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Richard A. Kitch

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Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti & Sherbrook
One Woodward Avenue, Suite 2400
Detroit, Michigan  48226-5485
(Wayne Co.)

Telephone: 313-965-7900
Fax: 313-965-7403
http://www.kitch.com



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Practice AreasMedical Malpractice; Professional Negligence; Hospital Liability; Personal Injury Claims and Products Liability
 
EducationWayne State University, LL.B., with honors, 1954
 
Admitted1955, Michigan
 
MembershipsState Bar of Michigan (1955 Chairman Panel - Attorney Discipline Board 1983—; Member, Sections on: Negligence; Healthcare Law); State Bar Foundation.
 
BornDetroit, Michigan, February 23, 1930
 
BiographyAuthor: "Today's Court Climate," Hospital Insurance (Marsh & McLennan), March, 1973; "Countering the Coming 'Legal Onslaught'" published in Michigan Medicine, Vol. 74, No. 15, 1975; "Final Preparation for Trial," Chapter 2 of Michigan Civil Procedure During Trial, published by The Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1978; "The Realities of Medical Products Litigation-Defendant," Chapter VIII of "New Developments in Law and Medicine," published by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1974; "Physicians Going Naked Dangerously Exposes Hospitals and Professional Colleagues," published privately for use by clients; "Legal Liability in Conjunction with Credentialing," published privately for use by clients, 1984; "Effective Preparation for Cross-Examination of Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice Expert," Vol. 1, of the Federal Litigation Guide Reporter; "The Wickline Case: A Victory for Medicine? 'The Hospital Perspective'," published in the Detroit Medical News, Vol. LXVII, No. 31, January 26, 1987; "Legal Liability and Credentialing," published in Michigan Hospitals, May 1987; "Admissibility of 'Day in the Life' Films," published in Vol. 1, Issue 22 of the Federal Litigation Guide Reporter, Oct., 1987; "Training the Inexperienced Attorney in the Art of Litigation," published in Vol. 2, Issue 11 (November 1988) of the Federal Litigation Guide Reporter; "Attacking The Professional Medical Malpractice Expert Witness," Vol. 3, Issue 20 (August, 1991), The Federal Litigation Guide Reporter; "Inadequate Credentialing May Represent A $52,000,000.00 Bomb," published privately for use of Clients, 1992. Recipient, 1992 Michigan Health and Hospital Association Special Recognition Award. Committees: Past Chairman, U.S. District Court Rules Advisory Committee; Past Chairman, U.S. District Court Professional Assistance Committee; Joint Michigan Legislative Study Committee on Medical Malpractice 1972-1973; Past Chairman, Michigan Insurance Review Committee 1974-1978; Michigan Health and Hospital Association Task Force on Arbitration 1976-1977; Arbitration Criteria Subcommittee of Arbitration Advisory Committee Michigan Commissioner of Insurance 1976-1979; Third Judicial Circuit Court Scheduling; Committee, 1981-1982. Member: Michigan Health and Hospital Association Task Force on Medical Liability Reform 1988; Michigan Health and Hospital Association Medical Liability Coalition 1991; Medical-Legal Advisory Council for Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1974. Past Member, Board of Editors, Federal Litigation Guide Reporter. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Board Positions: Member, Board of Directors, FinCor Holdings, Inc.; Member, Board of Directors, Michigan Hospital Association Insurance Company; Member, Board of Directors, American University of the Caribbean Medical School; Member, Board of Trustees, St. John Macomb Hospital. Past Member, Board of Trustees, St. John Riverview Hospital. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
 
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