Bridget Brown Powers

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About

Bridget Brown Powers is a skilled legal professional based totally in Petoskey, Michigan, with understanding in actual assets regulation, appellate regulation, enterprise regulation, property making plans and probate, trust administration, and municipal regulation. Learn greater approximately her historical past and revel in under. Raised in Michigan and Florida, Bridget Brown Powers has mounted her private practice of law in Petoskey, Michigan, a charming lodge community placed alongside Lake Michigan's Little Traverse Bay. While she broadly speaking serves customers in Petoskey, she additionally handles prison topics all through the State of Michigan and collaborates without-of-nation counsel whilst wanted. Bridget Brown Powers focuses on various areas of regulation, inclusive of actual property regulation, appellate law, business regulation, estate making plans and probate, accept as true with administration, and municipal regulation. She brings a wealth of experience to her exercise, having served because the City Lawyer for the City of Petoskey for several years. Additionally, she performed a key function in growing and overseeing the Paralegal Program at North Central Michigan College, wherein she served as an accessory coordinator and professor, teaching guides on actual belongings law and probate law. A good sized portion of Bridget Brown Powers' practice entails coping with appeals of trial courtroom and tribunal decisions to the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court. She additionally represents customers in appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit and turned into admitted to practice within the U.S. Supreme Court, with Chief Justice John Roberts administering her oath in 2010 in Washington D.C. With her significant enjoy and determination to her clients, Bridget Brown Powers is a trusted legal endorse inside the Petoskey network and past.

Legal Issues

Real Estate Law
Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
Appeals & Appellate
Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
Business Law
Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
Estate Planning
Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
Municipal Law

Certificates

No Certifications

Languages
  • English: Spoken, Written
Accepted Jurisdictions
Michigan Jurdictions
Michigan
Since 1992">
U.S. Supreme Court Jurdictions
U.S. Supreme Court
Since 2010">
6th Circuit Jurdictions
6th Circuit
Since 1993">

Experience
  • Owner/has membership
    Brown Powers, PLLC
    2000
  • City Lawyer
    City of Petoskey
    1995
  • Partner
    Smith & Powers
    1994
  • Associate Lawyer
    Pointner & Joseph, P.C. f/k/a Simpson Moran
    1992
Education
Michigan State University Education School Logo
Michigan State University
J.D. (1992) | Law
Graduation year: 1992">
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Education School Logo
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
B.A. (1989) | Journalism Political Science
Graduation year: 1989">
Associations
State Bar of Michigan, Appellate Practice Section Professional Association
State Bar of Michigan, Appellate Practice Section
Council has membership
2013 - Current">
State Bar of Michigan, Appellate Practice Section Professional Association
State Bar of Michigan, Appellate Practice Section
Co-Editor of Appellate Practice Section Journal
2013 - Current">
Beautiful Survivor, Inc. Professional Association
Beautiful Survivor, Inc.
Board member (Past Vice-President)
2009 - Current">
Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society Professional Association
Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society
has membership
2007 - Current">
Estate Planning Council of Northern Michigan Professional Association
Estate Planning Council of Northern Michigan
has membership
2007 - Current">
Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce Professional Association
Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce
has membership
1994 - Current">
Women s Resource Center of Northern Michigan Professional Association
Women s Resource Center of Northern Michigan
Lawyer Volunteer
1993 - Current">
Michigan State Bar
                        
                                                     # 46888 Professional Association
Michigan State Bar  # 46888
has membership
1992 - Current">
American Bar Association Professional Association
American Bar Association
has membership
1992 - Current">
Charlevoix-Emmet County Bar Association Professional Association
Charlevoix-Emmet County Bar Association
has membership
1992 - Current">
UNC General Alumi Association Professional Association
UNC General Alumi Association
member
1989 - Current">
Northern Homes Community Development Corporation Professional Association
Northern Homes Community Development Corporation
Board has membership
2012 - 2014">
Bay Winds Federal Credit Union Professional Association
Bay Winds Federal Credit Union
Board has membership (President for most years)
1996 - 2014">
North Central Michigan College Professional Association
North Central Michigan College
Adjunct Coordinator, Adjunt Faculty Advisor, and Adjunct Professor
1999 - 2011">
Michigan Municipal Lawyers Association Professional Association
Michigan Municipal Lawyers Association
Past has membership
1999 - 2005">
March of Dimes Professional Association
March of Dimes
Local organizer for Petoskey walk and team captain
1995 - 2000">
Petoskey Area Jaycees Professional Association
Petoskey Area Jaycees
Board has membership
1993 - 2000">
Big Brothers, Big Sisters Professional Association
Big Brothers, Big Sisters
Bowl for Kids Team Captain
1996 - 1996">
American Cancer Society Professional Association
American Cancer Society
Local chapter Vice President
1992 - 1994">
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