Douglas G. Chalgian

Mr. Chalgian is knowledgeable and helpful in all areas of elder law. His firm is well established and stable. He is family minded and truly cares for his clients. He is well regarded in the community and by his peers.

Judge Harter was the initial advising attorney. His expertise was the first successful movement the Trust experienced, thus moving it proactively forward. Attorney Taylor was the next evolution once the Trust moved towards litigation. She was extremely personal, yet combined with an unprecedented level of professionalism. Attorney Lane is now handling the administrative portion, and is also a very personable active listener, and acknowledges the clients needs. In a whole Attorney Chalgian's team has offered prompt exact legal assistance, which has thwarted the complainant's attorney's actions. This team has balanced the scale, and in comparison has done it with impeccable professionalism.

In my experience, Mr. Chalgian is an extremely experienced and thorough attorney. I was continually impressed with his knowledge of elder law. He and his staff regularly kept me apprised of developments in our case, and were accessible if I had questions. I would highly recommend Mr. Chalgian.

I first meet Doug in 2014 at a speaking event and was impressed by his integrity. He was also impressed with his knowledge of the law, but it was Doug's integrity that ultimately led me to make an appointment. I thought to myself....I have to meet with this guy.

I had a matter that was complicated and very difficult..it took a long time to resolve it until I hired Mr. Chalgian. It was out of town in another county and I appreciated him taking my case..He was excellent in court...I was very impressed and pleased.

If I could have given negative stars I would have. $18,000+ in legal fees. And my situation was actually worsened with their "assistance".

The firm of Chalgian & Tripp severely misguided our family in our parents nursing home medicaid application and process. They argued with DHS over medicaid law for over a year, created a huge debt, told us the entire time that they would win the case. After over $100,000.00 in nursing home debt accumulated, they lost all their appeals and left our family with the debt. A very, very disappointing experience, especially while caring for 2 aging parents at the same time. So saddened by their professional and moral ethics.......will tell everyone I come in contact about this experience.

Atty Chalgian represented me for over three years in a complex, protracted probate legal matter. This was my first involvement in a legal matter, and I am not a Michigan resident. I am not a trained trust professional. I hired an attorney to represent me to the best of their ability. Atty Chalgian was successful in the first ruling by the probate judge. He was very good at attacking based on emotion, but not so much based on the law. We then went to the appeals court and he got stomped. The actions that I took based on direction from Atty Chalgian directly resulted in the appellate court ruling against us. (I later had an attorney who specialized in dealing with the Michigan appeals court review the preparation for the first appeal, and they were clearly unimpressed with the effort put forth. As a point of reference, this attorney was successful with a second appeal that was later filed). Despite all our best efforts, the other party continued to push the issue and refused to settle. When it was clear that this was not going to be an easy win, Atty Chalgian started to distance himself from the day-to-day issues and handed items off to a new attorney who has just passed the bar. I then started to receive invoices that included unauthorized legal services. (We are talking about $5K in legal fees that I challenged, which represented about 5% of all legal fees billed. All other invoices where paid quickly.) When I challenged those charges, I received no responses. When I continued to push the issue, Atty Chalgian QUIT! He went to the probate judge and asked to be removed from the case, and his request was granted. This was late in the legal proceedings after he had collected six figures in legal fees. I then had to hire new counsel and pay to have them learn years of case history. Fortunately, I was able to find a competent attorney's to represent me through the remaining legal process. To summarize, the Chalgian law firm did not provide the representation that I would expect from a firm that represent themselves as leaders in the area of probate law. I received incorrect legal advice, they did a poor job in preparing for an appeal, Atty Chalgian dumped the case on a junior attorney, and then they Quit! Atty. Chalgian's representation cost me six figures, and then I was his with over $50K in costs from the Michigan probate court. If this is what you are looking for, the the Chalgian law firm is the law firm for you. I am still contemplating a malpractice action against the firm. For remaining probate-related actions, I used Atty. Sally Babbitt. For a subsequent appeal, I used Atty. Liisa Speaker. I strongly recommend both of them if you need assistance.