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Donald A. Brandt has practiced
law in northern Michigan since 1979,
specializing in business,
banking, retail and commercial collections, and
real estate law. Mr.
Brandt received his undergraduate degree, with
distinction, from the
University of Michigan business school, and he received
his J.D.,
magna cum laude, from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Mr.
Brandt sits on the board of directors of several corporations and is
general
counsel for many financial institutions and regional
businesses. Martindale
Hubbell rated A.V. Managing
Shareholder.
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Joseph C. Fisher practices in
the areas of commercial litigation, domestic
relations, criminal, real
estate and business. He received his undergraduate
degree from
Michigan State University and earned his J.D. from the Detroit
College
of Law. Mr. Fisher is a board member and president of the Traverse
Bay
Intermediate School District, a member of the Grand
Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association, and serves as chairman of
the
Elk Rapids Harbor Commission. Mr. Fisher served in the U.S. Army
from
1967 -1969 achieving the rank of 1st Lieutenant. Martindale
Hubbell rated
A.V. Shareholder.
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Thomas R. Alward has practiced
law in the Traverse City area since 1981,
with a concentration in the
areas of commercial transactions, creditor's rights
in bankruptcy,
retail and commercial collections, corporate and banking law.
He
earned his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University, Masters
degree from the American Graduate School of International Management
and his law degree from the University of Toledo. Mr. Alward served on
the
Traverse City Area Public Schools Board of Education (President
1995 and
1997), was a Director of the Traverse City Area Chamber of
Commerce and
the Traverse City Area Chamber Foundation Board, and is a
member of the
Traverse City Rotary Club. Shareholder.
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Edgar Roy III has practiced law
in Traverse City since 1986, concentrating his
practice in the areas
of general civil and complex commercial litigation, and
zoning. He is
also a certified mediator and case evaluator. He earned his
undergraduate degree from Central Michigan University; and his J.D.
from
the University of Detroit (Associate editor of the University of
Detroit Law
Review and served as a legal intern to the late Chief
Justice G. Mennen
Williams and as a special assistant prosecutor for
Wayne and Grand
Traverse Counties). He has previously served as the
president of the Grand
Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association, and
is a member of the State Bar
of Michigan and American Bar
Association. Shareholder.
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Matthew D. Vermetten primarily
practices in the areas of commercial
litigation, domestic relations,
retail and commercial collections, and criminal
defense. He received
his undergraduate degree from Ferris State University
and earned his
J.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. He has previously
served as a
President of the Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar
Association.
Shareholder.
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Thomas A. Pezzetti, Jr.
practices in the areas of business, banking, and real
estate law. Mr.
Pezzetti received his undergraduate degree from the
University of
Michigan (BBA) and his graduate degree from Michigan State
University
(MBA). Mr. Pezzetti earned his law degree from the University of
Michigan Law School, where he graduated magna cum laude and
Order of
the Coif. Mr. Pezzetti served as an adjunct professor of
business law at the
University of Michigan. Martindale Hubbell rated
A.V. Shareholder.
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John M. Grogan has been with
the firm since February, 1999. Prior to joining
Brandt, Fisher,
Alward, & Roy, P.C., John was with an insurance defense firm
in
the Detroit Area. He received his undergraduate degree in pre-law
with an
emphasis in economics from Michigan State University, and
earned his law
degree in 1996 from the University of Detroit, where he
was a member of the
Constitutional Law National Competition Team. Mr.
Grogan's practice
includes all aspects of general civil
litigation. Shareholder.
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James R. Modrall III has a
practice focused on wills, trusts, probate, estate
planning and elder
law matters. Mr. Modrall is a recognized leader in the area of estate
planning, and authors a monthly newsletter for professionals in the
field. He has been certified by the National Elder Law
Foundation. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law
School and is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Modrall graduated with
highest honors in business administration and engineering from the
University of Colorado, and served as an officer in the U.S. Navy. He has
been practicing since 1959, and is licensed to practice law in Wisconsin,
Illinois and Michigan. He is also
admitted to practice before the
Supreme Court of the United States.
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Susan Jill Rice practices in
the areas of creditor's rights in bankruptcy and
commercial
litigation. Mrs. Rice received her undergraduate degree from
Olivet
Nazarene University and earned her law degree from Notre Dame Law
School. Mrs. Rice previously served as Career Law Clerk to the
Honorable
Robert K. Rodibaugh and the Honorable Harry C. Dees, Jr., of
the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of
Indiana and is licensed to
practice law in Indiana and
Michigan.
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Gary D. Popovits received his
undergraduate degree in Business
Administration from the University of
Michigan-Flint, and he received his J.D.
from Thomas M. Cooley Law
School. Mr. Popovits practices in the areas of
business, civil
litigation, retail and commercial collections, and
landlord-tenant
law.
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H. Douglas Shepherd, IV
practices in the areas of real estate, banking,
mortgage foreclosure,
and business law. Mr. Shepherd received his
undergraduate degree in
Economics and Management from Albion College
and earned his law degree
from Michigan State University College of Law -
DCL, graduating
cum laude .
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Laura Garneau practices in the
areas of corporate, business,
criminal, and civil litigation. She
received her undergraduate
degree in Spanish from Michigan State
University where she graduated
with high honor. She earned her law
degree from Thomas M.
Cooley Law School, graduating magna cum
laude . Ms. Garneau was a
member of the Thomas M. Cooley Law
Review and Sixty Plus
Elderlaw Clinic. She
is currently a member of the GLTA Bar Association Board of
Governors.
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David Rowe practiced law in
Chicago, Illinois until 2004 when he moved back to Michigan. He
primarily practices in the areas of business, real estate and condominium
law. Mr. Rowe has extensive experience in real estate development
and the fractional ownership industry. Mr. Rowe received his
undergraduate degree from Michigan State where he graduated Cum Laude in 1997, and
earned his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law in Chicago where he
graduated cum laude in 2001. He is licensed to practice law in Michigan,
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Nicole Graf practices law in
the areas of collections, construction, business, bankruptcy, and real
estate. She received her undergraduate degree from Michigan State
University and her J.D. from the Detroit College of Law at Michigan State
where she graduated cum
laude in 1996. Ms. Graf was a member of the Moot Court
Board and a speaker for Lorman Educational Services on
Collection Law. She has been practicing law since 1996 and has been
admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts
for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan and to the U.S. District
Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of
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| Priscilla Hirt practices in
the areas of probate and estate planning, including probate and trust
litigation, guardianships, conservatorships, and trust
administration. She received a Bachelor of Business Degree from the
University of Michigan with high distinction in 1977. She earned her
Juris Doctor from Wayne State University in 1980. Priscilla has been
practicing law in Michigan since
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