Michael Zellers is a trial lawyer who has tried to verdict numerous cases in the areas of antitrust, business, clinical trials, contract, fraud, insurance, medical device, partnership, pharmaceutical, professional liability, product liability, trade secret, and unfair competition.
He has extensive experience defending individual and mass tort pharmaceutical and medical device litigation while serving as national, state, and trial counsel.
In Who's Who Legal, where he is recognized in the areas of Product Liability Defence and Life Sciences - Product Liability, sources say that Michael is "fantastic to work with," highlighting his "very active practice" in the field of medical device disputes.
Ranked in Chambers USA in the area of Product Liability & Mass Torts (Nationwide), clients comment that Michael is "a brilliant trial lawyer. His vast experience is beneficial to clients and also unparalleled by many – he has an ease in the courtroom that commands the attention of judges and juries and instills trust." Another client comments that he is "very effective in dealing with hard witnesses and working with them on developing testimony – he is a very able lawyer in this area."
Michael is former President of the Cleveland Association of Civil Trial Attorneys. He has lectured to national groups on trial practice, health care and employment issues, has worked for state and national medical associations on legal issues involving health care providers, and has served as in-house counsel to a major teaching hospital.