A Northeast Ohio native, Michael graduated from The Ohio State University in 1999, and completed his Juris Doctorate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2002. Returning to Cleveland to form Goldstein & Goldstein, Michael focuses his practice on handling complex litigation, representing people and families of those injured in accidents, victims of sexual and physical abuse, nursing home neglect, medical malpractice, and wrongful death claims. Michael has become an accomplished Trial Attorney, and obtained numerous large verdicts and settlements for his clients, including million and multi-million dollar results in wrongful death and medical malpractice claims. Michael takes pride in tackling difficult legal challenges on behalf of his clients, and continues to fight every day against insurance companies and corporations, in an effort to recover fair compensation on behalf of people who have been injured. Michael's recent experience includes handling cases for victims of physical and sexual abuse, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, wrongful death, insurance bad faith and trucking and motor vehicle crashes.
Michael is a board certified trial lawyer, obtaining his certification in civil trial advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Michael has been recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine as one of the top attorneys in Ohio every year since 2016. Michael has also been selected as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers every year since 2015, as a Top 10 Nursing Home Lawyer, and every year since 2016, Michael has been selected for membership in the Nations Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel, representing a selection of the top one percent of attorneys in the United States based on standards of legal excellence.
Education
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
J.D. - 2002
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
B.S., Bachelor of Science - 1999
Honors: With Honors
Major: Financial Planning
Bar Admission
Ohio, 2002
Wisconsin, 2002
Illinois, 2003
Florida, 2007
U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 2002
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2004
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 2004
Honors
One of Ohio’s Top Attorneys under the age of 40, Ohio Super Lawyers, 2013 - 2015
Selected as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers annually, 2015-present
One of Ohio’s Top Attorneys, Ohio Super Lawyers annually, 2016 to present
Top 10 Nursing Home Lawyer
Selected for membership in the Nations Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2016-2020
Professional Associations
American Association for Justice
Ohio Association for Justice
Cleveland Area Trial Academy
Certified Legal Specialties
Board Certified Trial Lawyer in Civil Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy
Practice Areas:
Wrongful Death
Nursing Home Neglect
Personal Injury
Medical Malpractice
Trucking and Motor Vehicle Crashes
Insurance Bad Faith
