Michael Becker
Senior Counsel | The Becker Law Firm
Michael Becker is a birth injury, medical malpractice and personal injury trial lawyer and senior counsel at The Becker Law Firm in Cleveland, Ohio. J.D., John Marshall Law School (1976).
Meet Michael
"I have been a trial attorney for more than 40 years, and I've devoted my professional life to finding justice for victims of roadway, premises, and medical negligence."
Michael F. Becker is senior counsel at The Becker Law Firm in Cleveland, Ohio, where he represents victims of medical negligence, birth injuries, roadway and premises negligence and wrongful death. His profile says he has been a trial attorney for more than 40 years and has represented children with birth-related brain injuries across the country.
Becker is a Certified Civil Trial Lawyer through the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He was inducted into the Inner Circle of Advocates in 2004 and is a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers. He is a past president of the Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys and a past chair of the Medical Negligence Section of the Ohio Association for Justice.
He earned his law degree from John Marshall Law School in Chicago in 1976 and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1971. He received the Ohio Association for Justice’s Craig Spangenberg Distinguished Advocate Award in 2009, and he has lectured nationally on medical negligence and written articles on medical malpractice for state and national publications.
The firm’s results page credits Becker with a $25.5 million judgment in a birth injury case, a $13.5 million jury verdict in Akron obtained with David Skall, and an $11 million policy limits settlement in a brain injury case obtained with David Oeschger.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- University of Wisconsin, B.A. (1971)
- John Marshall Law School, J.D. (1976)
- Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, National Board of Trial Advocacy
Practice Areas
- American Association for Justice (Member since 1976)
- Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys (Past President)
- Ohio Association for Justice (Past Trustee; Past Chair, Medical Negligence Section)
- International Society of Barristers (Fellow)
- Inner Circle of Advocates (Member; inducted 2004)
- Public Justice (Member)
- Mike's Kids (Director)
- Craig Spangenberg Distinguished Advocate Award, Ohio Association for Justice (2009)
- Ohio Super Lawyers (2004, 2006-2021)
- Best Lawyers in America (2001-2022)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating
- President's Award, Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys
- Martindale-Hubbell Top Rated Lawyer
- Spirit of Giving Award, Rising Star Academy
- $25.5 Million Judgment: Birth injury medical malpractice case. The jury awarded $17,000,000 to the child and parents, and Becker obtained an additional $8,500,000 in prejudgment interest after the hospital failed to make a good faith settlement offer before trial.
- $13.5 Million Jury Verdict: Birth injury case tried in Akron, Ohio, by Michael Becker and David Skall, involving a boy who suffered a brain injury at birth.
- $11 Million Settlement: Policy limits settlement obtained by Michael Becker and David Oeschger for a man who suffered a permanent brain injury after resident physicians failed to respond in time to an airway compromise.
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