Awards and Recognitions

For more than 20 years, the firm has been accorded the AV rating - the highest rating by Martindale-Hubbell, an independent lawyer-rating service for ethics and professionalism.
The firm has been listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers for more than a decade.
George Thompson has been Board Certified in Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy since 1991. Dan O'Neil has been Board Certified since 2007. Only a handful of personal injury lawyers achieve board certification.
George Thompson has been designated as a "SuperLawyer" each year the list of Top Lawyers in Michigan has been published.
In the 1990s. the firm was a national finalist for the Primerus Community Service Award.
George Thompson is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Dan O'Neil is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
George Thompson has been honored by the Law Dragon Society.
George Thompson was invited to write a column for the Traverse City Record Eagle Forum. His article published on March 5, 2006, was titled, "Drivers can't rely on just lights and sirens."
Both partners have taught numerous seminars or addressed lawyers' conferences on personal injury and trial advocacy topics.
Dan O'Neil has achieved a "Superb" rating from the AVVO rating service.