Member
Location:
Phone: 269-270-3500
Fax: 877-567-0404
Email: Email: Email me
Areas of Practice
- Estate Planning and Asset Protection Planning
- Estate Tax Planning
- Business and Corporate Law
- Business Succession Planning
- Probate and Trust Administration
Certified Legal Specialties
- Completion in the areas of probate and estate planning, Institute of Continuing Legal Education and Probate and Estate Planning, Section, State Bar of Michigan
Bar Admissions
- Michigan, 2005
Education
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan
- J.D.
- Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- B.A.
- Honors: cum laude
- Major: Journalism
Representative Clients
- Business Owners
- Medical and Dental Professionals
- Closely-held Corporations and Small Businesses
- High Net-worth Estate Planning Clients
- Non Profit Corporation
Honors and Awards
- Certificate of Completion in the areas of Probate and Estate Planning, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- Certificate of Completion in the areas of Probate and Estate Planning, Probate and Estate Planning Section, State Bar of Michigan
- Rising Star, Michigan Super Lawyers
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association, Member
- Kalamazoo Bar Association, Member
- Young Lawyers Society, Kalamazoo Chapter, Member
- Michigan Bar Association, Member
- Kalamazoo County Bar Association, Member
Past Employment Positions
- Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company, Engineering Department, Technical Writer
Pro Bono Activities
- The Southwest Michigan Professional Network, Board of Directors (Past)
- Western Michigan University Alumni Association, Board of Directors (Past)
- Friendship Village of Kalamazoo, Board of Directors (Past)
- Kalamazoo Children’s Chorus, Board of Directors (Past)
- Western Michigan Alumni Association, Member
- Western Michigan University Alumni Board
Selected by Michigan SUPER LAWYERS to its Rising Star List (2008)
I am licensed to practice law in Michigan. Before practicing law, I was instrumental in establishing a successful small business and was employed as a technical writer in the Engineering Department at Pharmacia Pharmaceutical Company.
The focuses of my practice include estate planning; estate and trust administration; probate; and business/corporate law.
I currently serve on the following non-profit boards:
- Western Michigan University Alumni Association
- Friendship Village of Kalamazoo, and,
- Southwest Michigan Professional Network
I am a member of the American Bar Association, the Kalamazoo Bar Association and an active member of the Kalamazoo Chapter of the Young Lawyers’ Society.
I hold a Certificate of Completion in the areas of probate and estate planning issued by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education and Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan.
