Mark P. Bickel

Attorney - Shareholder

Practice Areas

Industry Teams

Renewable Energy

Contact

Office: Traverse City

tel. 231.486.4506

fax. 231.929.4182

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Secretary

Marsha Tousignant

tel. 231.486.4523

Listed in Best Lawyers

Mark Bickel is a seasoned litigator who has tried cases in 23 Michigan counties and in both the state and federal courts. He practices primarily in the areas of insurance defense, no-fault litigation, premises liability, products liability, environmental liability, and other commercial litigation.
He lives in the Traverse City area and has two daughters.

Noteworthy

AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Listed in Best Lawyers (2008-2012) -- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation & Personal Injury Litigation
Listed in Benchmark Litigation 2010-2012

Education

Michigan State University (B.A., with honors, 1971)
Valparaiso University (J.D., 1978)

Admitted to Practice

State Bar of Michigan, 1978
United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1978
United States District Court, Western District of Michigan, 1978

Client Successes for Mark P. Bickel

4/1/2007
Mark Bickel and Rob Tubbs received a no-cause verdict in a premises liability case that was in trial for three and a half weeks in Saginaw County. The plaintiff claimed she fell down the stairs at our client’s location, a retail business – and that, as a result of the fall, suffered a traumatic brain injury, miscarriage, post-traumatic epilepsy, hearing loss, tinnitus, depression, anxiety, insomnia, memory loss, and blurred vision. The Court appointed case evaluation panel evaluated the case at $425,000 before trial.
5/1/2006
Mark Bickel obtained a no-cause verdict on behalf of a no-fault insurance carrier after a trial in October. The plaintiff had received significant injuries following an accident while driving his longtime girlfriend’s car. Mark successfully proved that the insurance policy was void because the girlfriend had made a material misrepresentation by failing to disclose that her boyfriend lived with her, and that the plaintiff was not an innocent third party because his use of the vehicle made him an owner under the No-Fault Act.