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Gavin McClintic
Mt Pleasant, MI Family Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Family, Business, Divorce and Real Estate
Michigan State University
We are a full service law firm. You can depend on us to look out for every aspect of your legal needs - business or personal, and at any stage of your life. McClintic Law Firm has been practicing law since 1913 in Isabella County and the entire state of Michigan. We provide full legal service to the community today. We are happy to serve the Mt. Pleasant area, Isabella county, Gratiot county, Clare County, Midland County, Mecosta County, and beyond. Our firm is well versed and experienced in all areas of the law, including business law, criminal law, real...
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T.J. Pierce
Mount Pleasant, MI Family Law Attorney with 3 years of experience
(989) 317-3989
108 S. University Avenue
Suite 1
Mount Pleasant, MI 48858
Free ConsultationFamily, Business, Divorce and Estate Planning
T.J. was born and raised in Central Michigan, where he lives with his wife and three children. He is a proud Michigander, who was raised in a blue collar family and taught from the beginning the importance of hard work and giving back to the community. T.J. is a life member of the VFW, Military Order of Purple Heart and sits on the board of directors of a local non-profit organization. Shortly after graduating high school, T.J. enlisted in the Army where he would serve for nearly 11 years, retiring as a Staff Sergeant. Some of the more notable highlights...
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Michael C. Hyde
Mt Pleasant, MI Family Law Attorney with 35 years of experience
Family, Bankruptcy, Business and Estate Planning
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Linda S. Weiss
Mt Pleasant, MI Family Law Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Family, Appeals, Divorce and Estate Planning
Michigan State University College of Law
Robert M. Backus
Mt Pleasant, MI Family Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
Wayne State University Law School
David J. Gilbert
Mt Pleasant, MI Family Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Sarah L. Ostahowski
Shepherd, MI Family Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
Family, Business, Elder and Estate Planning
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Monica J. Tissue-Daws
Stanton, MI Family Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DUI and Divorce
Thomas W. Hall Jr.
Mount Pleasant, MI Family Law Attorney with 53 years of experience
Family, Business, Divorce and Estate Planning
Becky J. Bolles
Mount Pleasant, MI Family Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Family, Business, Divorce and Estate Planning
Gordon M. Bloem
Mount Pleasant, MI Family Law Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DUI and Divorce
Jennifer M. Galloway
Mt Pleasant, MI Family Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
Family, Appeals, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Wayne State University Law School
Andrew W. Brockman
Mt Pleasant, MI Family Law Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Family, Criminal and Juvenile
Mark G. Kowalczyk
Mt Pleasant, MI Family Law Lawyer with 35 years of experience
(989) 772-0911
Ext. 311
200 N Main St
Mt Pleasant, MI 48858
Family, Criminal, DUI and Divorce
Hon. Eric R. Janes
Mt Pleasant, MI Family Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Family, Business, Divorce and Real Estate
Cynthia A. Kilmer
Mt Pleasant, MI Family Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DUI and Divorce
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Lisa Kirsch Satawa
Big Rapids, MI Family Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfFamily, Criminal, Domestic Violence and Juvenile
Detroit College of Law
I'm Lisa B. Kirsch Satawa, and together with Christina Daskas (deceased), I founded Kirsch Daskas Law Group in 2015 with a mission close to our hearts: preventing wrongful convictions by defending against false allegations, one client at a time. Our vision wasn't just about legal representation; it was about nurturing young lawyers into compassionate advocates who see beyond the accusations to the person behind them.
Born in Detroit, MI in the 1960s, I was raised with invaluable lessons by my parents—lessons in the importance of a strong work ethic, humility, gratitude, and family. Married to criminal defense attorney Mark Satawa...
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James W. Kraayeveld
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Grand Rapids, MI Family Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Family, Appeals, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Valparaiso University School of Law
I have been practicing family law for more than three decades. It is my goal for our legal team to provide each client with individual attention because each client and each case is different, and I enjoy the personal interaction with a client and working towards successful completion of each case to the benefit of each family.
I have seen a need to specialize in parental alienation cases which has led to an overall greater experience in child custody cases.
Secondly, I have specialized in complex divorce matters involving significant assets, business assets, determining complex income...
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Matthew S. DeLange
Grand Rapids, MI Family Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Matthew S. DeLange is currently a partner with the MI Family Law Center (mifamlaw.com) and has been practicing almost exclusively in the area of family law since becoming licensed. He was a Senior Associate attorney with an American Divorce Attorneys for Men (ADAM) affiliate from 2008 until 2015 where he was one of the primary litigators for the firm. Mr. DeLange's practice is primarily concentrated in the areas of Divorce, Custody, Child Support, Personal Protection Order Defense, and Interstate family law matters. In addition to his trial court experience, Mr. DeLange has also successfully obtained reversals from...
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Kelsey McCalmon
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfGrand Rapids, MI Family Law Lawyer with 5 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Michigan State University College of Law
Kelsey grew up in Traverse City, Michigan where she fell in love with Lake Michigan and all the beauty and activities that West Michigan has to offer. Kelsey then spent the next six years at Michigan State University pursuing her childhood dream of becoming an attorney. Having earned both her bachelor’s and law degrees from Michigan State, Kelsey is and always will be a huge Spartan football and basketball fan. Go Green!
During law school, Kelsey worked on perfecting her legal research, writing, and oral advocacy skills, receiving Jurisprudence Achievement Awards for earning the highest grade in her Advocacy and Research,...
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Nancy L. Ballast
Grand Rapids, MI Family Law Attorney with 11 years of experience
Family
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Nancy is a solo practitioner in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her practice areas are family law, real estate, criminal defense, and driver's license restoration. She belongs to the Family Law, Criminal law, and Real Property law sections of the Grand Rapids Bar Association. She also serves on the State Bar Committee for Libraries, Legal Research, and Legal Publications, as its chair. Her hobbies are reading, crafts, and weight lifting.
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Mr George T Krupp
Grand Rapids, MI Family Law Lawyer with 65 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Bankruptcy, DUI and Divorce
The John Marshall Law School
George Krupp was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was admitted to practice law in 1961 and started practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1962 in the Kent County Prosecutor’s Office. After years of success in the Kent County Prosecutor’s Office in Grand Rapids, Michigan, George Krupp left for private practice where he has worked for over fifty years. Over his fifty years of experience he has represented thousands of clients facing divorce in Grand Rapids and West Michigan courts. His primary concentration has been in divorce and family law cases. George Krupp’s experience in divorce matters includes handling...
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Brent T. Geers
Grand Rapids, MI Family Law Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Appeals, Criminal and Estate Planning
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Brent Geers specializes in helping people empower those they trust and provide for those they love. Brent has been an attorney since 2012, working with individuals and families to marshal their time, talent, and treasurer for the benefit of their children, family, and community. He is a Grand Rapids Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” honoree, and currently operates his own practice, Geers Law. Brent is married to an educator, who employs his services as a chaperon for various school functions. He is also his daughter’s father – a girl who will become a president, not a princess.
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Robert Francis Mirque Jr.
Grand Rapids, MI Family Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Family and Immigration
Wayne State University Law School
Robert F. Mirque, Jr. found himself drawn to the law at an early age and followed in his father's footsteps. After graduation from the University of Chicago, he studied law at Wayne State University and was admitted to the Michigan Bar in 1992. He clerked at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western and Eastern Districts of Michigan and for the Hon. Horace W. Gilmore, United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan. He then started at the Kent County Office of the Defender where he gained valuable trial experience early in his career. Trial experience that...
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Brian E Gordon
Grand Rapids, MI Family Law Attorney with 26 years of experience
(616) 272-3331
146 Monroe Center NW, Suite 1225
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Free ConsultationFamily, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
Michigan State University and Michigan State University
Brian E. Gordon was born in Detroit but raised in the East Lansing area where he attended and graduated from Okemos High School, Michigan State University and Michigan State University College of Law (formerly known as the Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University).
Brian has worked and resided in Grand Rapids for the past 20 years. Brian is an attorney/owner of Gordon & Hess, PLC with a practice primarily focused upon Divorce, Family Law, Criminal Defense, Bankruptcy and Mediation.
Brian is an experienced 20 year veteran of handling Paternity, Divorce, Custody, Parenting Time and Child Support matters for men facing...
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Xavier Prather
Grand Rapids, MI Family Law Attorney with 4 years of experience
(616) 219-0535
77 Monroe Center St. NW
Suite 600
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Family, Divorce and Entertainment & Sports
Marquette University Law School
I am Xavier E. Prather, a skilled and versatile lawyer with a current focus on entertainment, sports, and family law through my practice, LawyerLike, LLC. Before establishing my own law practice, I spent several years working as an attorney at a top 200 law firm. I am currently barred in Wisconsin and Michigan.
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Robert Rutgers
Grand Rapids, MI Family Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Family, Business and Real Estate
Marquette University Law School
- Act as general counsel/legal adviser to a variety of service and manufacturing businesses, including M&A, supply agreements, real estate leases and purchase agreements, employment policies/handbooks, contracts, financing documentation, terms and conditions, privacy notices, and compliance/governance documents.
- Represent businesses in complex commercial litigation, such as inter business disputes, contract disputes, shareholder/member conflicts, and employment matters.
- Aggressively assist individuals in contract disputes, real estate transactions/disputes, high conflict divorce matters and sales representative litigation.
- Very experienced in all forms of ADR, including Collaborative Divorce.
- Handle all matters with honesty, integrity and discretion.
![Erin L Emelander]( "Erin L Emelander")
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Erin L Emelander
Newaygo, MI Family Law Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Criminal, DUI and Divorce
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School and Monash University Law Chambers, Melbourne, Australia
Graduated from Grand Valley State University with a Bachelor's of Science in Behavioral Science with an emphasis in Criminal Justice.
Graduated from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Was member of the Dean's List. Studied abroad in Australia and New Zealand.
Paralegal for The Law Office of Craig A. Jenison (6 years)
Prior Litigation Support Analyst for Varnum (2 years)
Prior internship with Ottawa County Prosecutor's Office: assisted prosecution with a cold case murder trial
Prior internship with Kent County Prosecutor's Office Juvenile Division
Established and ran her own law office following graduation for six months before accepting a position as Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Oceana...
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Audra R McClure
Grand Rapids, MI Family Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
I pride myself in communicating well with clients and always keeping their familes' best interests in mind.
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Kathryn L. Bolinger
Ithaca, MI Family Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DUI and Divorce
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Kathryn attended Central Michigan University and graduated with a B.S., majoring in Business Administration and minoring in Legal Studies. After graduating from CMU, Kathryn attended Thomas M. Cooley Law School and graduated cum laude with a concentration in Litigation. While at Cooley, Kathryn was awarded multiple certificates of merit for her academic performance. Kathryn focuses her practice on Criminal Defense and Family Law and Estate Planning. Ms. Bolinger is knowledgeable in all areas of divorce, property settlement, and alimony. Ms. Bolinger also handles all issues relating to child custody, parenting time, child support, adoptions, and grandparent's...
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Harold Leo Emelander
Newaygo, MI Family Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Harold Leo Emelander was raised in Newaygo, Michigan. After graduating from Newaygo High School, he attended Grand Valley State University where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. He then went on to receive his Juris Doctorate from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2006. To further his education he then moved to Florida where he attended The University of Florida College of Law and received his LLM in Taxation in 2007. Mr. Emelander began his legal career in Miami, Florida at an accounting firm. He utilized his degree in taxation law by advising clients on individual,...
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Catherine M. Sullivan
Grand Rapids, MI Family Law Lawyer with 37 years of experience
(616) 459-7100
Calder Plaza Building, Suite 100
250 Monroe Avenue NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Family, Divorce and Insurance Defense
The University of Toledo College of Law
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Kevin P Sutherland
Grand Rapids, MI Family Law Attorney with 7 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Business, Criminal and Estate Planning
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
I live in the world of ideas and strategic planning. I value intelligence, knowledge, and competence, I have high standards in these regards, which I continuously strive to fulfill. I can objectively see the reality of a situation, and I’m adaptable enough to change things which aren’t working well. I am a strategist – always scanning available ideas and concepts and weighing them against my current strategy, to plan for every credible contingency. I am ready to work for you.
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James K. Sherbin
Grand Rapids, MI Family Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationFamily, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
![Renee Wagenaar]( "Renee Wagenaar")
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Renee Wagenaar
Grand Rapids, MI Family Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Juvenile
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Renee founded WN Law in 2011 in order to provide individuals with quality, affordable legal representation. Renee focuses her practice on both criminal law and family law. In her years of practice, Renee has gained extensive knowledge on how to most effectively represent her clients in order to provide the best possible outcome.
Renee has successfully represented individuals all over the State of Michigan. In her criminal practice, Renee has represented defendants facing everything from a civil infraction to a felony charge. Renee's experience includes crimes in the arena of drug crimes, theft and property crimes, juvenile crimes, violent crimes, sex...
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Aaron P. Bainbridge
Grand Rapids, MI Family Law Attorney
(616) 285-0808
Ext. 1004
300 State St. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Free ConsultationFamily, Appeals, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Michigan State University College of Law
Practicing law has been a long-term goal for me ever since participating in a mock trial exercise in middle school. With that goal in mind, I pursued a degree in political science at Grand Valley State University with the intent of going to law school immediately following my undergraduate studies. I graduated cum laude from Michigan State University College of Law and joined the team at Kraayeveld Law.
I have always had a passion for working with kids. Throughout my time in college and law school, I worked as a high school marching band instructor and as a recreational gymnastics coach....
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Joseph Grzybowski
Grand Rapids, MI Family Law Attorney with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Divorce, Estate Planning and Juvenile
Wayne State University Law School
Joe has been practicing law for over 20 years. He serves the greater Grand Rapids area and has worked with the majority of the courts in Kent and the surrounding counties. He is well known to other attorneys in the area and has a positive working relationship with court officers and law enforcement agencies.
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Ivan E. Shaw
Grand Rapids, MI Family Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Estate Planning
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Ivan is a dedicated Divorce and Family Law attorney that works diligently to fight for fairness for Men and Fathers. He is proud of his affiliation with the American Divorce Association for Men (ADAM).
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Jordan W. Swears
Grand Rapids, MI Family Law Attorney
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfFamily, Appeals and Divorce
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
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Courtney L Thom
Midland, MI Family Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DUI and Divorce
Michigan State University
Courtney grew up in Mid-Michigan and earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology with a concentration in Criminal Justice from Central Michigan University, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. She then attended Michigan State University College of Law, earning her Juris Doctor, graduating Magna Cum Laude. Following her education, Courtney was admitted to the State Bar of Michigan in October 2007 and began her legal career as a judicial law clerk for the Midland County Circuit Court. There, she assisted the judiciary by researching issues in many different areas of the law. After passing the Florida Bar Exam,...
