Barry Adler (custom bio)

Barry D. Adler is the principal and founding member of Adler & Associates, PLLC. He is a native of Detroit, Michigan, grew up in Oak Park, and graduated from Berkley High School in 1972. He attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and received his Bachelor's of Arts Degree with high distinction in 1975. He attended the Wayne State University School of Law and obtained his Juris Doctor degree in 1979.

From 1980-1986 he was an associate at Levine & Benjamin, P.C. in Bloomfield Hills and Detroit.

In 1986 Mr. Adler founded his own firm specializing in workers compensation, personal injury, Social Security Disability and ERISA class actions.

Mr. Adler is a sustaining member of the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association and has been selected as a speaker at numerous seminars on the topics of workers compensation and personal injury law. He is a member of the MTLA Amicus Committee. He is also a member of the American Association of Justice (formerly ATLA). He is founding member of the AARP Legal Services Network that provides discount legal services to AARP members and their families.

He is the author of the Workers Compensation section of the Michigan Lawyers Manual. He is a frequent contributor to the State Bar of Michigan, Workers Compensation Section and Social Security Law Section newsletters.

Mr. Adler has successfully represented over 2500 workers compensation claimants and other injured people having collected over $200 million for his clients. He has successfully tried over 150 workers compensation cases. He was counsel to over 10,000 CMS Energy employees and retirees joined in a class action that recovered $28 million dollars on behalf of their pension plan against their employer in 2006.

Areas of Practice

Consumer Protection

Class Actions -- Plaintiff

Discrimination

50% Social Security -- Disability

Labor Law

Litigation & Appeals

Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff

Products Liability Law

Medical Malpractice

Railroad Worker Injury/FELA

Toxic Torts

50% Workers' Compensation Law

ERISA

Bar Admissions

Michigan, 1979

Education

Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, 1979

J.D.

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1975

B.A.

Honors: Magna Cum Laude

Published Works

"Workers' Compensation in Michigan: Law & Practice in a Nutshell", Michigan Lawyer's Manual

Professional Associations and Memberships

State Bar of Michigan, Workers Compensation Section

Member

State Bar of Michigan, Negligence Section

Member

Michigan Trial Lawyers Association

Member

American Association for Justice (AAJ)

Member