Michael Hill

01The episode

Inside Trial Minds

Michael Hill has recovered over $500 million dollars for victims of nursing home abuse and neglect, including a record-breaking $26 million verdict—the largest nursing home verdict in Ohio history. He doesn’t dabble in these cases. This is all he does. Every day, his work is about holding long-term care corporations accountable when they fail the people who depend on them the most. Over the years, Michael has built a track record that other lawyers study. He has secured numerous seven- and eight-figure verdicts and settlements, set records in multiple counties, and become one of the go-to trial lawyers in America for serious nursing home cases. He’s been repeatedly recognized as a Super Lawyer, ranked among the Top 40 Under 40 and later the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the country, and honored as one of the Top 10 Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawyers nationwide. He’s also a member of the elite Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multimillion Dollar Advocates Forum for consistently achieving multimillion-dollar results. But what truly sets Michael apart is how deep he goes into this field. He’s not just a trial lawyer; he’s a teacher and thought leader. Michael is an invited lecturer across the country on trial tactics, has been published in peer-reviewed journals, and serves as a faculty member at Trial Lawyer University, the largest and most prestigious trial skills training organization in America. When other attorneys want to learn how to handle nursing home cases at the highest level, they learn from him. And Michael doesn’t stop at the law. He is an active member of the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) / PALTC, the medical specialty society for those who run and staff nursing homes and long-term care facilities. According to our research, he is the only lawyer accepted into this organization—a powerful signal of just how seriously he studies the medicine, operations, and systems behind these cases. He doesn’t just cross-examine medical directors; he understands their world from the inside. On 60 Minutes Inside Trial Minds, you’ll see what that combination of $500 million+ in results, deep medical knowledge, and focused passion looks like in action. Michael breaks down how he uncovers patterns of neglect that others miss, turns “just another nursing home case” into a story a jury cannot ignore, and pushes for verdicts that don’t just compensate families—but force real change in how facilities operate.