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Robert A. Marsac is of counsel to Kerr, Russell and Weber, PLC, specializing in complex, multi-party and class action litigation. He has extensive experience in products liability, toxic tort, environmental, employment, pension, trade secret, general business and insurance-related matters including claims negotiation, counseling and coverage issues. Mr. Marsac frequently advises clients regarding business acquisitions and other strategic initiatives. Mr. Marsac has been involved in a variety of high profile disputes and controversies and most recently has been involved in business and trade association issues related to the constitutionality of laws which either benefit or restrict business or trade association members.
Among the matters in which Mr. Marsac has been involved over the years, include, the defense of a nationwide class action alleging age and sex discrimination; defense of two nationwide class actions challenging a major retailers' health care program; serving as co-counsel in the prosecution of an insurance coverage dispute resulting from the denial of coverage for breast implant claims, ultimately resulting in recovery of approximately $2 billion; counseling an insured in the negotiation of insurance recovery as a result of a powerhouse explosion; counseling an insured in the negotiation of an insurance recovery as a result of a nuclear powerhouse turbine failure; serving as claims counsel for a captive insurance company; the prosecution of a challenge to the constitutionality of waste disposal restrictions as a result of state law and local ordinances; the prosecution of challenges to the constitutionality of state practices and procedures in connection with Medicaid benefits; the defense of several cases challenging issuance of gaming licenses in the City of Detroit; the defense of thousands of breast implant claims; defense of thousands of asbestos claims; the defense of trade secret claims in connection with development of fuel cells and the defense of a pharmaceutical manufacturer as the result of alleged industry price fixing.
Mr. Marsac frequently lectures on litigation prevention, case management and insurance-related topics. He received his Bachelor's Degree from Oakland University in 1969 and graduated with honors from the Wayne State University Law School in 1973, including the Marx Scholarship, membership in the MacKenzie Honor Society, the Moot Court Board and the National Order of the Barristers. As a member of Wayne State's National Moot Court Team, Mr. Marsac participated in regional and national moot court competitions. While at Wayne State, Mr. Marsac served as student body president. Mr. Marsac is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association and the American Bar Association and is a Fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation. He is admitted to practice in the Sixth and Seventh Circuit Courts and before the United States Supreme Court. He is also an officer and trustee of the Detroit Science Center. | 