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UB Greensfelder Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 List
August 21, 2025
Michael’s primary expertise is defending mass torts and individual cases involving pharmaceutical products, dietary supplements, consumer products, and medical devices. He defends large corporations in state and federal courts throughout the U.S. in high-profile product liability litigation. He has extensive experience guiding clients through all phases of complex, multidistrict litigation, and statewide coordinated actions. Michael also has wide-ranging general litigation experience, including representing plaintiffs in catastrophic truck and automobile accident cases, defending insurance companies in coverage and bad faith suits, and defending senior living facilities, nursing homes, and car rental companies in injury cases. Michael has been recognized among The Best Lawyers in America®, including the designation of 2016 “Lawyer of the Year” in Cincinnati for Product Liability Litigation and named to the Ohio Super Lawyers list.
- University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1984)
- University of Cincinnati College of Law
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1990)
- Illinois
- Ohio
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Kentucky
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
- Ohio State Bar Association
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Cincinnati Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America©, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants (2007-2026)
- Designated Best Lawyers Product Liability Litigation “Lawyer of the Year” in Cincinnati (2016)
- Named to the Ohio Super Lawyers list (2012-2022)
- Named a Cincy Leading Lawyer in Class Action/Product Liability in a survey of lawyers by Cincy Magazine (2011-2024)
