Albert J. Dib

Member
adib@dibandfagan.com

Education:
University of Michigan, B.A., 1977; University of Exeter, Exeter, England , Wayne State University, J.D., 1980

Practice Areas:
Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Birth Trauma; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Torts; Negligence; Dog Bites; Slip and Fall; Legal Malpractice

Membership:
Macomb County Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan (Associate Member, Grievance Committee, 2003-2004); Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Admissions:
1981, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

Biography:

Mr. Dib is Adjunct Professor of Law at Wayne State University Law School and University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. He teaches Pretrial Advocacy, Health Law and Medical Malpractice Law. Mr. Dib focuses his practice in medical and professional negligence, including the highly specialized field of catastrophically injured children and Birth Trauma/Obstetrical Malpractice Litigation. He has a statewide reputation for excellence in the area of medical liability, and is well-known for his zealous advocacy. Mr. Dib serves as a special medical malpractice mediator and is a member of the ATLA Birth Trauma Litigation Group. Mr. Dib has settled numerous multi-million dollar cases and obtained the highest medical malpractice verdict ever in Macomb County.

In addition, Mr. Dib has also taught at Central Michigan University (Legal Aspects of Health Service Organizations) and has been an invited lecturer at the Institute of Continuing Legal Education (Deposition Conduct and Objections) and the Michigan Association for Justice (Malpractice Tort Reform). He has been an instructor for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and Michigan Association for Justice, at the University of Detroit-Mercy School of Law trial advocacy workshop symposium and a moot court judge at Wayne State University Law School (Arthur Neef Competition); University of Detroit-Mercy School of Law (State of Michigan and Gallagher Competitions); and Michigan State University College of Law.

Mr. Dib serves on the State Bar of Michigan Grievance Committee and authored “Ethical Conduct and Effective Lawyering, Plaintiff’s Perspective,” presented at the 26 th Annual Law Seminar, Institute of Continuing Legal Education. His current and past professional associations include; State Bar of Michigan (Negligence and Latin Sections); Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Michigan Association for Justice (Sustaining Member); American Bar Association (Past Member); Detroit Bar Association (Past Member); Oakland County Bar Association (Past Member); Macomb County Bar Association; Arab-American Bar Association; Detroit Trial Lawyers Association.

Other activities in the legal community include:

Macomb and Wayne County Circuit Court Case Evaluator (Med-Mal Panel)
Michigan Association for Justice, Executive Board (Past Member)
Patron Sponsor, 49 th Anniversary BROWN -v- BD EDUC (WSU Law School and Damon J. Keith Law Collection)

Mr. Dib has also served as Panelist/Guest Host on “The Legal Huddle,” a nationally syndicated weekly radio program, “ i.e. America Radio Network.”

Mr. Dib is “AV” rated by Martindale-Hubbell ® (Highest Peer Review Rating for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability) and listed in Who’s Who in American Law.