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Address
4301 Fashion Square Boulevard
Saginaw, Michigan 48603 (Saginaw Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.5
out of 5
(Main Office) Braun Kendrick Finkbeiner traces its history back to 1874. The firm is committed to providing timely, cost efficient, quality legal services while maintaining personalized attention to our clients. Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Banking, Bankruptcy, Commercial and Business Litigation, Computer Law and Litigation, Corporations, Health Care, Immigration and International Law, Insurance Defense, Labor and Employment, Oil and Gas, Products Liability Defense, Real Estate and Zoning, Tax and Workers Compensation Defense, Environmental Law, Probate and Estate Planning, Medical Malpractice Defense Law, Employee Benefits. Year Established: 1874
Firm Size: 31
Representative Clients:AAA Insurance Co.
Amica Mutual Insurance
Bay Health Systems
Catholic Federal Credit Union
Citizens Banking Corp.
City of Saginaw
City of Vassar
City of Zilwaukee
Comerica Bank (Midland)
Delphi Automotive
The Dow Chemical Co.
Farm Bureau Insurance Group
Firemen's Fund Insurance
Frankenmuth Bavarian Inn
Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance Co.
Freeland State Bank
Fremont Mutual Insurance Co.
General Parts, Inc.
General Motors Corp.
Great American Custom
Harleysville Insurance
Hartford Insurance Group
The Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation
Hastings Mutual Insurance Co.
The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation
Horace Mann Insurance
Hospital Council of East Central Michigan
Huron Castings, Inc.
Isabella Bank & Trust
Michigan Basic Property Insurance Assn.
Michigan Health and Hospital Assn.
Michigan Licensed Beverage Assn.
Mosaica Education
Multiemployers Fringe Funds-Plumbers Local 85
NAVISTAR International Corp.
Northern Concrete Pipe, Inc.
Pumford Construction
Saginaw News
Saginaw Valley State University
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
State Mutual Insurance Co.
The Bay City Times
The Meredith Corp. (WNEM-TV)
The Wickes Foundation
Thomson Industries
Titan Insurance
WEYI-TV
Wolohan Lumber Co.
Wright-K Technology, Inc.
City of Ypsilanti.
Address4301 Fashion Square Boulevard
Saginaw, MI 48603, (Saginaw Co.)
PhonePhone: 989-498-2100
Fax: 989-799-4666
Website
http://www.bkf-law.com
Firm/Affiliate OfficesMidland, Michigan: 414 Townsend Street P.O. Box 632 48640. Telephone: 989-631-1027. Fax: 989-631-9880.
Mount Pleasant, Michigan: 304 E. Broadway Suite 206 48858. Telephone: 989-775-7404. Fax: 989-775-3764.
Law Office of William R. Kendrick 1874-1945 Law Offices of Braun and Kendrick 1945-1951 Braun Kendrick Finkbeiner Schafer & Murphy 1951-1990 J. Richard Kendrick (1916-2004).
James V. Finkbeiner (1914-2003).
Hugo E. Braun, Jr. (Member) born Saginaw, Michigan, March 18, 1932; admitted to bar, 1957, Michigan. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1954); University of Michigan (LL.B., 1957). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Health Care Law; Probate; Real Estate Law.
John W. Wolf (Member) born June 6, 1940; admitted to bar, 1964, Michigan. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1962) Blue Circle Honor Society; University of Detroit (J.D., magna cum laude, 1964). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Business and Tax Law; Transitional Planning.
C. Patrick Kaltenbach (Member) born Port Huron, Michigan, April 17, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Michigan. Education: Sacred Heart Seminary and University of Michigan (B.A., 1967); Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1971). Special Assistant Attorney General, 1986. Practice Areas: Litigation; Real Estate; Computer Law; Workers Compensation Defense Law; Multi-Employer Benefits.
David L. Turner (Member) born Fort Wayne, Indiana, June 17, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Michigan; 1968, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Alma College (B.A., 1962); Wayne State University (LL.B., 1964). Member, Alma College Advisory Committee on Planned Giving. Practice Areas: Corporate; Estate Planning; Tax Law; Business Law; Employee Benefits; Probate Law.
Kenneth W. Kable (Member) born Ypsilanti, Michigan, November 25, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1969); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1972). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Litigation.
E. Louis Ognisanti (Member) born Saginaw, Michigan, September 18, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, Michigan. Education: Albion College (B.A., 1967); University of Michigan; Wayne State University (J.D., 1973). Board Member, Moderator and Commentator, ICLE, 1985. Faculty Member, National Business Institute, 1990. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Law; Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation Defense.
William J. Ewald (Member) born Saginaw, Michigan November 4, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1967); Detroit College of Law (J.D., 1973). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense.
Bruce L. Dalrymple (Member) born Toledo, Ohio, December 27, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., cum laude, 1970; J.D., 1973). Special Assistant Attorney General, 1990. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense Law; Commercial Litigation; Labor Litigation; Appellate Practice.
Robert A. Kendrick (Member) born Saginaw, Michigan, May 25, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Michigan. Education: University of Colorado at Boulder (B.S., 1973); Gonzaga University (J.D., 1976). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Corporate Law.
Charles A. Gilfeather (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, August 9, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Michigan. Education: University of Denver (B.A., 1973); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1976). Chairperson, Michigan Workers' Compensation Law Section, State Bar of Michigan, 2002-2003. Workers' Compensation Moderator and Commentator, Institute of Continuing Legal Education 1990. Faculty Member, National Business Institute, 1990. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense Law; Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense.
Thomas R. Luplow (Member) born Saginaw, Michigan, September 8, 1949; admitted to bar, 1978, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.G.S., 1975); University of Detroit; Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Member: Board of Directors, United Way of Saginaw County, 1986; Northeastern Michigan Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Environmental Law; Business Law; Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Probate.
John A. Decker (Member) born Lansing, Michigan, March 20, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, North Carolina; 1980, Michigan. Education: University of Nebraska (B.A., 1971); Duke University (J.D., 1974). Co-Author: "Environmental Justice in the United States A Primer," Michigan Bar Journal, January, 1997. Member: North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Employment Law; Litigation; Environmental Law.
Michael J. Sauer (Member) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 12, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Michigan. Education: Oakland University (B.A., cum laude, 1976); University of Michigan (J.D., 1979). Practice Areas: Business Law.
Timothy L. Curtiss (Member) born Alma, Michigan, July 14, 1955; admitted to bar, 1979, Michigan. Education: Central Michigan University (B.S., Valedictorian, 1976); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Attorney, Homebuilders Association of Central Michigan; Director, Saginaw Downtown Development Authority; Member, Mt. Pleasant Community Foundation Development Committee; Trustee, Roman Catholic Diocese of Saginaw Catholic School Foundation. Member: Northeastern Michigan Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Commercial Contracts; Commercial Transactions; Estate Planning; Construction Law; Business Law; Corporate Law; Agricultural Law.
Gregory E. Meter (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, June 14, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Michigan. Education: University of Dayton (B.S., cum laude, 1975; M.S., summa cum laude, 1976); Detroit College of Law (J.D., 1979). Chapter Author, "Personal Liability Insurance", Michigan Insurance Law & Practice (ICLE, 2002). Member, International Association of Arson Investigators and Michigan Chapter, 1984. Practice Areas: Arson Law; Insurance Fraud Defense Law; Fire Insurance Law; Third Party Insurance Defense; Subrogation.
Gregory T. Demers (Member) born Midland, Michigan, July 12, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Michigan; 1983, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., with high honors, 1978); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1981). Member, Past President, Northeastern Michigan Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Corporate Law; Tax Law; Business Law.
Craig W. Horn (Member) born Royal Oak, Michigan, January 25, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.G.S., cum laude, 1979; J.D., 1982). Member, Saginaw County Child and Family Services, 1990. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Toxic Tort Defense.
Phillip J. Stahle (Member) born Saginaw, Michigan, January 29, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Michigan; 1988, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Saginaw Valley State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1978); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Member: Northeastern Michigan Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Corporate; Estate Planning; Business Law; Tax Law; Real Estate.
Francis J. Keating (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, August 21, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Michigan; 1987, District of Columbia. Education: Eastern Michigan University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1983); University of Detroit (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Tax Litigation; Creditors Rights; Real Estate Law.
Jeffrey C. Wilson (Member) born Saginaw, Michigan, May 9, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., cum laude, 1976); Detroit College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense.
Glenn L. Fitkin (Member) born Toledo, Ohio, August 27, 1955; admitted to bar, 1992, Michigan. Education: Tufts University (B.S.C.E., 1978; M.S., 1984); University of Toledo (J.D., 1992). Member: Michigan Oil and Gas Association; American Society of Civil Engineers; National Society of Professional Engineers; Michigan Society of Professional Engineers. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Oil and Gas; Real Estate.
Brian S. Makaric (Member) born Windsor, Ontario, Canada, July 14, 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, Michigan. Education: University of Western Ontario (B.A., 1986); University of Detroit (J.D., 1991); University of Windsor (LL.B., 1991). Member: American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Litigation; Environmental Law; Insurance; Defense Law.
Jamie C. Hecht Nisidis (Member) born Vassar, Michigan, August 9, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., with distinction, 1990; J.D., cum laude, 1993). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Defense; Insurance Defense.
Michael E. Wooley (Member) born Flint, Michigan, November 13, 1964; admitted to bar, 1994, Michigan; 1995, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Central Michigan University (B.A., magna cum laude, University Honors Program, 1988); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1993). Board of Visitors, Ave Maria School of Law. Elected Commissioner, City of Bay City, Michigan, April 2003. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Business Immigration; Litigation.
Ellen E. Crane (Member) born Saginaw, Michigan, June 28, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Michigan. Education: Albion College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1992); University of Michigan (J.D., 1994). Member: American Health Lawyers Association; Valley Society of Human Resource Managers; Society of Human Resource Managers; Michigan Healthcare Human Resources Association. Practice Areas: Employment and Labor Law; Health Care Law; Litigation.
David J. Klippert (Member) born Bay City, Michigan, November 14, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Michigan; 1999, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1992); University of Detroit (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Member: Northeastern Michigan Estate Planning Council (Board of Directors). Practice Areas: Business Law; Health Care; Real Estate; Estate Planning; Probate.
Thomas J. Ruth (Member) born Flint, Michigan, August 2, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1987); Detroit College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation Defense; Litigation.
Timothy S. Arnold (Member) born Saginaw, Michigan, December 2, 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1992); Michigan State University, Detroit College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Director of Advocacy and Competitions, MSU-DCL Moot Court, 1996-1997. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation.
Geoffrey G. Scott (Member) born Rochester, Michigan, January 9, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., with honors, 1997); University of Miami (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation.
——————————Gary E. Gudmundsen (Associate) born Midland, Michigan, November 11, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, Michigan. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., 1997; J.D., 2000). (Also at Midland). Languages: Mandarin Chinese. Practice Areas: Business Law; Health Care; Commercial Law.
Manvel Trice III (Associate) born Saginaw, Michigan, July 3, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Michigan. Education: Saginaw Valley State University (B.A.S., with high honors, 1998); Michigan State University, Detroit College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Employment Litigation.
All Personnel are Members of the State Bar of Michigan and local County Bar Associations.
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