“Go To Lawyer” (2023) (Negligence Law), by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. Only 23 lawyers received this recognition
“Employment & Discrimination Law Trailblazer”, National Law Journal (2023)
“Plaintiff’s Attorney Trailblazer”, National Law Journal (2023)
Chair of the Civil Rights Section of the Detroit Bar Association
“Section of The Year Award” (2023), Detroit Bar Association award recognizing work done as head of the Civil Rights Section
Selected to serve on the State Bar Law Related Education & Public Outreach Committee
Nationally recognized as a “Super Lawyer” (2012 – 2024)
“Go To Lawyer” (2021) (Employment Law), by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. Only 20 lawyers received this recognition
Appointed to Board of Directors (2020), Detroit Bar Association
Named “Lifetime Fellow” (2020), Detroit Bar Association
“President’s Award” (2018) for Civil Rights Work, Most Prestigious Award by Detroit Bar Association. This award recognizes an attorney whose early career has exhibited high standards of service to the profession, his or her clients, and the public
Ariel Kellersohn is a hardworking trial attorney with a unique set of skills and experiences that she is able to bring to the courtroom. Ariel has dreamed of becoming a trial attorney since she was a child and is extremely passionate about providing legal services to individuals who are unable to advocate for themselves.
Prior to joining Marko Law, Ariel worked as an attorney at a civil litigation defense firm with an emphasis on medical negligence. Prior to that, Ariel worked at a medical malpractice plaintiff firm fighting for her clients’ rights. Ariel was given ample opportunity to develop trial and advocacy skills and uses these skills to this day.
Ariel graduated from Butler University with a degree in Criminology, Psychology and Neuroscience, and was placed on the Dean’s List all eight semesters. While at Butler University, Ariel competed in a division 1 Track & Field program and earned Big East All-Academic honors all four years.
Ariel went on to graduate magna cum laude from Michigan State University College of Law. She was a member of the law school’s Trial Team. Ariel was also a member of the Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute, where she was given the opportunity to continuously practice her trial advocacy skills.
While in law school, Ariel represented clients in the College of Law’s Civil Rights Clinic where she represented clients who had their civil rights violated while incarcerated.
Ariel is a member of the Michigan Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice. When not advocating for her clients, Ariel can be found spending time with her family, traveling, running, and reading.
Areas of Practice:
Bar Admissions:
- Michigan, 2022
Education
- Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, Michigan
- J.D. - 2022
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana
- B.A. - 2019
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Dean's List
- Honors: Big East All-Academic Honors
- Major: Criminology, Psychology & Neuroscience
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Association for Justice, Present
- Michigan Association for Justice, Present
Michigan
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, South Dakota, State Courts of California & Colorado (Pro Hac Vice)
- Lowrey v LMPS & LMPJ, Inc, 313 Mich App 500, 503; 885 NW2d 638 (2015)
- Cahoo v SAS Analytics Inc, 912 F3d 887, 892 (CA 6, 2019)
- West v Dep’t of Natural Resources, NW2d; 2020 Mich. App. LEXIS 5069, at *1 (Ct App, Aug. 6, 2020)
- Sexton v. Cernuto, 18 F.4th 177 (6th Cir. 2021)
- Miller v. Mich. Dep't of Corr., No. 356430, 2022 Mich. App. LEXIS 5095 (Ct. App. Aug. 25, 2022), lv granted Miller v Dep't of Corrections, 511 Mich 860 (2023)
- Nugent v. Spectrum Juv. Just. Servs., 72 F.4th 135 (6th Cir. 2023)
Action (Settled For $490 Million)
Bar Association
done as head of the Civil Rights Section
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