Stephen A. Skiver, MD, JD

Ohio and Michigan Attorney & Lawyer Legal Services, providing professional, aggressive, and reliable legal advice and representation.

The founder of the firm and Managing Partner, Stephen A. Skiver, M.D., J.D. began his professional life engaged in the practice of Internal and Critical Care medicine for nearly 16 years.  He returned to law school in 1985 while still practicing medicine, securing his Juris Doctorate in 1988 and subsequently became licensed to practice law in Ohio and Michigan.

Since that time he has been involved in a wide variety of legal areas.  Obviously, due to his medical background, his practice has included actively and aggressively defending hospitals, clinics and hundreds of healthcare providers.  Over his career he has defended nearly one thousand medical malpractice actions.  He has eighteen years of litigation experience in both state and federal courts and has tried cases ranging in severity from simple to devastating, including defending brain damaged baby cases, cardiovascular, orthopedic, neurosurgical and death cases to name but a few.  He has brought his medical experience to other areas of practice including personal injury, general litigation and trucking & transportation defense.  His medical background is an asset to analyzing and understanding the injuries at issue in a matter, including the severity and prognosis of any claimed trauma.

Dr. Skiver has tried cases throughout Ohio, Michigan, and West Virginia. Rated an AV lawyer with Martindale-Hubbell and named to Who’s Who in American Law, he has been invited to speak at legal and medical seminars throughout the country on a variety of legal topics, and has taught law to medical students and physicians in training.

In September of 2010, Stephen Skiver, M.D., J.D. was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in America.

The induction ceremony at which Dr. Skiver became a Fellow took place before an audience of approximately 1,078 personas during the recent 2010 Annual meeting of the College in Washington, District of Columbia.

Founded in 1950, the College is composed of the best of the trial bar from the United States and Canada. Fellowship in the College is extended by invitation only and only after careful investigation, to those experienced trial lawyers who have mastered the art of advocacy and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility and collegiality. Lawyers must have a minimum of 15 years trial experience before they can be considered for Fellowship.

Membership in the College cannot exceed one percent of the total lawyer population of any State or Province. There are currently approximately 5,790 members in the United States and Canada, including active Fellows, Emeritus Fellows, Judicial Fellows (those who ascended to the bench after their induction) and Honorary Fellows.

Dr. Skiver is the managing partner of the law firm Stephen A. Skiver & Associates, LLC, located in Perrysburg, Ohio.

Areas of Legal Practice:

• Medical/Dental/ Chiropractic/Podiatric Malpractice Defense;

• General Litigation;

• Professional Malpractice Defense;

• Trucking and Transportation Defense.

Education:

• Ohio University, B.S. cum laude  1971

• Medical College of Ohio, M.D. 1974

• University of Toledo, J.D. 1988

License and Certification:

• Ohio Medical License 1977

• Michigan Medical License (inactive) 1975

• Diplomat American Board of Internal Medicine

• Ohio Bar 1989

• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio 1990

• Michigan Bar 2001

Member:

• American Bar Association

• Ohio State Bar Association

• Toledo Bar Association

• Michigan State Bar Association

• Defense Research Institute

Co-Author:

AIDS:  Legal Issues 1992; Ohio Northern University Law Review, Vol. 19, Number 4, 1993, pp. 839-884. (Ohio Revised Code § 3701.243. Disclosure of HIV test results or diagnosis).

Contact Stephen A. Skiver, MD, JD, today by calling (419) 931-0067.

Ohio Law Offices
28350 Kensington Lane
Perrysburg, Ohio 43551

Phone: (419) 931-0067

Michigan Law Offices
P.O. Box 253,
Lambertville, MI 48144

Phone: (734) 568-0136