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Michael Becker

Michael Becker

Senior Counsel at The Becker Law Firm
Cleveland, OH
Medical MalpracticeWrongful Death

About Michael Becker

Michael F. Becker founded The Becker Law Firm in 1979 and has spent more than 40 years as a trial attorney devoted to finding justice for victims of roadway, premises, and medical negligence. He has represented victims of birth trauma and brain injuries across the country, from Maine to Hawaii as well as throughout Ohio. A firm believer that full justice for clients requires a willingness and ability to advocate in the courtroom, he earned board certification as a Certified Civil Trial Lawyer with The National Board of Trial Advocacy, accredited by the American Bar Association. He is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, an invitation-only organization limited to the top 100 personal injury lawyers in the country, into which he was inducted in 2004. He has shared his expertise by lecturing on medical negligence and authoring articles on medical malpractice for state and national publications. In 2009, he received the Craig Spangenberg Distinguished Advocate Award from the Ohio Association for Justice, given to one attorney per year. He is the former President of the Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys and former Chair of the Medical Negligence Section of the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers. He has been elected a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers and has been regularly selected for Best Lawyers in America and Ohio Super Lawyers. Michael attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison, earning his B.A. in 1971, and earned his Juris Doctor from John Marshall Law School in Chicago in 1976, graduating with distinction.

Notable case results

$25.5 millionVerdict

(including $8.5 million in prejudgment interest) for a child who suffered oxygen deprivation at birth after the hospital failed to follow its own obstetric emergency protocol, one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in Ohio history

$13.5 millionVerdict

Jury verdict for a child who suffered a brain injury at birth (watershed injury), co-obtained with David Skall

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Medical Malpractice
Wrongful Death

Education

John Marshall Law School
J.D., 1976
University of Wisconsin
Undergraduate, 1971

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Ohio

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