Attorneys
John Moran Simmerer Southfield, Michigan
| Shareholder, since
1987 | |
| phone | (248) 746-2716 |
| fax | (248) 746-2760 |
| Email Me | |
John M. Simmerer is a trial attorney who advises and represents clients in litigation relating to general insurance defense type matters as well as cases involving auto negligence/no-fault, premises liability, construction law, product liability, employers liability, and professional liability (architects, engineers, attorneys and insurance agents).
Mr. Simmerer received a Michigan Insurance Solicitor's License in 1973 and is particularly qualified in insurance coverage disputes and insurance agents' errors and omissions law. He has edited the Sullivan, Ward, Asher & Patton Insurance Agent Newsletter, has lectured various insurance agents organizations and has had articles on insurance agents' errors and omissions published in the Michigan Agent magazine.
Mr. Simmerer joined Sullivan, Ward, Asher & Patton, P.C. in 1980 and became a shareholder in 1987.
Mr. Simmerer served in the United States Navy. He is a member of the American Bar Association and Michigan Bar Association, as well as the Incorporated Society of Irish American Lawyers and the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc.
- Year Joined Organization:
- 1980
- Areas of Practice:
- 33% Professional Malpractice Defense Architects & Engineers
- 33% General Personal Injury Defense (Auto, Premises, Assault, ETC.)
- 34% Insurance Law - Insurance Agents E & O Defense; Coverage and Insurance Contract
- Interpretation
- General Insurance Defense Cases
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
- Michigan's No Fault Insurance Law
- Bar Admissions:
- Michigan, 1979
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1979
- U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1979
- Education:
- Detroit College of Law, Detroit, Michigan,
1979
J.D.
Honors: Class Vice President and Class Representative to Student Senate - University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio,
1973
B.S.
Honors: Business Administration - Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan
Insurance Class for Agents License
- Published Works:
- E & O Litigation Red Flags, Michigan Agent, June, 1991
- For and About Michigan, Insurance Agent - Newsletter to Clients - Sullivan, Var. Months Y Years
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Seminar - Insurance Agent E&O, IIAOC Independent Ins. Agent, 2003
- Seminar - Insurance Agents - Red Flags, WCIIAA - Wayne County Independent Ins. A, 2002
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Bar Association, 1982 - Present
- Member
- Michigan Bar Association, 1980 - Present
- Member
- Macomb County Bar Association, 1990 - Present
- Member
- Past Employment Positions:
- United States Navy
- Languages:
- English
