Jane P. Garrett
Partner
Jane P. Garrett
Jane P. Garrett, a shareholder of Blake, Kirchner, Symonds, Larson, Kennedy & Smith, P.C., specializes in a range of litigation matters, including:
- Medical malpractice;
- Civil rights defense;
- Employment law.
Ms. Garrett received her bachelor's degree from Michigan State University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and her law degree from the University of Detroit. She was the first woman elected Editor-in-Chief of the University of Detroit Journal of Urban Law.
A member of the American and Metropolitan Detroit Bar Associations, Ms. Garrett has presented seminars for the American Arbitration Association and programs on medicine and the law for staff of the Detroit Medical Center, St. John Health System and Sparrow Hospital.
Areas of Practice
- Civil Rights
- Employment Law -- Employee
- Employment Law -- Employer
- Medical Malpractice
Litigation Percentage
- 95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Michigan, 1980
Education
- University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit, Michigan
- J.D. - 1980
- Law Review: Journal of Urban Law, Editor-in-Chief, 1979 - 1980
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- B.A. - 1971
- Honors: With High Honors
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
- Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Published Works
- Casenote, 56 University of Detroit Journal of Urban Law 289, 1978
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Detroit Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- State Bar of Michigan, Member
- Association of Defense Trial Counsel, Member
