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Kenneth D. Finegood, Of Counsel

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

1980 | James Madison College, Michigan State University
Received B.A.

1983 | Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Received Juris Doctor Degree

 

POSITIONS HELD

1984-2004
Trial Attorney Kepes, Wine & McNeilage, PC

2004-present
Private Practice

 

EXPERIENCE

I have been in practice for 36 years. Since 1984, I have specialized exclusively in plaintiff personal injury trial practice. I have handled all manner of personal injury claims including auto
negligence/no fault first party and premises liability.

Beginning in 2004, my practice expanded to include litigation of civil rights violations under 42 USC §1983 against police departments, MI State Police, county jails, and MI Dept. of Corrections involving claims for excessive force, unlawful search and seizures, false arrest, wrongful death, and medical deliberate indifference to inmate/prisoner health or safety.

I have tried to verdict approximately 200 jury trials.

 

RECENT SETTLEMENTS/VERDICTS

• Estate of Jonathon Baker v TransPorte, Inc.- Trucking accident wrongful death $2 Million
• Cliff Harden v TransCo, Inc.- Trucking accident $585,000.00
• Philips v State of Michigan-wrongful incarceration exoneration after 46 years $1.5 Million
• Estate of Brenda Smith v Lenawee County- Wrongful death $1.2 Million.
• Estate of Boykin v MI Dept. of Corrections- Wrongful death $550,000.00
• Estate of Dotson v Lenawee County-Wrongful death $ 600,000.00
• Estate of Raymond Jones v MI Dept. of Corrections Wrongful death $50,000.00

 

CERTIFICATION

1984 
State Bar of Michigan
United States District Court Eastern District

2002
United States District Court Western District
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals