Michael K. Gillis

Michael Gillis is a founding partner at Gillis & Bikofsky, P.C. He is committed to representing clients throughout the state and on Cape Cod including the areas of Cambridge, Framingham, Natick, Brookline, Hyannis, Boston, Somerville, Wellesley, Needham, Waltham, Plymouth, Brockton and Newton, Massachusetts. He dedicates his practice to handling personal injury and wrongful death cases that involve the following matters: public transportation, car, motorcycle, truck, pedestrian, bicycle and drunk driving accidents; head, spinal cord and catastrophic injuries; birth trauma, surgical errors and other medical malpractice; prescription and pharmacy errors; construction and workplace injuries; unsafe premises; defective medical devices, defective drugs and consumer product safety; and protecting children and the elderly. Mr. Gillis also represents clients in cases involving criminal defense, business consulting, dispute resolution, wage and employment claims, discrimination claims and whistleblower claims.

In 1979, Mr. Gillis earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics and graduated cum laude from Boston College. He then received a Juris Doctor in 1982 from Suffolk University Law School, served as president of the Student Bar Association, and was the first recipient of the Wyman Prize for civic involvement.

For more than 35 years, Mr. Gillis has been helping people who have suffered because of someone else's error. Early in his career, Mr. Gillis defended large corporations from personal injury claims. This experience has given him a keen insight into how to build a compelling case for victims of negligence. He consistently obtains verdicts and settlements in his clients' favor.

For his accomplishments, Mr. Gillis has earned the highest rating possible of AV Preeminent* from Martindale-Hubbell, The Boston Globe named him one of Boston's Top Rated Lawyers, Vogue Magazine dubbed him one of the country's Top Lawyers for women, and The Wall Street Journal has named him one of New England's Premier Lawyers.

A published author and frequent lecturer, Mr. Gillis is on the board of directors for the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and serves as the State Delegate to the American Association for Justice.

*AV®, BV®, AV Preeminent® and BV Distinguished® are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings fall into two categories – legal ability and general practice standards.