Attorneys Shantinique Brooks and Chelsea A. Saferian recently joined the Insurance Coverage Practice Group of Plunkett Cooney, one of the oldest and most accomplished law firms in the Midwest.

A member in Plunkett Cooney’s Bloomfield Hills office, Brooks represents insurance companies in the defense of complex coverage litigation involving environmental contamination, automotive, trucking, construction defects, product liability, bad faith, and personal and advertising injury.

Admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in Michigan, Brooks is a 2019 graduate from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. She earned her undergraduate degree from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in 2015. Brooks is a member of the Wolverine Bar Association and the State Bar of Michigan.

A member in the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office, Saferian’s coverage experience extends to claims involving property coverage, Michigan No-Fault law, premises liability, toxic torts and construction defect. She has also handled matters involving first- and third-party motor vehicle liability claims, subrogation, general liability, premises liability, pet liability and general insurance defense litigation.

Saferian is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in Michigan, and she received her law degree from Wayne State University Law School in 2019. She received her undergraduate degree from Michigan State University in 2015. Saferian is a member of the Detroit Bar Association, the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan – Wayne and the State Bar of Michigan.

Plunkett Cooney is recognized as one of the nation’s leading law firms for insurance coverage litigation. Several members of the firm’s Insurance Law Practice Group have been awarded the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation. In addition to their litigation expertise, Plunkett Cooney attorneys work with their clients to develop new insurance products and to address emergent theories of legal liability.

Members of the firm’s insurance coverage practice are fully licensed in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Washington D.C. and Wisconsin. They are also admitted pro hac vice in numerous other states.

Established in 1913, Plunkett Cooney is a leading provider of business and litigation services to clients in the private and public sectors. The firm employs attorneys in seven Michigan cities, Indianapolis, Indiana, Chicago, Illinois and Columbus, Ohio. Plunkett Cooney recently received Mansfield Rule Certification for midsize law firms, which recognizes leaders in diversity, equity and inclusion within the legal industry.

For more information about Shantinique Brooks and Chelsea Saferian joining Plunkett Cooney, contact the firm’s Director of Marketing and Business Development John Cornwell at (248) 901-4008; jcornwell@plunkettcooney.com.

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