Attorney Patricia Stamler, Hertz Schram, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Patricia A. Stamler
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Partner
phone	(248) 335-5000
fax	(248) 335-3346
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Patricia Stamler is a partner at Hertz Schram PC, where she is primarily responsible for employment and civil rights matter. She has published articles and lectured on a wide variety of legal topics pertaining to employment law, disability law, defamation and sexual abuse. Some of her publications include: "Picture Yourself on a Talk Show," Michigan Bar Journal, Vol. 78, No. 11, November 1999; "Guidelines For Representing Adult Clients in Mental Health Adjudication," by the State Bar Committee on the Mentally Disabled, Michigan Bar Journal, Vol. 69, No. 10, Oct 1990; "Eliminating the Silent Hearing" Michigan Bar Journal, Vol. 66, No. 1, January 1987.

Ms. Stamler has lectured throughout Michigan on several areas of law including the following seminars: The Americans With Disabilities Amendments Act, The Business of Getting Business in Tough Economic Times; The Role of Lawyers in Protecting Civil Rights in the Changing World and Motions in Limine in Employment Cases.

Her professional honors include: Best Lawyers in America selected in 2008 for 2009; Super Lawyer in Michigan 2006, 2007 and 2008; Top 50 Women's Lawyers 2006; AV Rated; Member of the Fellows of the Michigan State Bar Foundation, 2000 to Present; and Michigan Pro Bono Honor Roll - Michigan Pro Bono Coordinators' Association with State Bar of Michigan-1994

She received her Bachelors of Arts with honors in a dual major of English and Anthropology from Michigan State University and her Juris Doctor from Wayne State University School of Law.

Ms. Stamler's significant case results include successful representation of:

over 3,000 African-American employees in a class action case against a local hospital resulting in a total settlement exceeding $3,000,000.00;

over 1,000 people in wheelchairs who could not board the buses ending in a verdict of $2.8 million for the first 18 plaintiffs;

several victims of sexual abuse, including a ten year old girl who was sexually assaulted by her parochial school teacher resulting in a settlement close to one half a half million dollars;

twelve clients in a race discrimination failure to promote matter resulting in a settlement exceeding $1,000,000.00;

cognitively impaired man who was a victim of police brutality in violation of his civil rights yielding a settlement over $500,000.00;

type-1 diabetic who became legally blind in both eyes during his incarceration resulting in a settlement exceeding $1.2 million dollars;

terminated employee who had suffered a stroke just before termination, culminating in a settlement of a quarter of a million dollars;

numerous individuals in various qui tam cases that gave rise to settlements ranging from $6.3 million to $450,000.00

Areas of Practice:: Employment Litigation & Severance; Qui Tam/False Claims Whistleblowers; Civil Right/Section 1983; Personal Injury; Special Education; Commercial Litigation; Class Action

Litigation Percentage:: 80% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Michigan, 1983; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1983; U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1995; U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1993

Education:: Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, May, 1983
Juris Doctorate
Honors: Moot Court Recipient of Law Day Competition Brief Award April 1982; Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, June, 1980
Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Deans List
Major: English & Anthropology
Major: Anthropology

Published Works:: "Picture Yourself on a Talk Show", Michigan Bar Journal, Vol. 78, No. 11, 1999; "Attorneys Fees in Special Education", Exchange, Fall Issu, 1987; "Guidelines for Representing Adult Clients In Mental Health Adjucation", Michigan Bar Journal, Vol. 66, No. 1; "Mental Health Facilities are Not the Place to Hold Commitment Hearings", Exchange

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Motions in Limine in Employment Cases November 10, 2005, Michigan Trial Lawyers Association,; Defamation and the Media, sponsored by the Arts, Communications, Entertainment and Sports Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, April 18, 2000; Special Education Law in Michigan, sponsored by Professional Development Network, a division of Medial Educational Services, April 4, 2000; The Americans with Disabilities Act Fighting Other Forms of Discrimination, National Lawyer's Guild Seminar, September 1995; Unique Concerns for Representation of Victims of Sexual Abuse, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, April 1995; Disability Rights/The Americans with Disabilities Act, National Lawyer's Guild Seminar, September 1994; Disability Rights, appearance on Oakland County Bar Association's television program, Due Process, March 1994 and February 1988; Special Education Law Seminar, provided training to private bar, March 1987

Honors and Awards:: Michigan Super Lawyer - September 2007; Selected as one of Top 50 Women's Lawyers - Michigan Super Lawyers; AV Rated; Selected as a Member of the Fellows of te Michigan State Bar Foundation; Michigan Pro Bono Honor Roll - Michigan Pro Bono Coordinators' Association with State Bar of Michigan - 1994; Who's Who International - 1995

Professional Associations and Memberships:: National Employment Lawyers Association, 1994 - Present; Michigan Youth & Family, Board of Directors, 1993 - 1998; Michigan Trial Lawyers Association, 1989 - Present; Michigan State Bar Committee on Mental Disability, 1989 - 1994; Appointed Member; National Lawyers Guild, Board of Directors, 1993 - 1995; JARC, Board of Directors, 1993 - 1995; American Bar Association, Judicial Sub-Committee on Health Law Issues/AIDS, 1988 - 1995; Member; Amercian Bar Association, Member of Development of the Law of Individual Rights and Responsibilities in the Work Place Committee/Employment-at-Will Judicial Sub-Committee, 1984 - 1995; Member; Women's Justice Center, 1987 - 1995

Past Employment Positions:: Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service Detroit, Michigan, Staff Attorney; Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service Detroit, Michigan, Acting Supervising Attorney; Law Offices of Joseph A Golden Southfield, Michigan, Associate Attorney; Keller, Katkowsky and Golden Southfield, Michigan, Associate Attorney; Keller, Katkowsky and Golden Southfield, Michigan, Law Clerk; Free Legal Aid Clinic Detroit, Michigan, Attorney; Free Legal Aid Clinic Detroit, Michigan, Member of the Board of Directors/Student Attorney; Sommers Schwartz, Associate, 1994 - 2007

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