Alyson Oliver
Partner & Attorney at Law
Oliver Bell Group was created by Alyson Oliver, an independent attorney from Waterford, Michigan. Oliver has always been up to any challenge, possessing an innate curiosity that called into question what is just from a young age. Her parents can attest to her drive and argumentative side, recalling her tenacity throughout her early school years. Being someone who constantly seeks personal and societal expansion, law was the only logical option for Oliver. She formed a relationship with the court system during her college years, receiving her Juris Doctor from the University of Detroit Mercy. While in school she began her legal work assisting a judge at Oakland County’s Circuit Court. It was there she acquired the confidence to tackle cases head on, rather than alongside another firm.
Oliver’s twenty-five years of experience as a lawyer and managing partner of the Oliver Bell Group has provided a solid foundation for handling intricate litigation. Oliver has thrived over the years on challenging courtroom battles and victories. As a dynamic lawyer, she is a diligent advocate for her clients. Oliver is skilled in all phases of litigation from the preparation and discovery phases through negotiations, hearings, and trials. Oliver has an ability to identify and digest legal issues and explain them to clients and juries in non-legal jargon that allows for ease of understanding. Oliver has represented companies, classes, individuals, and the community at large, often in complex matters. Oliver is well suited to handle with experience, effectiveness, and efficiency the legal needs of clients in matters pertaining to product liability, class action, personal injury, dispute resolution, criminal defense, mass torts, employment, business, antitrust, etc.
Oliver understands and functions well in the business and litigation landscape. She has engaged in dozens of conferences, council meetings, and symposiums involving hundreds of law firms in venues across the country that are designed to facilitate consensus, consider organizational structures, and promote coordinated litigation efforts. She has been involved in numerous cases that have sparked national and international interest. She has been interviewed and featured in print, online, on television and radio regarding her expertise and involvement with some of the nation’s most interesting litigation. Having experienced and witnessed gender discrimination amongst the legal system, Oliver has been an innovative leader inspiring diversity across the legal field. She is outspoken on the topic, going as far as to mail the court appointed to an MDL (Multidistrict Litigation) when women attorneys were not only failing to be appointed regular leads, but also not being sought for large MDL’s that directly related to women’s health issues, such as contraceptives.
Oliver ensures she practices what she preaches as behind Oliver Law Group stands a diverse team comprised of individuals from every walk of life. Oliver has successfully taken the bar exam multiple times, ensuring the firm’s ability to take cases in not only Michigan, but also federally and in the state of Texas. The firm has a small, close-knit bunch that works as a team, produces detail-oriented work, and truly cares about their clients; treating every case as someone’s life because often, it is. The results speak for themselves as Oliver has had a remarkable career thus far, proudly showcasing her firm’s ninety-eight percent success rate. Oliver Bell Group truly is a unique enterprise pairing the heart of a small firm with the resources, experience, and expertise of a large firm. And the best part is Oliver and her firm are constantly evolving, making this just the beginning.
Specific Highlights:
Bar Admissions
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Michigan, May 12, 1999
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United States Court of Appeals
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Sixth Circuit
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United States District Court of Illinois
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Central District and Southern District
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United States District Court of Indiana
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Northern District
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United States District Court of Michigan
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Eastern District and Western District
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United States District Court of New York
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Northern District
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United States District Court of Ohio
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Northern District
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United States District Court of Texas
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Southern District
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United States District Court of Wisconsin
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Eastern District
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United States Federal Court of Claims
Professional Associations
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American Association for Justice
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Oakland County Bar Association
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State Bar of Michigan
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U.S. District Court Pro Bono Committee
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Consumer Law Division, State Bar of Michigan
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Federal Bar Association
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Public Justice
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American Trial Lawyers Association – Now the National Trial Lawyers
Special Appointments and Recognition
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4/15/2003| Pro Bono Recognition from Chief Judge Lawrence P. Zatkoff of the United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
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9/23/2008 - 2015| Pro Bono Recognition from Chief Judge Bernard Friedman of the United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
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Named as a Top 100 Trial Attorney in America’s Trial Lawyers Association; 2008-2019
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Named SuperLawyer; 2013-2023
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Named to Michigan State Bar’s Consumer Protection Committee 2019
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Recently appointed to the Philips Cpap MDL leadership role for the attorney fee/expense committee.
Curriculum Vitae Highlights.
Ten years of progressive trial experience in the primary practice of criminal law that provided enormous trial exposure, prior to electing to move into civil litigation, product liability litigation, and ultimately complex litigation.
Presenter of oral argument at Judicial Panel of Multi-District Litigation (JPML) in efforts to consolidate national litigations in MDL proceedings in Imprelis litigation and Transvaginal Mesh litigation.
Appointed to leadership positions in:
In re Valsartan Product Liability Litigation Multi-District Litigation
§United States District Court for New Jersey
§Appointed to Steering Committee
§MDL 2875
In re Packaged Seafood Class Action Antitrust Multi-District Litigation
§ United States District Court for the District of Southern California
§Case No. 3:15-cv-02169
§Appointed to Executive Committee
In re MI Windows & Doors Litigation Defective Construction Class Action Product Liability Multi-District Litigation
§ United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
§ MDL No. 2333
§ Appointed to Steering Committee
In re American Medical Systems, Inc. Pelvic Repair System Product
Liability Multi-District Litigation
§ United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
§ MDL No. 2325
§ Appointed to Steering Committee
In re Boston Scientific Corp. Pelvic Repair System Product Liability Multi
District Litigation
§ United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
§ Case No. 2:12-md-02326; MDL No. 2326
§ Appointed to Steering Committee
In re Coloplast Corp. Pelvic Support Systems Product Liability Multi-District Litigation
§ United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
§ MDL No. 2387
§ Appointed to Steering Committee
In re Cook Medical Inc. Pelvic Repair Systems Product Liability Multi-District Litigation
§ United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
§ MDL No. 2440
§ Appointed Steering Committee
In re C.R. Bard, Inc. Pelvic Repair Systems Product Liability Multi-District
Litigation
§ United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
§ MDL No. 2187
§ Appointed to Steering Committee
In re Ethicon Inc. Pelvic Repair Systems Product Liability Multi-District
Litigation
§ United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
§ MDL No. 2327
§ Appointed to Steering Committee
In re Zimmer NexGen Knee Implant Product Liability Multi-District Litigation
§ United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
§ MDL No. 2272
§ Appointed to Steering Committee
In re Aluminum Antitrust Class Action Multi-District Litigation
§ United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
§ MDL No. 2481
§ Appointed to Steering Committee
Jackson, et al v. Mastronardi Produce Limited, et al Wage/Hour Class Action Litigation
§ United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
§ Case No. 2:11-cv-11525
§ Appointed Co-Lead Counsel
Does II v. Snyder, Constitutional Class Action Litigation
§ United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
§ Case No. 2:16-cv-13137
§ Appointed Co-Lead Counsel
