Michigan Lawyers Heidi Hodek to Ian Caldwell

Firm: Ranieri Hanley & Hodek, PLC

4020 Copper View. , Traverse City , Michigan 49684

Practice Areas: Wrongful Death

It's not your job to worry about insurance issues after an injury.  That's why you hire an attorney who cares about you and takes care of the legal things so you can focus on getting better.  You are not a paycheck, you are a person.  An insurance company is not a person and we fight to make them pay.

Firm: Hertz Schram PC

1760 S Telegraph , Bloomfield Hills , Michigan 48302

Practice Areas: Corporate , Domestic Partnership, Entertainment & Sports , Entertainment

I am an entertainment lawyer with substantial experience for over 40 years in representing recording artists, filmmakers, songwriters, screenwriters, record labels, publishers, artist managers, producers, authors including representation in the film, television, radio and literary industries. Among others, my most well-known clients have included George Clinton, Sippie Wallace, The Romantics, The Bass Brothers, Eminem, Marilyn Manson, Pantera, Marcus Belgrave, The GO, Mike Posner, Rodriguez, Elmore Leonard, Westbound Records, Warner Tamerlane and Atlantic Records. I draft and negotiate contracts, protect clients' intellectual property, mediate and litigate entertainment related disputes and network on behalf of my clients. I serve as an expert witness in music litigation and I am involved in many entertainment organizations (e.g. MusiCares and Detroit Music Awards). I also act as an artist manager in the music industry. Finally, I am an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan Law School teaching entertainment law.

Firm: Ian Bolton Law, PLLC

24361 Greenfield Rd. , Southfield , Michigan 48075

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: Law Office of I'Lanta M. Robbins, PLC

720 Church St , Flint , Michigan 48502

Practice Areas: Family

I’Lanta Robbins graduated from Michigan State University-James Madison College in 1999 with a B.S. in Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy. She obtained her law degree from Michigan State University College of Law in 2002.  She worked in the Rental Housing Clinic and served as an Executive Board member of the Black Law Student Association.. While attending law school, Attorney Robbins worked as a summer associate for Barris, Scott, Denn & Driker, and a summer clerk for entertainment lawyer Gregory L Reed. She also clerked for Judge Karen Fort Hood in the 3rd District Court in Detroit (now sitting on Michigan Court of Appeals) and Genesee County 7th Circuit Court Judge Joseph Farah.. After receiving her law degree, Attorney Robbins became the first Legal Advisory Assistant for Genesee County 7th Circuit Court Judge John A. Gadola.  She went on to serve as an Assistant Attorney for the City of Flint from 2004 until 2012.  As Assistant City Attorney, she practiced civil litigation in police misconduct, employment, auto-negligence, personal injury, and constitutional law.  She also prosecuted misdemeanors and civil infractions in the 68th district court office. In addition, she served as general counsel to the City Flint Retirement System Board of Trustees.. In 2011, Attorney Robbins started Law Office of I'Lanta M Robbins, PLC. In 2016 she began working of counsel with TGQ Law in Probate and Estate Planning.. Attorney Robbins is a member of the Federal Court Eastern District of Michigan, Michigan Court of Appeals, Genesee County Bar Association, Centennial American Inn of Court,  North Carolina State Bar and serves as President of the Mallory, VanDyne, Scott Bar Association.. “My experience in diverse areas of the law allows me to fully serve the unique needs of my clients and assist them in reaching the best resolution."

Firm: Huron Law Group

26711 Northwestern Hwy , Southfield , Michigan 48033

Practice Areas: General Litigation, Real Estate

Firm: Foley & Mansfield PLLP

130 E 9 Mile Rd , Ferndale , Michigan 48220

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance, Civil , Corporate , Family , General Practice, Family, Family

Howard Wallach is the managing partner of Foley & Mansfield's Detroit office. Howard focuses his practice in the areas of business and corporate law and litigation, with extensive experience in the litigation aspects of commercial and real estate disputes, construction defects, and various disputes surrounding business transactions.. Howard has successfully handled numerous commercial litigation matters for clients involving partnership dissolution, contract and employment disputes, professional liability and other general civil litigation matters. He also has extensive experience in family law, especially in the area of highly-sensitive child custody situations.

4920 Broadmoor Ave SE , Grand Rapids , Michigan 49512

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Howard Van Den Heuvel founded his firm in 1992 and he has been successfully advising individuals and businesses for more than 32 years.. Mr. Van Den Heuvel offers a comprehensive approach to meet your personal and business legal requirements. Individual business owners and consumers can depend on him to provide effective guidance with family law disputes, criminal defense cases, and civil disputes. He also works with clients in estate planning matters such as probate, wills, and trusts. Howard uses his network of expert accountants, investigators, and evaluators to work on your case and his experience in high asset divorces, complicated business divorce, and complicated white-collar crime make sure he can help you win your case.

Firm: Howard T. Linden, P.C.

29100 Northwestern Highway , Southfield , Michigan 48034

Practice Areas: Probate

Howard Linden has over 44 years of experience in probate practice and procedure. He is the co-founder of the Wayne County Probate Bar Association, and is also a Magistrate in the 48th District Court in Oakland County.. As a state-certified facilitator, he has been trained to absorb information as it's presented and then get to the heart of what is in dispute. He can analyze, digest, and resolve complex family communication issues, and then apply his depth of knowledge of the process to each individual situation before him.. Mr. Linden understands the emotional process inherent in handling a family member’s estate or guardianship and conservatorship. There are always many questions involved and several sides to any issues, and the task ahead can seem daunting and time consuming. He has built his professional career guiding individuals through their options, and the appropriate legal solutions available to them, in a manner that is reassuring and highly competent. He also has been called upon to mediate and facilitate complex civil and probate matters on a regular basis, thus allowing aggrieved parties to settle disputes in a cost-effective manner and less stressful environment.. His Michigan probate law firm is dedicated to the effective and comprehensive guidance of each individual case, and his goal is to make the experience as pleasant and comfortable as possible.

Firm: Ledermanlaw, PC

838 W Long Lake Rd Ste 100 , Bloomfield Hills , Michigan 48302

Practice Areas: Appeals

I am the Founder and Principal of Ledermanlaw, PC. My main areas of practice are appellate practice and legal writing and other litigation assistance to other lawyers and the general public. For the last 30 years, I have represented corporations, nonprofits, and individuals in Michigan and Federal Sixth Circuit appeals and trial court cases. I have also provided legal writing services to other lawyers on their cases. I provide the determined and effective written and oral advocacy that you need to win. I do it write.. In those 30 years, many law firms, attorneys, and clients have depended on me to produce high quality, effective work under tight deadlines or in unfavorable situations, and I have delivered. I have worked in most civil and criminal areas, including complex commercial, constitutional, criminal, employment, and intellectual property substantive law areas and difficult and uncertain procedural law areas.. I am married and the proud father of a daughter, who has graduated from Roeper School, and who has obtained her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Michigan. She will begin another graduate degree program at Vanderbilt University this fall. I have been four bright dogs’ human companion, including our current dog, a 1-year old English Shepherd pup.. When not working, I enjoy Frisbee, hiking, history, politics, movies, pro football, and Frisbee golf. My favorite weekly news program is Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN. My favorite movies (comedies) include Bananas, Fiddler on the Roof, The Producers, and The Blues Brothers. My favorite movies (dramas) include Judgement at Nuremburg, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Operation Thunderbolt, Saturday Night Fever, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List, Sophie’s Choice, The Battle of Algiers, and The Ten Commandments. My favorite movies (westerns) include High Plains Drifter, Pale Rider, Rio Bravo, The Outlaw Josey Wales, and 3:10 to Yuma. My favorite movies (other) include E-T, Lion King I, and Lion King II. My favorite TV shows include Ken Burns’ Civil War series, the PBS Frontline shows, Desperate Housewives, LA Law, and Mad Men.

Firm: Willingham & Cote'

333 Albert Ave Ste 500 , East Lansing , Michigan 48823

Practice Areas: Administrative Law

Firm: Ferris & Salter PC

4158 Washtenaw Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48108

Practice Areas: Elder , Health Care & Hospitalization, Insurance , Internet , Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death

Areas of practice: Serious personal injury and wrongful death, medical malpractice, serious automobile litigation, and birth trauma. Ms. Salter-Ferris graduated from John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois in 1983 and has limited her practice to serious injury law ever since. She began her legal career at a prestigious Chicago law firm before relocating to Ann Arbor in 1988.. She is a past president of the Washtenaw Trial Lawyers Association, and is a former executive board member of the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association. She is the recipient of WTLA's "Attorney of the Year" award.. Ms. Salter-Ferris is the author of "The 1993 Michigan Medical Malpractice Act Tort Reform Book". She has also served as an author on small law firm practice and lecturer on trial practice issues for the Institute for Continuing Legal Education. She currently serves on ICLE's Civil Litigation Advisory Board.. Ms. Salter-Ferris has served as a Washtenaw County Bar Association board member, and has co-chaired its Judiciary Committee. She created and served for two years as host of WCBA's "The Legal Forum", a monthly cable television program.. She is a member of the Woman Lawyer's Association of Michigan, and received the WLAM Washtenaw Region's Pro Bono award.. Ms. Salter-Ferris has been handling major personal injury cases throughout her experience as a trial lawyer, and is the author of several articles and book chapters on personal injury law. She is listed in "Who's Who in American Law," is a member of "The Million Dollar Advocates Forum" and is listed in "The Best Lawyers in America."

Firm: Collens Estate Law

26075 Woodward Avenue Suite 200 , Huntington Woods , Michigan 48070

Practice Areas: Elder , Estate Planning, Probate , Trusts, Wills, Probate

Howard H. Collens, as an attorney and counselor, listens to his clients, understands their goals, and offers creative, effective solutions to meet their needs.. Mr. Collens is a trusted counselor for those seeking representation for estate administration. He helps families following the death of a loved one as they navigate the complexities of the probate process or trust administration. He regularly guides his clients through the sale, distribution, of real estate holdings by probate and trust estates. With litigation experience in the probate courts throughout Michigan, Mr. Collens is a strong advocate for those involved in contested estates, trusts or other probate cases.. He advises clients in estate planning for estates of every size. Focusing on the unique aspects of each representation, Mr. Collens tailors trusts, wills and powers of attorney to meet the present and changing needs of his clients.. With understanding and compassion, Mr. Collens assists individuals and their families in planning for their long-term care needs. He eases the process of applying for and obtaining Medicaid benefits to pay for such care. Since estate recovery is a reality for those receiving long-term care in Michigan, proper titling of real estate is even more important today than ever.. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the State Bar's Probate and Estate Planning Section and the Elder Law and Disability Rights Section. He has obtained the Certificate of Completion from The Institute of Continuing Legal Education's Probate and Estate Planning Program. He is serving in his second stint as a member of the ELDRS’s Council and is a member of the ELDRS’s legislative committee. He participates as a member of the Legislation Development and Drafting Committee of the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan. He was instrumental in enacting a Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets law in Michigan. He is a member of the Wayne County Probate Bar Association, Oakland County Bar Association, and the Macomb County Probate Bar Association. He serves as a member of the Board of the Area Agency on Aging 1B -Ageways. He is a trustee of the Royal Oak Civic Foundation. He is a former chair of the Huntington Woods Senior Advisory Committee and former president of the Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He has been selected as a Super Lawyer each year from 2019 to 2024 including being recognized as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Michigan in 2023. Mr. Collens speaks regularly on topics of fiduciary access to digital assets, remote witnessing and remote notarization, estate planning, and estate administration. He is a member of ICLE’s Elder Law Advisory Board. He has completed ICLE's Probate and Estate Planning Certificate Program.

Firm: HK Thompson PLLC

921 W Eleventh St Ste 1 E , Traverse City , Michigan 49684

Practice Areas: Native Peoples Law

Hon. Holly T. Bird. Hon. Bird graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in 1987.  She attended Michigan State University, where she graduated with a B.A. in art and social science.  In 1999, Hon. Bird graduated from DePaul University College of Law, where she served as the Native American Representative and President of the Latino Law Students Association.. After law school, Hon. Bird served as a Hearing Officer for Chicago Public Schools, presiding over matters concerning the educational welfare and discipline of children and teachers.  Hon. Bird was appointed as a Guardian Ad Litem for the Cook County Public Guardian’s Office in 2000, where she represented over 230 children in the abuse/neglect system.  From there, Hon. Bird went into private practice, representing clients in matters of family, criminal, traffic, civil, estate planning, real estate, and juvenile law.  Hon. Bird also served as Vice-President of the Native American Foster Parents Association.  Most notably, however, Hon. Bird founded and served as Vice-President, President, and President-Emeritus of the Illinois Native American Bar Association, and is credited for using her advocacy to remove offensive sports mascots from several Illinois schools.  Hon. Bird has authored the publications: “Jumping Through Hoops: Traditional Healers and the Indian Health Care Act,” (1999) and “Making the Cross-Cultural Case; Educating the Judge about Race, Religion, and Ethnicity” (2004).  Additionally, Hon. Bird has provided trainings on Native American Law and culture to the Illinois State Prosecutor’s Office, the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services, the Cook County Public Guardian’s Office, and the Interfaith Council for Social Justice.  Hon. Bird was featured in the Illinois Department of Labor’s March 2000 “Highlights of the Progress of Women and Minorities in the Workforce.”. In 2003, Hon. Bird moved back to Northern Michigan and began working for the Grand Traverse County Prosecutor’s Office on juvenile and misdemeanor cases. In 2008, Hon. Bird was appointed as an Acting Chief Judge / Associate Judge for the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, where she served until 2011.  In 2010, Hon. Bird was appointed to serve as an Associate Supreme Court Judge for the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians.  Currently, Hon. Bird maintains a private practice in Traverse City, concentrating in matters of Native American, family, juvenile, criminal, civil, traffic, real estate, probate, employment and business law.  In addition, Hon. Bird is a certified Mediator, Peacemaker, and serves as a pro-tem Appellate Judge for various Tribes. In 2013, Hon. Bird was awarded the prestigious American Arbitration Association’s 2013 Higginbotham Fellowship.  In her spare time, Hon. Bird teaches criminal justice classes for the University of Phoenix.  Hon. Bird has served as a board member and mentor for the Grand Traverse Area Children’s Garden; and volunteers for the Leelanau Children’s Center and the Pathfinder School.  Further, Hon. Bird was appointed to serve on the American Indian Law Committee of the Michigan State Bar and served on the State Supreme Court’s Court Rules Committee with respect to the Michigan Indian Family Preservation Act.  She is also the Vice-President of the Northern Michigan Cultural Center, an organization dedicated to bringing people of various cultures together in Traverse City.. Hon. Bird is descended from the Yaqui/Apache/Tarascan/San Felipe Pueblo tribes and the English Isles.  She resides in Traverse City, Michigan with her husband and three children.

Firm: Hensel Law Office

36250 Dequindre Rd , Sterling Heights , Michigan 48310

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy

Firm: Cronin Law Firm

21 East Long Lake Road, Suite 250 , Bloomfield Hills , Michigan 48304

Practice Areas: Arbitration, Child Custody & Visitation, Child Support, Divorce, Family , Paternity, Prenuptial Agreement, Divorce & Separation

Attorney Henry S. Gornbein is a leading expert in family law. Practicing in Michigan for more than 40 years, he has written extensively on divorce-related topics.. He is the author of the widely acclaimed book, Divorce Demystified, Everything You Need To Know Before You File For Divorce which is available on Amazon as a soft cover or e-book.  He is currently cowriting the book, Child Custody Demystified, with psychologist, Jack Haynes Phd which will be published later this year.. Gornbein wrote the chapter titled, Spousal Support in the book, Michigan Family Law. It s the go-to source for all family law attorneys and judges who deal with divorce and related issues in Michigan. His articles appear regularly in national legal publications and his monthly column, Case of the Issue, runs in the Family Law Section Journal of the State Bar of Michigan and is read by thousands of lawyers and judges.. A contributor and blogger for The Huffington Post Divorce section, he also produces regular podcasts for . In addition, Gornbein has hosted and produced his own Philo Award-winning cable TV show, Practical Law, with more than 700 programs aired to date.. Sought after as an expert on divorce-related topics by media outlets, he is known for being at the forefront of understanding social media and its role in divorces today. Recently, Gornbein has been speaking for a series of webinars discussing the impact of social media on divorce, along with issues including wiretapping, computer hacking, phone tapping, spycams, and others that can arise during divorce and have criminal law violation implications.. Other attorneys and judges consult Gornbein as an expert when unusual family law issues arise. A frequent public speaker for local and national meetings, he has been a featured lecturer at the National Convention of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Gornbein is married to Debra Gornbein, and is a father and grandfather.  Gornbein enjoys travel, reading, theater, and movies, but most of all, spending time with his wife, children, and grandchildren.. Guiding Philosophy. Henry believes that every case is different and the role of an attorney is to educate, guide the clients through the legal system, look for the best possible solution, and try and handle every case in a manner that leads toward healing and not needless confrontation or unnecessary court battles. He has tried many cases, and believes that trials should be the last resort because of the economic and psychological costs involved, along with the fact that when you get to trial, you lose control of your life because the Judge is deciding what happens to you and your children.. Click to learn more about Detroit area divorce attorney Henry Gornbein

Firm: Henry Ford Health System

5111 Auto Club Dr , Dearborn , Michigan 48126

1244 Lincoln Rd , Allegan , Michigan 49010

Practice Areas: Child Custody

43260 Garfield, Suite 280 , Clinton Township , Michigan 48038

Practice Areas: Employment, Civil Rights, Litigation, Real Estate, Mediation, Arbitration, Appeals, Business, Contracts, Corporate, Lawsuits & Disputes, LLC, Discrimination, General Practice, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination

Firm: Law Office of Ian A. Caldwell, P.L.L.C.

1821 W Maple Rd , Birmingham , Michigan 48009

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: Heiritage Law

22955 21 Mile Rd , Macomb , Michigan 48042

Practice Areas: Wills, Trusts, & Probates