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Michael Moellering is a partner with Burt Blee. His primary practice areas include business and corporate law, nonprofit/exempt organizations law, employment law, real estate and land use planning. Michael has given presentations to various professional organizations and private client groups on the topics of corporate and employment law matters.. Michael has been active in the community for many years. Presently, he serves as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors for the Foellinger Foundation. He also volunteers time with Lutheran Social Services, a nonprofit organization that provides those marginalized by society with a second chance through job training. Michael has also served as a member of the YMCA Metropolitan Board of Directors, a member of the School Board for St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran School, and a member of the Community Advisory Council and the Board of Directors for the Hoosier College Preparatory Program of Taylor University.. After graduating from Taylor University in 1987, he participated in the management his family’s business, Moellering Construction Co., Inc., a regional heavy highway construction corporation. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Valparaiso University School of Law in 1992. While attending law school, Michael served as the first Chief Justice of the Moot Court Society, was a member of the National Moot Court Team, and a Regional Champion and National Finalist in the National Negotiation Competition. Additionally, he was the recipient of the Corpus Juris Secundum Award from the School of Law in 1992.

Jeff Woenker counsels clients on business transactions, general corporate matters, federal and state taxation, and tax controversies. Jeff’s experience includes entity formations, corporate mergers, tax-free liquidations, asset and stock purchases and dispositions, and resolution of accumulated earnings tax appeals. Also, he has assisted in various incorporations of non-profits.

An associate attorney with Barrett McNagny, Sarah L. Wladecki counsels corporate clients regarding transactions, mergers and acquisitions and general business matters.. A member of the Allen County Bar Association, Sarah has been active locally in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana Lunch Buddy program and the Volunteer Lawyer Program of Northeast Indiana. She currently serves on the board of The Franciscan Center. During law school, Sarah participated in the Georgetown University Law Center Domestic Violence Clinic as a student attorney counseling and representing victims of domestic violence in the Washington D. C. Superior Court.. She earned her B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 2007 and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2015. Prior to attending law school, Sarah worked as Vice President for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, an NBA Development League Professional basketball team. Sarah is admitted to practice before the Indiana state courts and the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.

Michael Michmerhuizen focuses his practice in the areas of business litigation, appellate law, and insurance defense. He has participated in more than 50 appeals and has argued cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the Indiana Supreme Court, the Indiana Court of Appeals, and the Indiana Tax Court.