum laude), 1993 — Admitted to Bar, 1993, Michigan — Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation
THOMAS J. RUTH — 1965 — Detroit College of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 1991 — Admitted to Bar, 1991, Michigan — Practice Areas: Litigation; Workers' Compensation
GEOFFREY G. SCOTT — 1975 — University of Miami, J.D. (cum laude), 2000 — Admitted to Bar, 2000, Michigan — Practice Areas: Litigation
FRANK M. QUINN — 1945 — University of Detroit, J.D., 1970 — Admitted to Bar, 1971, Michigan — Practice Areas: Liquor Liability; Medical Malpractice
GREGORY E. METER — 1953 — Detroit College of Law, J.D., 1979 — Admitted to Bar, 1979, Ohio; 1980, Michigan — Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Third Party
JEFFREY C. WILSON — 1954 — Detroit College of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 1979 — Admitted to Bar, 1979, Michigan — Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice
WILLIAM J. EWALD — 1945 — Detroit College of Law, J.D., 1973 — Admitted to Bar, 1973, Michigan — Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense
MANVEL TRICE III — 1976 — Detroit College of Law, Michigan State University, J.D. (magna cum laude), 2001 — Admitted to Bar, 2001, Michigan — Practice Areas: Business Law
TIMOTHY S. ARNOLD — 1969 — Detroit College of Law, Michigan State University, J.D. (cum laude), 1997 — Admitted to Bar, 1997, Michigan — Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Litigation
Associates
FREDERICK C. OVERDIER — 1962 — American University, Washington College of Law, J.D., 1987 — Admitted to Bar, 1987, Michigan — Practice Areas: Litigation
SARA A. BIRON RYAN — 1966 — Detroit College of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 1992 — Admitted to Bar, 1992, Michigan; 1993, Illinois — Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation


 

 

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