I am an Associate at Willis Law. After 2 decades of providing adoption legal counsel, I have the honor of being a Fellow in the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (AAAA).
My main areas of Practice are :
- Domestic Adoptions including:
• Direct Placement Adoptions
• Stepparent Adoptions
• Interstate (ICPC) Adoptions
• Grandparent Adoptions
• Guardian Adoptions
• Relative Adoptions
• Adult Adoptions
• Birth parent representation in direct placement adoptions
- Estate and Trust Administration
- Estate & Probate Litigation
- Adult Guardianships and Conservatorships
- Minor Guardianships and Conservatorships
I am a member of the State Bar of Michigan and the Kalamazoo County Bar Association. I also am a member of the Michigan Adoption Subcommittee and Family Law Listserv and am active in drafting changes to the Michigan Adoption Code and Safe Delivery of Newborn Act.
I received my J.D. from Thomas Cooley Law School in 2007, graduating in the top 25% of my class. For my undergrad, I earned a B.A. in Political Science with a dual minor in Criminal Justice and Philosophy from Western Michigan University. Go Broncos!
When out of the office, I enjoy attending hockey games and am the secretary for the Kalamazoo Wings Hockey Booster Club. I also love reading, exercising, and spending time with my family and friends. I also remain actively involved in my local community and church, which fosters the most important relationship in my life -- my relationship with Jesus Christ.
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Employment and labor lawyer
Adoption lawyer
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1997
Phi Beta Kappa, Western Michigan University
2019 - Present
Associate Attorney, Willis Law
2001 - 2019
Assistant /Associate Attorney, Rathert Law Offices, P.C.
2007
JD - Juris Doctor
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