Brian J. Kilbane practices in the area of healthcare professional malpractice litigation, healthcare professional licensing defense litigation, employment litigation, criminal defense litigation for individual and institutional healthcare clients, and healthcare law, generally. Brian is frequently invited to appear before healthcare institutions, physician groups, and nurses to address a wide variety of healthcare and health professional litigation issues, including guest lectures at nursing and physician assistant college programs in west Michigan. Brian is also active in his local community, having served as an elected school board member, and presently as a member of the Allegan County United Way Board, while regularly coaching youth soccer and basketball.
Brian lives with his wife Paula, and their five children on a small farm near Grand Rapids enjoying the best of both city and country living.
Admitted to Practice
- State Bar of Michigan, 1984
- Federal District Court for the Western and Eastern Districts of Michigan, 1984
Education
- University of Notre Dame (B.S. in Biology, 1980)
- Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 1984)
Noteworthy
- Selected, Michigan 2007 Super Lawyers
- Elected Member, Representative Assembly for the State Bar of Michigan, 1992-1994
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section)
- State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Healthcare, Negligence, and Labor and Employment
- Grand Rapids Bar Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Michigan Society of Healthcare Risk Managers
- Michigan Defense Trial Counsel
- Defense Research Institute
Community Affiliations
- Allegan County United Way Board, Member
- Past elected member of the St. Stanislaus School Board
- Hopkins Youth Sports Organization, Youth Soccer and Basketball Coach
Publications
- “Pollution Exclusion: Will it Survive in Michigan?”, Michigan Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3, 1990.
