Bryan L. Schefman

Bryan L. Schefman

Senior Trial Attorney

Mr. Schefman is a life-long resident of the Great State of Michigan and has dedicated his career in law to helping people. In a legal career which has spanned 43 years, Bryan Schefman has represented injured clients and medical doctors, on both sides of auto collision and medical malpractice claims, subrogation cases, and insurance payment, representing thousands of professionals and injured people, winning tens of millions of dollars. With knowledge and experience of complex medical issues, and his experience for insurance companies and injured victims, he is able to help his clients navigate the insurance maze and maximize their recoveries.

In addition to helping people who are injured, Mr. Schefman has served physicians and healthcare organizations in general business and healthcare fields, having served as General Counsel to a Medicaid Managed Care Plan, and later as its CEO, Mr. Schefman sought to redefine care management strategies that could actually reduce costs by improving patient health. Now back in private practice for the last 25 years, Mr. Schefman is able to combine his knowledge of personal injury law and recovery, insurance law, subrogation and claims, general and professional liability to give his clients the edge to win millions of dollars in settlements and multi-million dollar verdicts.

Mr. Schefman has been in your shoes, having survived near-critical injuries in motor vehicles and on motorcycles. He has experienced severe injuries, the confusion of insurance coverages, finding doctors to treat his injuries, delays in payments by insurance carriers, settlement, and the stress of the care and recovery for him and his family. That has been valuable experience that has influenced his understanding of your needs as a client. Let him help you.

Mr. Schefman has received numerous professional recognitions, including 1998 Runner-up in Ernst & Young’s/Crain’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” in the formation, funding and growth of a venture capital-funded insurance company, numerousrecognitions by Super Lawyers, D-business, Lawyers of Distinction, and “Top Lawyer”, as well as dramatic success in breaking new ground for medical providers in using the Medicare Secondary Payor Act to force insurers to their knees. His roles have given Mr. Schefman a keen insight into the inter-relationship of insurance coverage, injury, and payment, which he is able to apply to the benefit of his clients. Whether you’re injured and need medical care or a doctor that has provided care that needs to be paid, Mr. Schefman is in your corner.

Professional Associations

  • State Bar of Michigan, Business Law Section & Healthcare Section, Member

  • Oakland County Bar Association

Practice Areas

  • Car Accidents

  • Trucking Accidents

  • Watercraft Accidents

  • No Fault Insurance Claims

  • Wrongful Death and Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Complex Medical Malpractice

Education

  • University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit, Michigan

    • o J.D. - 1983

  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    • B.A. - 1977

Bar Admissions

  • Michigan, 1983

  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan

  • U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan

  • U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit