Dean M. Googasian

Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

The Googasian Firm, P.C.
Dean M. Googasian
The Googasian Firm, P.C.

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Business Litigation, Class Action & Mass Torts

Licensed in Michigan since: 1997

Education: Wayne State University Law School

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2008 - 2024
Free Consultation

The Googasian Firm, P.C.

6905 Telegraph Rd
Suite 140
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 Phone: 248-502-0875 Email: Dean M. Googasian Visit website

Details

Attorney Dean M. Googasian represents clients in catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, auto injury, nursing home negligence, and other injury cases.  He is a partner and CEO in The Googasian Firm, P.C. whose practice focuses on representing those injured by the negligence of others.

Mr. Googasian has been practicing law for more than twenty five years and has enjoyed a distinguished career. After graduating from Wayne State University Law School in 1997 ranked first in his class, serving as Editor in Chief of The Wayne Law Review, and graduating summa cum laude, Mr. Googasian clerked for Michigan Supreme Court Justice Hon. Marilyn Kelly.

Mr. Googasian served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division at the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. During his time at Main Justice, Mr. Googasian received the United States Department of Justice Special Achievement Award for Meritorious Acts or Service at the Justice Department.

Mr. Googasian was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Oakland County Bar Association in 2015 and currently serves as its President-Elect.  He has been an active member of the OCBA throughout his career. He was selected to serve on the State Bar of Michigan's Standing Committee on U.S. Courts, which he recently chaired. He is a frequent author on Michigan law and earned the 2007 Distinguished Brief Award from the Thomas M. Cooley Law Review for the most scholarly brief submitted to the Michigan Supreme Court during that year.

First Admitted: 1997, Michigan

Professional Webpage: http://www.googasian.com/Dean-Googasian-googasian-firm.htm

Bar/Professional Activity:
  • President-Elect, Oakland County Bar Association, 2023
  • Vice President, Oakland County Bar Association, 2022
  • Secretary, Board of Directors, Oakland County Bar Association, 2021
  • Chair, Oakland County Bar Association Membership Committee, 2018
  • Chair, State Bar of Michigan Standing Committee on US Courts, 2018
  • Member, State Bar of Michigan
  • Vice-Chair, State Bar of Michigan Standing Committee on U.S. Courts, 2017
  • Member, State Bar of Michigan Standing Committee on U.S. Courts
  • Board of Directors, Oakland County Bar Association, 2019
  • Member, Oakland County Bar Association
Honors/Awards:
  • Distinguished Brief Award from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 2007, Distinguished Brief Award, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 2007
  • Order of the Coif, Order of the Coif, Wayne State University Law School, 1997
  • Ira J. Spoon Award for Acheivement in Property., Ira J. Spoon Award, Wayne State University Law School, 1995
  • Charles V. Hammond Scholarship, Charles V. Hammond Scholarship, Wayne State University Law School, 1995
  • United States Department of Justice Special Achievement Award for Meritorious Acts or Service at the Justice Department, Special Acheivement Award for Meritorious Acts or Service at the Justice Departmnet, United States Department of Justice, 1999
  • Jason L. Hongiman Scholarship awarded to the Editor in Chief of The Wayne Law Review, Jason L. Honigman Scholarship, Wayne State University Law School, 1997
  • Gold Key Certificate., Gold Key Certificate, Wayne State University Law School, 1996
  • Frances and Charles Dryker Scholarship., Frances and Charles Dryker Scholarship, Wayne State University Law School, 1995
Educational Background:
  • University of Michigan, B.A., Economics, 1992
  • Editor in Chief of the Wayne Law Review in Wayne State University Law School
  • Wayne State University Law School, J.D., summa cum laude, 1997
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
  • Authored chapter on Jury Selection in Michigan State Courts  , Author, Michigan Civil Procedure, Second Edition, Chapter 19, Jury Selection, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2021
  • Co-Authored chapter on opening statements and closing arguments., Co-Author, Michigan Civil Procedure, Second Edition, Chapter 20, Opening Statements and Closing Arguments, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2022
  • Authored chapter on Jury Selection., Author, Michigan Civil Procedure, Second Edition, Chapter 19, Jury Selection, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2022
  • Michigan Civil Procedure, Second Edition, Chapter 19, Jury Selection, Author, Michigan Civil Procedure, Second Edition, Chapter 19, Jury Selection, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2019
  • Michigan Civil Procedure, Second Edition, Chapter 20, Opening Statements and Closing Arguments, Co-Author, Michigan Civil Procedure, Second Edition, Chapter 20, Opening Statements and Closing Arguments, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2019
  • Michigan Civil Procedure, Second Edition, Chapter 19, Jury Selection, Author, Michigan Civil Procedure, Second Edition, Chapter 19, Jury Selection, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2018
  • Michigan Civil Procedure, Second Edition, Chapter 20, Opening Statements and Closing Arguments, Co-Author, Michigan Civil Procedure, Second Edition, Chapter 20, Opening Statements and Closing Arguments, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2018

Office location for Dean M. Googasian

6905 Telegraph Rd
Suite 140
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301

Selections

17 Years Super Lawyers
  • Super Lawyers: 2008 - 2024

Additional sources of information about Dean M. Googasian

Attorney resources for Dean M. Googasian

Page Generated: 0.097320795059204 sec