A. Vince Colella - Southfield, MI

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit, Michigan
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
    B.A.
    Major: Psychology

Current Employment Position(s)

• Founding Partner

Past Positions

• Provizer Phillips P.C., Associate Attorney, 1996 - 1997
• United Talent Agency, Assistant Talent Agent, 1993 - 1996

References

• BSI Corporate Benefits, Inc.

• Advasure

Languages

• English (Primary)

Pro Bono Activities

• University of Michigan Rugby Club, 1999–2005 Club Captain/Player
• Charitable Supporter of Detroit’s Downtown Boxing Gym

Representative Cases

• Medical Malpractice: An oral surgeon failed to properly diagnose a vascular lesion prior to surgery. The surgeon proceeded to remove it in a negligent fashion, causing life-threatening consequences
  • Citation: $2,750,000
• Negligence: The rescue devices at an apartment complex swimming pool were not up to code, leading to the drowning of an eight-year-old girl
  • Citation: $1,550,000
• Police Brutality: An unarmed woman was wrongfully shot multiple times inside of her vehicle by the Dearborn Police Department, causing her death
  • Citation: $1,250,000
• 3rd Party Auto: Woman was rear-ended on Woodward Avenue by a semi-tractor trailer vehicle resulting in traumatic brain injury along with cervical and lumbar disc herniations
  • Citation: $600,000
• Motorcycle/3rd Party Auto: A motorcyclist was rear-ended by a motor vehicle and catapulted from his bike causing the client to suffer disc herniations, disc bulges, and spinal fusion surgery
  • Citation: $450,000
• Pedestrian/3rd Party Auto: Pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle resulting in a traumatic brain injury and fractured skull
  • Citation: $303,000
• Pedestrian MACP: Pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle and the driver fled the scene. Client suffered a fractured skull, cervical disc herniation, and multiple lumbar and thoracic disc bulges. Because neither the Client nor any relatives in his household had insurance, Client filed a claim with the Michigan Assigned Claims Plan
  • Citation: $280,000

Ancillary Businesses

• BSI Corporate Benefits

• Healthcare Insurance

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 1994
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• State Bar of Michigan
• Oakland County Bar Association
• Detroit Bar Association
• American Association for Justice
• Michigan Association for Justice
• University of Michigan Rugby Club, 1999–2005 Club Captain/Player