Robert Kamenec

Biographical Info

Robert G. Kamenec is a partner in Plunkett Cooney's Bloomfield Hills office and serves Co-Leader of the firm's Appellate Law Practice Group. He focuses his practice primarily in the areas of appellate law and insurance coverage with a concentration on high-verdict and high-exposure matters.

Clients frequently call upon Mr. Kamenec to monitor and resolve matters which include complex and cutting-edge issues that typically result in serious financial, business and legal consequences. Examples include managing above-limits exposure, preserving company positions and counseling clients when business risk is highest.

Mr. Kamenec has particular experience and expertise in the substantive areas of insurance coverage, bad faith, medical malpractice, employment/management liability, professional liability, class actions, directors' and officers' liability, drug liability, and title insurance. He has briefed and argued hundreds of cases at all levels of the Michigan court system, as well as in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. He also practices in the areas of special and complex litigation, and telecommunications.

A fellow in the prestigious American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Mr. Kamenec has handled successfully appeals of multi-million dollar verdicts, as well as precedent-setting cases. Mr. Kamenec has a long track record of representing a variety of clients, including municipalities, insurance companies, hospitals, physicians and pharmaceutical manufacturers. He has been responsible for many of Plunkett Cooney’s complex litigation matters, both at the trial and appellate court levels. These matters include litigation involving high exposure medical malpractice, diethylstilbestrol (DES), L-Tryptophan, silicone breast implants, DBCP, other chemicals and pesticides, and Fen-Phen. Mr. Kamenec has also represented various corporate clients and insurance companies in the environmental context.

Mr. Kamenec has also assisted with drafting tort reform legislation on the issue of entry of judgments, and he has testified on the topic before the Michigan Legislature.