M. Sean Fosmire

Shareholder

Marquette Office
(906) 226-2524
sfosmire@garanlucow.com

Education

* B.A., Political Philosophy, Michigan State University, 1976
* J.D., Washington College of Law of American University, 1980

Bar Admissions

* Michigan, 1980
* Eastern District of Michigan, 1980
* Western District of Michigan, 1980
* Sixth Circuit, 1980
* Court of Federal Claims, 2011

Professional memberships

* State Bar of Michigan, Negligence Law Section
* Marquette County Bar Association
* American Bar Association
* Michigan Defense Trial Counsel
* Michigan Society of Hospital Attorneys, Board of Directors 1990-1998

Practice

* Medical Malpractice
* Professional Negligence
* Products Liability
* Electronic Discovery
* Complex Litigation
* Environmental Claims
* Federal Compliance – EMTALA, Medicare
* Trusts and estate planning
* Real Estate and title insurance

Publications

* Tort Reform in Michigan – Client Manual

* Electronic Information and FOIA Requests – August 2007

* Coming: New Federal Rules on E-Discovery – October 2006, Michigan Defense Quarterly.

* Refining the Standard: Authenticating Computer-Based Evidence – Law Library Resource Exchange web site -

* Liability for workplace accidents: a proposal for proportionate liability – Michigan Bar Journal, 1986

* Plaintiff’s second bite at the apple – Analysis of Thompson v Wing – Michigan Defense Quarterly, 1996

* Free-form Information Managers (software review) – Chorus Reviews – April 1996 – http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/chorus/eresearch/reviews/ffim/

* The Physician’s Guide to Professional Liability Litigation – posted at the U.P. LawNet site – November 1996 – http://www.garanlucow.com/medical/physguid.htm

* Intranets and Extranets: The extension of web technology to the distribution of private information – Michigan Bar Journal and Michigan Lawyers Weekly – May 1998

* Review of Zoot 3.5 – Law Library Resource Exchange web site - http://www.llrx.com/extras/zoot.htm – June 1999

* Roberts v Galen – The Supreme Court misses the boat on EMTALA – Journal of the California Society for Healthcare Risk Managment – September 1999. (The article is also posted at our EMTALA.COM site.)

* Retirement Plans and Estate Planning Issues – Michigan Lawyers Weekly on April 3, 2000

* Who Benefits from Electronic Filing? – Law Library Resource Exchange web site – http://www.llrx.com/extras/filing.htm