David M. Ottenwess - Southfield, MI

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Michigan State University, Detroit College of Law, East Lansing, Michigan, January, 1986
    Juris Doctor
    Honors: Member of School’s National Moot Court Team (1984)
    Honors: Eve August Award (1984)
    Honors: Executive Director of the Moot Court Program (1985)
    Honors: Co-Director of the American Bar Association Oral Advocacy Program (1984)

• Non Legal Education

  • University of South Florida, Florida, May, 1982
    Bachelor of Arts
    Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Founding Partner

Past Positions

• Schureman, Frakes, Glass & Wulfmeier, PLC, Detroit, Michigan, Partner/Attorney, 1986 - 1997

Classes and Seminars

• Michigan Defense Trial Counsel – Reptile Theory and Its Impact on Standard of Care, Annual Meeting, June 20-21, 2019
  
• Oakwood Symposium Presentation: How Communication Breakdown Can Lead to Medical Care Letdown, November 2014
  
• AHRA 39th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Dallas Texas - Medical Malpractice Liability: What You Don’t Know May Hurt You, August 16, 2011
  
• Michigan Defense Trial Counsel - Defending Damages in 2010, Winter Meeting, November 5, 2010
  
• Michigan Society of Healthcare Risk Management - Changing Legal Landscape in Healthcare, Michigan Supreme Court Update, October 5, 2010
  
• Radiology Staff, Harper, Children’s and Detroit Receiving Hospitals - Professional Exposure in Radiology Cases in Michigan, March 14, 2007
  
• Radiology Staff, Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital - Professional Exposure in Radiology Cases in Michigan, March 6, 2007
  
• Radiology Staff, Sinai-Grace Hospital - Professional Exposure in Radiology Cases in Michigan, February 27, 2007
  
• Medical Staff, POH Medical Center - Office Practice Issues - OIG and the Physician Practice, April 29, 2006
  
• Medical Staff, POH Medical Center - How the NPDB Impacts Your Practice, April 25, 2004
  
• Medical Staff, POH Medical Center – What is Informed Consent? June 16, 2003
  
• Department of Surgery, Garden City Hospital - What is Informed Consent? June 3, 2003
  
• The 14th Annual GE Mammography Symposium, Dearborn Inn, Dearborn, Michigan – Today’s Legal Issues in Mammography, March 22, 2003
  
• Medical Staff and Managers, Garden City Hospital - What is Informed Consent? March 13, 2003
  
• Radiology Technologists, Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital – Legal Issues and Appropriate Documentation, 2000, 2001 and 2002
  
• Physician Members, Troy Internal Medicine, PC – Professional Liability Insurance Options in Michigan, June, 2002
  
• Radiology Staff of all DMC Hospitals – State of the Law in Michigan under Tort Reform – An Overview, January, 2001
  
• Medical Staff, POH Medical Center – How to Act and React When Deposed in a Medical Malpractice Matter, October, 1999
  
• Radiology Staff, Bon Secours Hospital – Pitfalls in Dictation, March, 1996

Pro Bono Activities

• Ann Arbor Rec & Ed, Catholic Youth Organization, Boys Basketball Coach (2014-2017)
• Catholic Youth Organization, Boys Basketball Coach (2018-2021)

Published Works

Articles

• Business as Usual with the Latest SGR Temporary Fix... But This One Includes a Stunning ICD-10 Delay, by David M. Ottenwess, Esq. and Stephanie P. Ottenwess, Esq., April, 2014
  
• Bailey's Head & Neck Surgery Otolaryngology, 5th edition: Business Law and the Practice of Otolaryngology, by Robert S. Iwrey, Esq., Stephanie P. Ottenwess, Esq., Jessica Gustafson, Esq., Kathryn Hickner-Cruz, Esq., David M. Ottenwess, Esq., and Reginald Baugh, Esq., December, 2013
  
• Medical Malpractice Tort Reform; Bad Medicine or the Cure for What Ails You? David M. Ottenwess, Esq., Stephanie P. Ottenwess, Esq., Meagan A. Lamberti, Esq., and Adrienne D. Dresevic, Esq., Radiology Management, Vol. 33, No 2, March/April 2011
  
• Voodoo Economics? Loss of Parental Training and Guidance: The New Battleground in Medical Malpractice Damages, David M. Ottenwess, Esq., Stephanie P. Ottenwess, Esq., and Melissa E. Graves, Esq., Michigan Defense Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 1, July, 2010
  
• Will Constitutional Changes Pop the Lid? David M. Ottenwess, Esq., and Daniel J. Dulworth, Esq., Michigan HealthCARE Business, February, 1998
  

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 1986
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1988
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1986
• U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1999

Other Affiliations

• American Board of Trial Advocates
• State Bar of Michigan (Negligence Section)
• American Bar Association
• Michigan Defense Trial Counsel
• Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association