The following members of the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association and other personal injury lawyers have contributed $426,280 to the Jennifer Granholm for Governor campaign.
These names were taken directly from public campaign finance records maintained by the Michigan Secretary of State. State law limits the amount of money that an individual can contribute to a candidate for governor to $3,400. A political action committee (PAC) can contribute as much as $34,000.
The plaintiff’s lawyers’ contributions to Granholm are listed here from largest contributors to the smallest. To see the list arranged alphabetically, click here.
| LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | BUSINESS CITY | CUMULATIVE |
| MI Trial Law PAC | East Lansing | 34000 | |
| Zamler | Gene | Southfield | 3400 |
| Wittenberg | Alan | Southfield | 3400 |
| Weiner | Cyril | Southfield | 3400 |
| Warsh | Richard | Southfield | 3400 |
| Tucker | Norman | Southfield | 3400 |
| Thurswell | Gerald | Southfield | 3400 |
| Steinberg | Lee | Southfield | 3400 |
| Sprik | Dale | Grand Rapids | 3400 |
| Schafer | Arnold | Bloomfield Hills | 3400 |
| Saperstein | Melvyn | Southfield | 3400 |
| Pitt | Michael | Royal Oak | 3400 |
| Olsman | Jules | Farmington Hills | 3400 |
| O'Brien | Thomas | Ann Arbor | 3400 |
| Morris | E. | Birmingham | 3400 |
| Mooney | John | Southfield | 3400 |
| Mittleman | David | Lansing | 3400 |
| Miller | Martin | Detroit | 3400 |
| MacDonald | R. | Flint | 3400 |
| Liss | Arthur | Bloomfield Hills | 3400 |
| Lenter | Richard | Southfield | 3400 |
| Lenhoff | Glen | Flint | 3400 |
| Korn | Lawrence | Novi | 3400 |
| Koltonow | Leonard | Southfield | 3400 |
| Keane | Christoper | Dearborn | 3400 |
| Katzman | David | Troy | 3400 |
| Hohauser | Michael | Troy | 3400 |
| Grysen | B. | Spring Lake | 3400 |
| Googasian | George | Bloomfield Hills | 3400 |
| Goodman | Richard | Detroit | 3400 |
| Goodman | Barry | Southfield | 3400 |
| Ghannam | Jacob | Detroit | 3400 |
| Getto | David | Southfield | 3400 |
| Galante | Linda | Grosse Pte Park | 3400 |
| Etzel | Brian | Bloomfield Hills | 3400 |
| Eisenberg | Sue | Bloomfield Hills | 3400 |
| Dilley | Frederick | Grand Rapids | 3400 |
| Darling | Robert | Southfield | 3400 |
| Cox | Kevin | Southfield | 3400 |
| Corriveau | Richard | Northville | 3400 |
| Cochran | Terry | Livonia | 3400 |
| Christensen | David | Detroit | 3400 |
| Brandon | Janet | Farmington Hills | 3400 |
| Bowen | M | Grand Rapids | 3400 |
| Bernstein | Samuel | Farmington Hills | 3400 |
| Appel | Jeffrey | Southfield | 3400 |
| Acker | Gerald | Southfield | 3400 |
| Turner | Lee | Southfield | 3200 |
| Mindell | Bernard | Southfield | 3200 |
| Kepes | Richard | Southfield | 3150 |
| Meyers | Jeffery | Detroit | 3000 |
| Gordon | Deborah | Royal Oak | 3000 |
| Cermak | Keith | Clinton Township | 3000 |
| Stempien | Gregory | Northville | 2900 |
| Flack | Robert | Jackson | 2900 |
| Druzinski | Diane | St Clair Shores | 2750 |
| McKeen | Brian | Detroit | 2500 |
| Mady | Charles | Detroit | 2500 |
| Goren | Steven | Bingham Farms | 2500 |
| Borrello | Stephen | Saginaw | 2500 |
| McInerney | Gary | Grand Rapids | 2250 |
| Wonch | Nancy | Lansing | 2200 |
| Condino | Paul | Southfield | 2200 |
| Goren | Robert | Bingham Farms | 2100 |
| Cmejrek | James | Ann Arbor | 2100 |
| Horenstein | Raymond | Southfield | 2000 |
| Haney | Troy | Grand Rapids | 2000 |
| Abraham | Douglas | Livonia | 2000 |
| Reiter | Jesse | Farmington Hills | 1750 |
| Nemier | Criag | Farmington | 1750 |
| Gregory | Russell | Farmington Hills | 1750 |
| Gleicher | Elizabeth | Detroit | 1750 |
| Miller | Randall | Southfield | 1700 |
| Kalo | John | Flint | 1700 |
| Broad | Alan | 1700 | |
| Winegarden Jr | J. | Flint | 1500 |
| Valentine Jr | Stephen | West Bloomfield | 1500 |
| Reamon | William | Grand Rapids | 1500 |
| Mills | William | Grand Rapids | 1500 |
| Miller | Wayne | Southfield | 1500 |
| Melton | Scott | Grand Rapids | 1500 |
| McIntosh | John | Detroit | 1500 |
| Mafrice | Frank | Southfield | 1500 |
| Kritselis | William | Lansing | 1500 |
| Fraser | Stuart | Mt Clemens | 1500 |
| Christensen | David | Southfield | 1500 |
| Gorchow | Murray | Southfield | 1475 |
| Levine | Micheal | Lansing | 1450 |
| Guerriero | Anthony | Allen Park | 1400 |
| Bindes | Jack | Southfield | 1400 |
| Landry | David | Farmington | 1300 |
| Trucks | Todd | Clair | 1250 |
| Janes | J. | Grand Rapids | 1250 |
| Andary | Raymond | Mt Clemens | 1250 |
| Morris Jr | Robert | Detroit | 1225 |
| Oosterhouse | Kenneth | Grand Rapids | 1200 |
| Applebaum | Ronald | Southfield | 1200 |
| Spivey | James | Detroit | 1150 |
| Hirsch | Jonathan | Southfield | 1150 |
| Heaphy | William | Detroit | 1150 |
| Burke | George | Southfield | 1150 |
| Blatnikoff | Alan | Southfield | 1150 |
| Holtz | Albert | Bloomfield Hills | 1100 |
| Hofer | James | Lansing | 1100 |
| Figiel | Phyllis | Southfield | 1100 |
| Adler | Barry | Farmington Hills | 1100 |
| Zulakis | George | Okemos | 1050 |
| Schimers | Bodo | Southgate | 1050 |
| Disner | Marshall | West Bloomfield | 1050 |
| Watkins | Kenneth | Southfield | 1000 |
| Tyler | Robert | Southfield | 1000 |
| Thomas | Marc | Detroit | 1000 |
| Schwartz | Robert | Southfield | 1000 |
| Schreuder | Ellen | Warren | 1000 |
| Schoepfle | Anne | Southfield | 1000 |
| Ries | Granner | Detroit | 1000 |
| Rhodes III | Frank | Detroit | 1000 |
| Pidgeon | James | Bloomfield Hills | 1000 |
| Norris | Victor | Bloomfield Hills | 1000 |
| Nolan | Lawrence | Eaton Rapids | 1000 |
| Mueller | Mark | Eastpointe | 1000 |
| Morse | Michael | Southfield | 1000 |
| Morgan | Courtney | Detroit | 1000 |
| Miller | Neil | Troy | 1000 |
| Mellen | Mark | Southfield | 1000 |
| Mazzeo | Rik | Farmington Hills | 1000 |
| Lucido | Peter | Clinton Township | 1000 |
| Johnson | Vernon | Southfield | 1000 |
| Gursten | Lawrence | Southfield | 1000 |
| Groffsky | Richard | Southfield | 1000 |
| Grant | David | Southfield | 1000 |
| Goodwin | Scott | Birmingham | 1000 |
| Glista | Martin | Kalamazoo | 1000 |
| Gittleman | Robert | Southfield | 1000 |
| Gates | Barry | Ann Arbor | 1000 |
| Fox | Richard | Southfield | 1000 |
| Feldman | Jeffrey | Southfield | 1000 |
| Ellis | Jerry | Farmington | 1000 |
| Deutch | Martin | Southfield | 1000 |
| DeNardis | Ronald | Detroit | 1000 |
| Dailey | Brian | Farmington Hills | 1000 |
| Curtis | Matthew | Southfield | 1000 |
| Canady III | Clinton | Lansing | 1000 |
| Butzbaugh | Alfred | St Joseph | 1000 |
| Busch | Gary | Southfield | 1000 |
| Bello | Mark | Southfield | 1000 |
| Beckering | Jane | Grand Rapids | 1000 |
| Beaton | D. | Marine City | 1000 |
| Baumkel | Mark | Bloomfield Hills | 1000 |
| Battersby | Edmund | Farmington Hills | 1000 |
| Ash | Charles | Southfield | 1000 |
| Alpert | Joel | Southfield | 1000 |
| Turner | Joy | Detroit | 950 |
| Raitt | Robert | Southfield | 950 |
| Pinsky | Rhett | Grand Rapids | 950 |
| Eisenberg | Stuart | Detroit | 925 |
| Saltsman | Glenn | Farmington Hills | 900 |
| Doherty | Paul | Birmingham | 900 |
| Hickey | H.W. | 850 | |
| Rubin | Robert | Farmington Hills | 800 |
| Mateo | Juan | Detroit | 800 |
| Gilbert | Steven | Southfield | 800 |
| Dwyer | Carol | Hastings | 800 |
| Dwyer | Carol | Hastings | 800 |
| Ambrose | Christopher | Flint | 800 |
| Vanerian | Vahan | Livonia | 750 |
| Valentine | Victoria | West Bloomfield | 750 |
| Smit | Leonard | St Joseph | 700 |
| Shiffman | Donald | Southfield | 700 |
| Muth | Andrew | Ypsilanti | 700 |
| Mowry | James | Lansing, | 700 |
| Kline | Roger | Warren | 700 |
| Kavanaugh | Colleen | Livonia | 700 |
| Gricius | Ronald | Mount Clemens | 700 |
| Buchanan | John | Grand Rapids | 700 |
| Bagley | Patrick | Waterford | 700 |
| Walton | Matthew | Mt Clemens | 650 |
| Mcneilage | Carol | Southfield | 650 |
| Starr | H. | Lansing | 600 |
| Serling | Michael | Birmingham | 600 |
| Marutiak | Patrick | Owosso | 600 |
| Halpert | Richard | Kalamazoo | 600 |
| Bolgar | Peter | Southfield | 600 |
| Kutinsky | Brian | Southfield | 550 |
| Cicirelli | Sandra | Westland | 550 |
| Blumberg | Elliot | Hillman | 550 |
| Waun | Thomas | Grand Blanc | 500 |
| Waechter | Jason | Southfield | 500 |
| Swanson | Paul | Detroit | 500 |
| Souweidane | Eddie | Mount Clemens | 500 |
| Semanson | Christine | Southfield | 500 |
| Seifman | Barry | Farmington Hills | 500 |
| Sciotti | Christopher | St.Clair Shores | 500 |
| Rosen | Norman | Southfield | 500 |
| Robinson | Marietta | Detroit | 500 |
| Rader | Ronald | Detroit | 500 |
| Portner | Arnold | Birmingham | 500 |
| Oade | Gerald | East Lansing | 500 |
| Mathieu | James | Midland | 500 |
| Maddaloni | Michael | East Lansing | 500 |
| Leven | Myron | Southfield | 500 |
| Legghio | Brian | Mount Clemens | 500 |
| Konheim | Joseph | Southfield | 500 |
| Kingsley | Michael | Huntington Woods | 500 |
| Kayrouz | Joumana | Detroit | 500 |
| Joyner | Helen | MI | 500 |
| Hilborn | Craig | Birmingham | 500 |
| Herskovic | Maurice | Southfield | 500 |
| Hay | Thomas | Lansing | 500 |
| Hart | Clifford | Flint | 500 |
| Gursten | Steven | Southfield | 500 |
| Green | Christine | Ann Arbor | 500 |
| Goethel | Stephen | Ann Arbor | 500 |
| Goethel | Stephen | Ann Arbor | 500 |
| Geil | Thomas | Battle Creek | 500 |
| Gaffney Jr | Norman | Lansing | 500 |
| Frank | Jonathan | Southfield | 500 |
| Ford | James | Kalamazoo | 500 |
| Feldman | Stanley | Southfield | 500 |
| Falzon | Lawrence | Southfield | 500 |
| Esper | J. | Detroit | 500 |
| Dunnings III | Stuart | Lansing | 500 |
| Domol | Robert | Southfield | 500 |
| Diehl | Nancy | Detroit | 500 |
| Dib | Albert | Detroit | 500 |
| Cooper | David | Tecumseh | 500 |
| Chiamp | Carole | Detroit | 500 |
| Chayet | Harvey | Southfield | 500 |
| Charters | John | Troy | 500 |
| Cassar | Raymond | Farmington Hills | 500 |
| Burns Jr | Richard | Southfield | 500 |
| Buchanan | Robert | Grand Rapids | 500 |
| Bruetsch | Patrick | Birmingham | 500 |
| Brescoll | Dennis | Birmingham | 500 |
| Bredell | Lynn | Ypsilanti | 500 |
| Bock | Thomas | Bay City | 500 |
| Berg | Robert | Sterling Heights | 500 |
| Benjamin | Gary | Detroit | 500 |
| Bartnick | J. | Southfield | 500 |
| Baker | Robert | Plymouth | 500 |
| Arcaro | Rick | Southfield | 500 |
| Weiss | Ronald | Southfield | 450 |
| Ladas | Paul | North Muskegon | 450 |
| Justis | Gregory | Petoskey | 405 |
| Stern | William | Southfield | 400 |
| Purcell | Paul | Saginaw | 400 |
| Howitt | Harvey | Southfield | 400 |
| Ference | Gary | Westland | 400 |
| Dorman | Richard | St Clair Shores | 400 |
| Thieme | R. | Grand Rapids | 350 |
| Sternberg | Phillip | Farmington Hills | 350 |
| Portenga | Roy | Muskegon | 350 |
| Perlman | Elliott | Southfield | 350 |
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