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Southfield is home territory for us. Our office is right here on West 10 Mile Road, and we know this city — its neighborhoods, its parks, its courts — inside and out. If a dog attacked you in Southfield, you’re not dealing with a faraway firm.
The Michigan Dog Bite Law Firm represents dog bite victims in Southfield and across Oakland County. Dog bites aren’t a sideline for us — they’re the entire practice. That focus is exactly what you want in your corner when an insurance company starts hunting for reasons to pay you less than you deserve.
This is where we’re rooted. Our office sits on West 10 Mile Road, in the heart of the city. We don’t treat Southfield as a dot on a service-area map — it’s the community we’re part of. When you call about a bite that happened on a Southfield street, at a Southfield park, or in a Southfield apartment complex, you’re talking to people who know the ground, know the 46th District Court, and know that behind every one of these cases is a real person — often a kid — who got hurt and deserves to be treated like one.
In Southfield, dog bites tend to happen in these settings:
Wherever it happened in Southfield, the legal question is the same — and Michigan’s answer favors the person who got bitten, not the owner who let it happen.
Michigan is a strict liability state. Under MCL 287.351, a dog owner is responsible for a bite even if the dog had never shown a flicker of aggression before. No “one free bite” here. If you were bitten in Southfield, were lawfully there, and didn’t provoke the dog, the owner is generally liable — period. You don’t have to prove negligence. Start with our strict liability guide and how to sue for a dog bite in Michigan.
| City | Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan |
| Local district court | 46th District Court, 26000 Evergreen Rd, Southfield — serving the City of Southfield |
| Larger injury claims | Serious injury claims (generally above $25,000) are filed in the 6th Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan (Oakland County) in Pontiac |
| Animal control | Oakland County Animal Control serves Southfield; the city also coordinates local bite investigations |
| Reporting | Report the bite to animal control and, for serious bites, file a police report — see how to report a bite. |
| Deadline | Generally 3 years from the bite — see our statute of limitations guide. |
Court assignments and animal control coverage can change. We confirm the exact court and agency for your situation when we review your case.
Our office is in Southfield, an easy drive from Southfield — minutes away — our office is on West 10 Mile Road in Southfield itself. But you may not need to drive anywhere: most first conversations happen by phone, and we can often come to you. The map below shows the route.
Nobody honest promises a number on day one. But these categories of compensation are well established under Michigan law:
Past and future. Who pays →
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PTSD is compensable. More →
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Full breakdown: how much your Michigan dog bite case is worth.
Free conversation. Straight answers. No fee unless we win money for you. If you were bitten in Southfield, let’s talk about what happened.