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Julie A. Gafkay practices law throughout the state of Michigan and is located centrally in Saginaw County, Michigan.  She has practiced as an attorney in Michigan since 1995. Although the main focus of her practice is employment discrimination law, she also focuses on personal injury. Attorney Gafkay has won several high-profile cases for her clients.  In 2013, she represented the plaintiffs in an action against a large hospital in Flint who granted a patient's request for care based on race.  The case received national attention.  Since 2013, Attorney Gafkay has represented numerous clients who have been the victim of discrimination in the workplace based on a patient's or customer's request for White only employees.  Attorney Gafkay is extremely passionate about seeing this type of discriminatory practice eliminated in our country and has represented clients outside of Michigan, including Oklahoma, in this type of case.. In a 2009 case, Ms. Gafkay represented a client whose fractured leg resulted from an auto accident caused by a negligent driver. The defendant's insurance company offered a settlement of $100,000, which Ms. Gafkay and the plaintiff promptly rejected. She fought tenaciously for her client and won a more suitable judgment of $750,000 for the plaintiff.. She has served as President of the Saginaw County Bar Association and Women Lawyers Association of Michigan.  Her years of experience and dedication to righting the wrongs of discrimination, which include seven years as an associate with a Flint law firm, are testament to her total commitment to her clients.. Ms. Gafkay is also highly involved in her community.  She is a member of the Frankenmuth Morning Rotary Club and contributes heavily to that organization's charitable efforts. She completed her Bachelor of Arts at Michigan State University's James Madison College in 1992 and finished her Juris Doctor in 1996 at Whittier College in California.

I reside in Frankenmuth, Michigan, and practice in the firm's Frankenmuth and Saginaw offices.  I specialize in Elder Law, Estate Planning, Probate and Estate Administration, Business Organizations, Real Estate Law and Municipal Law.  I am a frequent speaker and seminar presenter on estate planning and elder law.  My practice in the field of elder law covers medicaid qualification, estate planning, Guardianship, and Conservatorships.. I have served on the Board of Directors for the Northeastern Michigan Estate Planning Council.  I am an active member in the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Michigan Bar Association.   I am an active member of the Women Lawyers Association.  I am a member of the Probate and Estate Planning Section and the Elder Law Section of the Michigan Bar Association.  I have served on the Board of Directors for the Covenant Health Care Foundation.  I completed the Institute of Continuing Legal Education's Probate and Estate Planning Certificate program and received a Certificate of Completion. I am also VA accredited.. I have been married to my husband, David, since 1979, and we have two children, Michelle and Melissa.