Attorney Profiles

Heidi Salter-Ferris 
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Partner
phone (734) 677-2020
(800) 587-9010
fax (734) 677-3277
email Email

Areas of practice: Serious personal injury and wrongful death, medical malpractice, serious automobile litigation, and birth trauma. Ms. Salter-Ferris graduated from John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois in 1983 and has limited her practice to serious injury law ever since. She began her legal career at a prestigious Chicago law firm before relocating to Ann Arbor in 1988.

She is a past president of the Washtenaw Trial Lawyers Association, and is a former executive board member of the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association. She is the recipient of WTLA's "Attorney of the Year" award.

Ms. Salter-Ferris is the author of "The 1993 Michigan Medical Malpractice Act Tort Reform Book". She has also served as an author on small law firm practice and lecturer on trial practice issues for the Institute for Continuing Legal Education. She currently serves on ICLE's Civil Litigation Advisory Board.

Ms. Salter-Ferris has served as a Washtenaw County Bar Association board member, and has co-chaired its Judiciary Committee. She created and served for two years as host of WCBA's "The Legal Forum", a monthly cable television program.

She is a member of the Woman Lawyer's Association of Michigan, and received the WLAM Washtenaw Region's Pro Bono award.

Ms. Salter-Ferris has been handling major personal injury cases throughout her experience as a trial lawyer, and is the author of several articles and book chapters on personal injury law. She is listed in "Who's Who in American Law," is a member of "The Million Dollar Advocates Forum" and is listed in "The Best Lawyers in America."

Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury Law
Medical Malpractice
Birth Injuries
Serious Automobile Accident Cases
Construction Accident Law
Railroad Accident Cases
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Illinois, 1983
Michigan, 1988
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1988
Education:
John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1983
J.D.


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Seminar topics on personal injury law, ICLE, 1992 - Present


Honors and Awards:
Best Lawyers in America -- Plaintiff's Personal Injury Litigation, and Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice Litigation, 2003 - Present


Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2005 - Present


Michigan Super Lawyer -- Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice Litigation, and Plaintiff's Personal Injury Litigation, 2006 - Present


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Michigan Trial Lawyer's Association, 1998 - 2003
Executive Board Member


Washtenaw County Trial Lawyers Association, 1993 - 1994
President


Past Employment Positions:
Bishop, Gates & Salter, P.C., Partner, 1992 - 1995


Bishop & Shelton, P.C., Associate, 1983 - 1992