Jerry Newman received his J. D. degree from South Texas College of Law in Houston , Texas . He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Rochester in Rochester , New York .

Mr. Newman was a Senior Trial Attorney in the Texas and Michigan Staff Counsel Offices of a major national insurance company prior to joining the Detroit office of Kopka, Pinkus Dolin & Eads. He has extensive experience in civil litigation with specialty areas of workers' compensation defense and subrogation matters. He was the leader in subrogation recoveries nationally throughout his career in the Staff Counsel system.

Mr. Newman has conducted seminars for legal and claim professionals on workers' compensation investigations as well as subrogation procedures and investigations.

He is admitted to the practice of law in Michigan and Texas . He is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Mr. Newman is a member of the Negligence Law and Workers' Compensation Sections of the State Bar of Michigan