Michael W. Cianciolo
Admitted to Practice in 1982
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Asbestos Defense Litigation
- Toxic exposure and occupational disease litigation
- Environmental litigation
- Dental and medical malpractice
- Product liability
- Nursing Home administration and claims
- Premises liability
- General civil liability
- Automobile negligence
OF SPECIAL NOTE
- Experienced trial counsel in asbestos injury litigation, premises liability, dental and general civil litigation
- Extensive experience in handling and supervising joint defense efforts in industry-wide litigation
- Management of discovery, pre-trial procedures and trial in complex, multi-party mass toxic tort litigation
- Closed head injury and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) claims
- Litigation of dental malpractice claims, temporomandibular joint dysfunction claims
- Insurance fraud claims
- Subrogation practice
COMMUNITY NONPROFIT AFFILIATIONS
- Board of Directors, Dominician Health Care, Waterford, Michigan
- Formally Mendelson Assisted Living
- Formally Fox Manor Independent Living
- Troy Foundation for Educational Excellence - President
- Courageous Persuaders Inc.
- Sponsor of: The Lindsey R. Cianciolo Family Memorial Scholarship and The Friends of Lindsey R. Cianciolo Memorial Scholarship
EDUCATION
J.D., Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 1981
B.S., Eastern Michigan University, 1977
Criminal Justice Institue of Detroit, 1978
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan
Michigan Defense Trial Counsel
Oakland County Bar Association
Wayne County Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
Association of Defense Trial Counsel
Italian American Bar Association
Wayne County Mediation Tribunal Association
Troy Foundation for Educational Excellence - Trustee