About D.
Michael is the President and Managing Director of Shaheen and Gordon, P.A. He concentrates his practice on representing seriously injured victims of negligence. Michael received his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1987 and in 1990 graduated from the Boston University School of Law, where he was honored as a Paul J. Liacos scholar. Michael began his litigation practice with the firm in 1990 and rapidly developed a significant trial practice representing a diverse group of clients throughout Northern New England before State and Federal courts in varied civil matters including personal injury cases such as auto accident, premises liability, products liability, wrongful death and other personal injury matters as well as divorce matters and commercial disputes. Michael’s practice is now concentrated on representation of victims and their families in serious personal injury and wrongful death cases of all types. Michael’s aggressive and experienced representation has resulted in significant compensation in large cases as well as smaller cases including several cases where recovery has been in excess of one million dollars. In recent years, Michael has successfully represented numerous injury victims in a wide variety of serious injury and death cases, including car / truck / motorcycle collisions, premises liability cases, products liability cases, cases involving pharmaceutical and medical device injury and others. Michael and the rest of the injury litigation team are also currently representing consumers injured by prescription and over-the-counter medications and medical devices.
Practice Areas
Case History
Education
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Recognized: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
- Recognized: Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Practice Area: Personal Injury Litigation
- Special Focus: Automobile Collision
- Special Focus: Catastrophic Injury
- Special Focus: Civil Litigation
- Special Focus: COVID-19
- Special Focus: Mass Tort
- Special Focus: Nursing Homes
- Special Focus: Premises Liability
- Special Focus: Product Liability
- Special Focus: Sex Abuse
- Special Focus: Workers' Compensation
- Special Focus: Wrongful Death
- Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America since 2008
- Featured in New England Super Lawyers since 2010