About the MDTC

Michigan Defense Trial Counsel (MDTC) was established in 1979 to enhance and promote the Defense Bar.

MDTC exists to facilitate greater exchange of views and advance the interests of civil defense

MDTC Sponsors

Robert Schaffer - 2008 MDTC President

 

Robert Schaffer - 2008 MDTC PresidentMichigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc. Announces 29Th President.

Robert H S. Schaffer has been elected President of the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel (MDTC) for 2008-2009. Mr. Schaffer the founder of Robert H S. Schaffer, PC in Flint, Michigan and is also Chief Legal Officer for Radiology Business Solutions, LLC, also headquartered in Flint.

Public Notice of Reappointment

United States District Court Eastern District of Michigan

Public Notice of Reappointment of Incumbent Magistrate Judge Charles E. Binder

MDTC Winter Conference 2008

11/07/2008 - 8:30am
11/07/2008 - 4:15pm

How evolving trends in legislation and the incoming generation of lawyers will change the legal landscape in MichiganRegistration PDF Here.

Future Shock : Winter Conference 2008 Friday, November 7, 2008
8:30 a.m.–4:15 p.m.
Troy Marriott
200 West Big Beaver Road, Troy MI 48084

2009 Excellence in Defense Award

The Seventeenth Annual Excellence in Defense Award Nominations Packet is now available for download here, see attached PDF.

Golden Gavel Award 2009

06/12/2009 - 12:00pm

The Michigan Defense Trial Counsel is pleased to announce its Fourth Annual presentment of the Young Lawyers Section -- Golden Gavel Award which will be presented on Saturday June 12, 2009. Download the information packet here.

2008 Excellence in Defense Award Recipients

 

2008 Excellence in Defense Award RecipientsLansing, MI, March 24, 2008—The Michigan Defense Trial Counsel (MDTC) has announced that both Saginaw attorney J. Michael Fordney and Flint attorney Walter P. Griffin have been selected to receive the Sixteenth Annual Excellence in Defense Award.