Phone: (248) 841-2200
Fax: (248) 652-2852Marquette University; Albion College, B.A., 1984
University of Detroit-Mercy School of Law, JD, 1987David J. Shea graduated from the University of Detroit-Mercy School of Law in 1987 and began practicing as an attorney with the law firm of Plunkett & Cooney. In 1992, Mr. Shea began representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice, product liability, and toxic tort litigation with the nationally recognized law firm of Sommers, Schwartz, Silver & Schwartz. At that time, Mr. Shea undertook the lead role in the representation of thousands of women in lawsuits against national breast implant manufacturers in Michigan, resulting in a highly publicized multi-billion dollar national settlement in favor of women across the country. Mr. Shea was appointed by his fellow plaintiff attorneys to serve as their spokesperson on both the state and national steering committees.
Mr. Shea has also played an integral role in other cases of mass litigation, including representation of victims of defective pedicel screws and women suffering from the adverse effects of Norplant. Mr. Shea has built a reputation for securing large settlements on behalf of workers exposed to workplace environmental toxins such as asbestos, cobalt, hydrogen sulfide, benzene, formaldehyde, and carbon monoxide.
In addition, Mr. Shea has developed an active commercial litigation practice and he has represented several large corporations as their national counsel. Mr. Shea specializes in the representation of insured in multi-million dollar commercial insurance loss cases throughout the midwest. He is also General Counsel of the HantzGroup, one of the largest financial service companies in the midwest. During his career as a trial lawyer, Mr. Shea has amassed a trial win/loss record of 28-4.
