Willens, D. Damon

Daniel W. Mabis concentrates his practice in the areas of insurance defense, personal injury defense, no-fault first party and third party auto liability defense, premises liability defense, dram shop defense, commercial litigation, professional malpractice defense, professional licensing matters, and real estate law.  He has tried multiple jury trials and bench trials to verdict. He has an extensive dispositive motion track record, including successful motions for summary judgment and summary disposition in state and federal courts in a broad range of litigation cases.

Mr. Mabis received a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1998, where he was the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Research and Writing, Scholarly Writing I and Scholarly Writing II. While in law school, Mr. Mabis won the Thomas M. Cooley Moot Court Competition. Mr. Mabis was also a Case and Comment Editor of the Thomas M. Cooley Law Review.  Mr. Mabis also clerked for the Honorable William E. Collette of the Ingham County Circuit Court while still in law school.  Following law school, Mr. Mabis worked as a research attorney for Judge Stanley J. Latreille of the Livingston County Circuit Court.

Prior to joining Myers & Myers, PLLC, Mr. Mabis worked at Plunkett Cooney, honing his defense litigation skills with an emphasis in the areas of insurance defense, personal injury defense, auto liability defense, premises liability defense, dram shop defense, municipal law, property law, criminal litigation, and the defense of professionals in negligence and licensing matters. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Legal Methods at Thomas M. Cooley Law School.

Representative Client Work:

• Tried multiple jury trials and bench trials to verdict
• Defended and obtained summary dismissals in several automobile accident personal injury
  Cases
• Defended and obtained summary dismissals in several premises liability cases
• Successfully defended several professionals in negligence actions and licensing actions
• Prosecuted hundreds of cases as city attorney for a growing municipality in central Michigan
• Successfully defended large armored car company in a motor vehicle accident action where
  the plaintiff had spinal decompression surgery and where the plaintiff demanded $250,000
  from the jury
• Successfully defended fire suppression system installer in action for property damage due to
  alleged sprinkler head malfunction where the plaintiff demanded over $200,000
  Received large jury verdict in case where the client was injured in motor vehicle accident
• Successfully defended several school districts, particularly with respect to FMLA claims
• Defended a HVAC company in a wrongful death action where it was alleged that deaths were caused by a carbon monoxide leak, which the HVAC company failed to detect, and where the plaintiff sought in excess of $1 million in damages.