L. Page Graves is a Partner of the firm.  Mr. Graves is a native of Lansing, Michigan. He received his bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University and his law degree, cum laude from The Thomas M. Cooley Law School. While attending law school, Mr. Graves served as Assistant Editor of the Cooley Law School Law Review.

Mr. Graves focuses his practice on Michigan No-Fault Automobile Insurance Law, representing medical service providers and severely injured people in collecting unpaid and underpaid no-fault benefits. Mr. Graves has published several articles and text materials regarding subjects and issues prevalent in his personal injury and Michigan No-Fault Automobile Insurance Law practice. Mr. Graves has also been a featured speaker at law practice seminars on no-fault related topics. Mr. Graves was the first Adjunct Law Professor at The Thomas M. Cooley Law School to teach the subject matter of Michigan No-Fault Automobile Insurance Law. He taught night school classes from the fall of 2002 to the spring of 2005.

Mr. Graves has received an “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell which is the highest rating of legal ability and ethics awarded by the company. According to Martindale, “an AV certification mark is a significant rating accomplishment – a testament to the fact that a lawyer’s peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.”  Mr. Graves has been honored further by being recognized and included in the 2012 Edition of Best Lawyers, which is the oldest and most respected peer-reviewed publication in the legal l profession.   The Best Lawyers lists of outstanding attorneys are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. If the votes for an attorney are positive enough for inclusion in Best Lawyers, that attorney must maintain those votes in subsequent polls to remain on the list for each edition. Lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be included on the list.

Mr. Graves is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and the Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association. Mr. Graves currently serves as an Executive Board Member of the Traverse City,  City Opera House and for Traverse Regional Area Ticketing. Mr. Graves has served as a past Executive Board Member for the Ingham County Bar Association; past President of the Young Lawyers section of the Ingham County Bar Association; past Executive Board Member for the Arthritis Foundation, Central Michigan Chapter; past Executive Board Member for the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; and past Board Member of the John D. Voelker Foundation.  Mr. Graves is a current member of the Rotary Club of Traverse City (noon club) and the Elks (Lodge No. 323).

email: pgraves@smith-johnson.com
phone: 231.946.0700