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The Law Offices of Ethan D. Baker were established in 2006 in Los Angeles with the belief that clients should not only expect, but receive, first-class service from their legal counsel. Ethan’s core principle is that all clients should be treated with the individual attention and respect they deserve, in order to build lasting and personal relationships, while providing them with the legal expertise they require. In 2009, Ethan relocated to Michigan and opened his office in Metro Detroit.  Since that time, Ethan manages the firm from his Birmingham, Michigan location. Prior to opening his law practice, Ethan was given the opportunity of a lifetime to work as a Special Assistant to President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan in their Los Angeles post-presidential offices. As a member of their small personal staff, Ethan was essential to numerous projects, dealing extensively with national and local political figures, as well as the press. When President Reagan passed away, Ethan played an integral role in the management of the President’s state funeral and subsequent California interment, and the concluding logistical operations of his Los Angeles office. Several months after President Reagan’s passing, The Office of Ronald Reagan was closed and Ethan comfortably parlayed his experience with one of the greatest world leaders into the Office of the Chairman and CEO of Platinum Equity, Tom Gores. Serving as Project Manager, Ethan worked primarily on real estate projects.. Professional accomplishments aside, Ethan is blessed to have the love and support of his family. With a devoted wife and three children who bring joy to his life, Ethan ranks his family as his most important achievement and success of all.

Since 1997, I have represented businesses, employers, and individuals in successfully resolving a wide range of civil lawsuits, appeals, and other disputes. My experience includes controversies involving contracts, partnership and shareholder rights, defamation, employment, discrimination and other civil rights claims, collections, construction, deed restrictions, franchising, dealerships, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, noncompetition agreements, and unfair competition.

Since 1976, we have handled a wide variety of challengingbusiness and personal matters.  We havetrial experience in cases all the way from the local district, probate andbankruptcy courts to the United States Circuit Courts of Appeal.  What represents us best is a common sense andsolution oriented approach to legal issues. We practice preventative litigation – to keep our clients out of courtand focused on their businesses.. Our relationships with our clientsis the key to the success of our law firm. We listen, we care, we advise, and we direct where necessary.  We bring a balanced approach of caringhumanity and a sophisticated tranactional legal practice to the competitiveenvironment of business and in family and personal affairs.

Richard’s practice includes: helping venture capitalists, angel investors and entrepreneurs negotiate and close funding rounds; representing buyers and sellers in merger and acquisition transactions; creating advisory boards for his entrepreneurial clients; providing “strategic legal advice” and, helping family-owned businesses survive and thrive.. Richard’s ideal clients include: 1) High potential entrepreneurs with a “change the world” business who need a sophisticated, efficient deal lawyer to help them navigate stages of growth. 2) Successful businessmen and women who are presented with the opportunity for a “great deal,” but aren’t sure where to begin to get the deal done. 3) Power users of legal services (second stage entrepreneurs whose business model often requires frequent use of a lawyer) who can experience lower fees and better quality legal services through a relationship-based fixed fee pricing model.. Richard has handled hundreds of early stage companies/funding rounds during his 35+ years of practice. In the past six years he has handled 38 funding rounds since coming to Kemp Klein – about one every other month. Since a funding round takes 60-90 days to close, there has seldom been a time when he hasn’t been working on at least one funding deal during this period, often two or more at the same time.. Richard says, “This work is the most satisfying work that I do. The investors and entrepreneurs that I represent literally ‘change the world’ through the products and services they bring to the market.”. Richard serves as counsel to Plymouth Venture Partners I, LLC (a $20 million early stage investment fund), Plymouth Venture Partners II, LP (a $40 million venture fund), Plymouth Venture Partners III, LP (a $60 million venture fund) and Plymouth Growth Partners IV (a $40 million venture fund); he has also served as counsel to two funds out of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business (The Frankel Fund, led by Professor Tom Porter, and the Social Venture Fund, led by Gautam Kaul, Ph.D.).. Prior to joining the Kemp Klein Law Firm, Richard founded and for 7 years served as managing partner of his own law firm, Enterprise Law Partners, PLLC. Prior to forming Enterprise Law Partners, PLLC, Richard spent 20 years as a senior partner at a prominent business law firm in the metro Detroit area. While at that firm, Richard was a member of the firm’s corporate practice group primarily advising clients on corporate finance transactions as well as mergers and acquisitions activities. His specialty areas included traditional bank financing, mezzanine lending, venture capital, seed and start-up financing, mergers, stock and asset deals as well as leveraged recapitalizations of family-owned businesses.. In his earlier years, Richard practiced law for five years at one of the largest law firms in downtown Detroit, where he engaged in a general practice, representing clients including the Detroit Lions, the Ford Family Foundation, Comerica Bank as well as a variety of other business entities.

Ralph Castelli’s practice involves him in a wide variety of business planning and structuring situations, exit planning, shareholder and partner separations and the entire gamut of real estate and business transactions. In addition, Mr. Castelli successfully served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Kemp Klein for 26 years.. Mr. Castelli represents many closely-held businesses and he has developed expertise in transactions involving business expansion or reduction, loan transactions, acquisitions and sales, and reorganizations. Due to the nature of his practice and clientele, he has become adept at representing family businesses and addressing complex issues that the intertwining of family and business often entail.. Mr. Castelli is a board member of the Kemp Klein Foundation which sponsors Common Ground and many other local and national charitable causes.. Mr. Castelli served as Mayor of the City of Pleasant Ridge for 20 years and on the City Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals. Also, he served on the Pleasant Ridge Planning Commission from 1985 to 1988, including a term as chair. He was elected to the Pleasant Ridge City Commission in 1988. He was a member, and past president, of the South Oakland County Mayor’s Association and was a past member of the Board of Directors of the Woodward Avenue Action Association.

Prior to co-founding Kemp Klein, Mr. Endelman was employed by the Internal Revenue Service as an estate and gift tax attorney and subsequently worked in the tax department of one of the major international accounting firms as an estate planning and corporate tax specialist.. Combining his experience as an attorney and certified public accountant, Mr. Endelman has appeared as an expert witness on tax related matters. He also speaks for professional and lay groups on a multitude of tax and business related topics.. He has taken extensive classroom courses in the Masters of Taxation program at Wayne State University.

Nadeem Noah Harfouch is the founder of The Harfouch Law Firm, PLLC located in Troy, Michigan. The firm provides businesses and individuals with legal representation in various business and personal matters. Having completed his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Western Michigan University, and his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from Michigan State University, Mr. Harfouch is licensed to practice in the State of Michigan, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Before starting The Harfouch Law Firm, Mr. Harfouch handled complex business and commercial litigation with a prominent Michigan law firm.

My approach to law practice is to be knowledgable, practical, honest, and dedicated.. I'm a life-long resident of southeast Michigan. Attended Clawson High School and Wayne State University. Married for 28+ years, one child. The youngest of 4 children. Dad was a high school shop teacher, mom was a homemaker and later a receptionist at a doctor's office.. I enjoy flyfishing for trout and bird hunting, especially with my dogs.

Mr. Davey served as assistant prosecuting attorney with the Oakland County Prosecutors Office from 1971 through 1976. During his tenure with the prosecutor’s office, he was appointed senior trial attorney and successfully prosecuted several highly publicized criminal trials on behalf of the State of Michigan.. During his time at Kemp Klein, he has been lead counsel in a wide variety of civil cases including complex construction litigation and federal securities law disputes. He has represented a major television network on libel, slander and first amendment issues. In addition, he has tried trade secret, non-compete and trademark infringement cases, minority oppression, C Corporations, contracts, franchise, employment, insurance, environmental and other business disputes.. Mr. Davey has extensive experience in the following environmental areas: Comprehensive Environmental Response and Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Clean Water and Air Act, and Michigan’s Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (NREPA).. He has been involved in both litigation and transactional matters not only in the State of Michigan, but also in Kentucky, Indiana and Florida. He has consulted at length with various types of clients in transactional matters, and has negotiated and dealt with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality on numerous occasions.. Mr. Davey’s comprehensive litigation background in both State and Federal courts provides him with a unique perspective to counsel clients with diverse environmental problems and issues. His broad business expertise enables him to successfully assist clients in acquiring contaminated real estate at low dollar amount, then turn the property around to yield a viable business for the owner.. Since 1980, Mr. Davey has been active with diverse forms of alternative dispute resolution as an advocate for clients, and as a mediator. He has been a frequent mediator for both the general and complex contract panels of the Oakland County Circuit Court and has been appointed to the Wayne County Circuit Court Mediation Panel.

Leslie Banas counsels companies and individuals in business and real estate matters. She assists clients in organizing business entities, acquiring assets, negotiating contracts, and satisfying regulatory requirements. Her clients include entrepreneurial and established companies in the real estate, housing, service, health care, manufacturing, hospitality and other industries.. Ms. Banas represents real estate owners and investors in dealing with office, retail, hospitality, industrial and condominium properties. She helps them to assemble land, obtain entitlements and incentives and construct improvements. She negotiates leases on behalf of landlords and tenants, including retail leases with national retailers.. She also works with developers in acquiring and rehabilitating senior, market rate and affordable apartment communities, and obtaining financing through HUD, Fannie Mae, state housing agency bond offerings, and the sale of low income housing tax credits (LIHTCs).. In addition to developers, she helps manufacturers and others deal with their “corporate real estate” including leasing office space, purchasing warehouses and decommissioning obsolete plants.. Ms. Banas has successfully closed over $800M in commercial, multifamily and industrial real estate transactions, as well as over $300M in mortgage loans from financial institutions, life companies, CMBS lenders, government sponsored enterprises and other lenders.. She also assists international buyers in navigating U.S. commercial real estate industry issues when purchasing American commercial properties.. Ms. Banas has extensive experience in the structuring and capitalization of limited liability companies and other pass through entities.. In addition, Ms. Banas works with non-profit educational, health care and community organizations in organizational and governance matters, applying for grants and entering into joint venture arrangements.

I've been in practise for 36+ years, and have had an AV rating through Martindale Hubbell for 20 years. That's the highest rating that organization offers.   I provide a variety of services for small to mid-size businesses, ranging from organizing the entities to handling disputes to mergers and acquisitions. to contract review and drafting.  I pride myself on giving sound, practical advice, and quality service at a reasonable price.  I deal in plain english.

I am co-author of Trial & Heirs:  Famous Fortune Fights!, a contributor to Forbes, and frequent media commentator on celebrity and other trust and estate matters, including serving as a recurring expert on the Celebrity Legacies television show on the Reelz Channel.. I concentrate my legal practice in probate litigation, which includes any disputed matter affecting seniors, their family members, and related individuals and companies, such as will and trust contests, guardianship and conservatorship disputes, asset challenges, beneficiary rights and trustee/executor duties.. You can learn more about me, my practice, and celebrity estate commentary and speaking, at and

I am an attorney who graduated with a Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Graduate Rank: 26/438 (5%) Distinction: magna cum laude The legal field is my life, and if I am not as prepared as I can be, I will have failed as an attorney. Caliburn Aegis, PC was formed with the busy client in mind. The name of the firm literally stands for "sword and shield." The word "Caliburn" comes from the old English name "Excalibur," which was the mythical sword of Arthurian legend. The name "Aegis" comes from the rounded shield that the Greek god Athena wielded in Greek mythology. With that in mind, I understand how diverse legal matters can be and how unexpectedly they can arise. It can be stressful. My job is to become your sword and shield and take on that stress with knowledge, diligence, and expertise, so you don't have to.

Gerard V. Mantese founded the firm after leaving as a senior partner from one of the largest law firms in Detroit. He is one of the top trial attorneys in the State of Michigan, having recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients. Every year, his verdicts and settlements rank among the top recoveries in the State of Michigan. He consistently obtains the most and largest business law verdicts and settlements in the State of Michigan.. In January 2016, Lawyers Weekly reported that five of his recoveries were among the top recoveries in the State, including the #1 settlement in a shareholder case and the second largest class action in the amount of $58 Million.  In January of 2014, Lawyers Weekly reported that five of his recoveries were in the million and multi-million dollar range. In January 2013, Lawyers Weekly again reported that Mr. Mantese secured several multi-million dollar recoveries, including the #1 settlement ($13 Million) of a shareholder dispute, obtained on the 5th day of . Mantese works tirelessly and cost effectively for his clients. He brings a penetrating analysis and a tenacious and bold approach to every case. He is recognized as an outstanding business attorney and was retained to argue the first shareholder oppression case ever taken on appeal by the Michigan Supreme Court. He argued this case, Madugula v. Taub, in the high court on December 10, 2013. Mr. Mantese has also briefed and prevailed on cases in the U.S. Supreme . Mantese handles all aspects of litigation, including business law cases, real estate, trade secrets and non-compete issues, patent infringement, fiduciary duty, and probate litigation. Mr. Mantese also handles all aspects of health care for health care professionals.. Mr. Mantese has a long record of outstanding performance:. Mr. Mantese has taught pre-trial procedure and trial practice at Wayne State University of Law and University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. He has served on numerous panels of the Attorney Discipline Board. He has been appointed a case evaluator with Oakland County Circuit Court, Wayne County Circuit Court and Macomb County Circuit Court.

David has practiced law for 20 years and specializes in estate planning, business, probate, real estate and litigation. He is owner of David B. Mammel PLLC, a/k/a Mammel Law, and is licensed in both Michigan and Indiana.. David is a Special Fiduciary at the Oakland County Probate Court. He is dedicated to educating the public on issues in estate planning including providing assets and care to loved ones, limiting taxes, and establishing healthcare protocols. David strives to serve each individual client’s estate planning needs, tailoring each plan to address wealth preservation and family financial security.. David holds a Certificate of Completion in the areas of Probate and Estate Planning issued by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education and the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan.. With respect to defense litigation, David has successfully defended numerous lawsuits through dismissals or “no cause” jury verdicts.. David and his wife, Filippa, have two children, Jonathan and Angela. David completed his two year term as the president of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Birmingham, Michigan, in 2009, and he has served as a church elder for 15 years. David enjoys playing and watching sports and attending his son’s theatrical productions and daughter’s dance recitals.

Cynthia Umphrey helps families and business owners make significant personal and professional life decisions. Ms. Umphrey calls upon over 20 years of experience in estate planning, post-death administration, business structuring and business exit planning to guide you through life’s most important choices.. Estate Planning & Post-Death Administration: Ms. Umphrey walks her clients through the entire estate planning process with care. Some concerns she will help you resolve include: how to set aside money and assets for your family, who should make decisions for you if you are incapacitated, and who should care for your children if you are unable to do so. She will ensure your future plans are followed as much as possible without court interference. She is well versed in the many and often detailed matters that need to be addressed after a death and handles highly complex federal estate tax and post-death business and family distribution matters.. Business Planning: Ms. Umphrey understands that business owners are faced with day-to-day questions as well as major quandaries. She handles everything from troubleshooting on employee or collections issues to engaging in strategic planning and protecting your family and business in the event of a death. Ms. Umphrey works proactively to create a plan that puts you in the best possible legal and financial position now and in the future.. Exit Planning: As an exit planning strategist, Ms. Umphrey helps owners of closely held businesses scale back their involvement, retire or transition their companies to new owners. Her transition plans allow owners to leave their businesses on their own terms and maximize the value received, or to keep their businesses as a source of income even as they retire. Techniques involved in this process can include: mediation of family issues; creation of incentives to key employees; tax advantaged sale or purchase of businesses; sophisticated gifting strategies; legal audit; and solving legal and tax problems before they become critical.

"Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.". Do you have any legal issues? Let's solve this.. Christopher Tomaszycki - Attorney & Certified Public AccountantP:E: A: 1000 John R Rd #218, Troy, MI, United States 48083. Christopher Tomaszycki is a licensed Michigan attorney since 1979 and a certified public accountant since 2001. Graduated from Wayne State University Law School, and Masters of Science in Public Accountancy from Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration.. With a wide network of lawyers, Tomaszycki works harmoniously in all practice areas of law, and strives for excellence in the service of its clients, including those with different cultures and nationalities.. Our history of success, built over the years, was based on work with an absolute commitment to ethics, the quality of human relationships and civil discourse. We believe in the betterment of society by Law.. Therefore, we dedicate ourselves to adopt avant-garde postures in identifying solutions to the legal cases entrusted to us and constantly work to anticipate not only problems but also opportunities for our clients.. It is a vocation to practice law.  It may be “old school” but it remains a high calling and an honor. Therefore, we are committed and happy with our work. We seek to constantly improve and share knowledge, and offer cutting-edge services with creativity, safety and efficiency.. Thinking ahead, we strive to remain the best choice for those who are seeking to protect their rights. For the institutions, companies or individuals who have chosen us, we are more than providers of advocacy services. We are strategic partners, we are counselors, we are friends.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in Troy and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in Troy and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in Troy and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in Troy and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in Troy and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in Troy and surrounding areas.