Brandy L. VanDenbrook

Brandy L. VanDenbrook received her Bachelors Degree from Ferris State University, where she majored in Business Administration with an emphasis in public administration. Ms. VanDenbrook graduated valedictorian and summa cum laude from Ferris’s Honors Program with a 4.0 cumulative grade point average. She received the President’s Distinguished Graduate Award and the College of Business’s Student of the Year Excellence Award. While at Ferris, Ms. VanDenbrook was an Honor’s Peer Mentor, co-founded the Ferris Military Support Group, was a member of the Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity and volunteered for St. Jude Children Research Hospital.

Ms. VanDenbrook went on to receive her Juris Doctor from Michigan State University College of Law. While there, she participated on a nationally ranked Arbitration team, became a certified civil facilitative mediator and was a Trustee Scholar. During her time in law school, Ms. VanDenbrook worked at the Michigan State House of Representatives as a policy analyst, volunteer mediated for a variety of courts around the state of Michigan and worked as a law clerk with the Michigan State Police Troopers Association. Since graduation, Ms. VanDenbrook passed the Michigan and New York bar exams and holds licenses in both of those states.

Ms. VanDenbrook began working with the Michigan State Police Troopers Association in her third year of law school. She continued working for the MSPTA after graduation and while studying for the Michigan bar exam. After passing the Michigan bar, Ms. VanDenbrook became the Assistant General Counsel for the MSPTA. She continues to work with the MSPTA, primarily handling disability cases for Michigan State Police Troopers injured in the line of duty.

In 2018, Ms. VanDenbrook started Valkyrie Law PLLC. Her practice focuses on Alternative Dispute Resolution, including arbitration, mediation and negotiation as well as small business law, family law, contract law, labor law and employment law, and criminal law. Ms. VanDenbrook stays active in her community by volunteering as a mediator for the Resolution Services Center of Michigan, volunteering as a judge in ABA competitions and participating in events with the Washtenaw County Bar Association.