Vincent R. Petrucelli is a trial lawyer with over 49 years of experience in trying all types of personal injury and wrongful death cases. He founded the law firm in 1979 with his wife, Nora A. Petrucelli.
When a life-changing injury or medical mistake strikes a family in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula or Northern Wisconsin, they turn to Vincent Petrucelli, Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) — a distinction held by less than 1 percent of trial attorneys nationwide. For nearly five decades, Vincent has represented patients and families from Ironwood and Ontonagon in the west to Sault Ste. Marie and St. Ignace in the east, and across the Wisconsin border from Florence and Marinette to Green Bay and Door County.
He is known not only for his courtroom skill and compassion, but also for his leadership in the landmark Wisconsin Supreme Court case Ferdon ex rel. Petrucelli v. Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund (2005 WI 125), which struck down malpractice-damage caps as unconstitutional. That victory reshaped medical-malpractice law across the region and affirmed his lifelong commitment to fairness and accountability.
With Vincent Petrucelli, every case receives the same level of care — meticulous investigation, consultation with top medical experts, and relentless advocacy designed to restore dignity, security, and hope. Over his career of 49 years, Mr. Petrucelli has obtained multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients. He has taught trial practice techniques and the use of technology in litigation as a faculty member of the Northern Michigan Trial Skills Workshop, the Michigan Institute of Continuing Education, the Michigan Association for Justice and the Wisconsin Bar Association.
Vincent Petrucelli is admitted to practice in Michigan and Wisconsin as well as numerous federal district and circuit courts.
He is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers (limited to 1% of the trial lawyers in each State), a Diplomat in the American Board of Trial Advocates, a Michigan Super Lawyer and has attained an AV rating, the highest level award for professional excellence, from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.
