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George S. Keller ,1911-2002 -founder of Keller &Keller, was a successful trial lawyer for over 50 years. During his life, George made significant contributions to the legal profession including advancing several important personal injury cases to the Michigan Supreme Court, including Wycko vs.Gnodtke .That case helped to change laws around the county to help victims of wrongful death. Most importantly, George instilled in his family a sense of integrity that has been passed down through the generations.

 

Mr. Keller began his legal education at the University of Michigan Law School. After successfully completing his first year, he had to make a choice. He  had two loves in life; First the practice of law, and second his new bride. He made an important life adjustment by moving to Niles, Michigan to be with his wife, clerking for a Niles attorney, and hitch hiked ten miles daily south to complete his legal studies at Notre Dame Law School and still finding time to be on the Notre Dame Law Review. Soon after graduation his responsibilities increased. He had to run a law office where there was no lawyer, accelerate his admission to the bar, and provide for both a loyal secretary and an expecting wife.

From this time forward, George S. Keller developed a style confronting every challenge with success, enthusiasm, and commitment. Throughout the 40's and 50's, George handled a broad range of cases with a focus on an emerging area of law, personal injury, consistently challenging established notions, believing he could make a difference in the lives of the underdog. In the late 1940's, George worked with local leaders and factory workers to form a new independent labor union to better protect the rights of workers despite resistance from factory management and powerful national unions. By the end of the 1950's George Keller had built a national reputation as a skilled trial lawyer. In 1960, George argued a case in front of the Michigan supreme court that would not only significantly alter Michigan's law of damages, in time it would alter the law of wrongful damages in more than seventy-five percent of the States in our Nation. That case is Wycko v. Gnodtke, and helped George become a major contributor to the jurisprudence of our country.

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