Legal Services
Kelly, Henkel, David, & Missad P.C. provides the highest degree of legal services in the Greater Grand Rapids area.
We provide the following services to you :
Criminal Law
The term criminal law, sometimes called penal law, refers to any of various bodies of rules in different jurisdictions whose common characteristic is the potential for unique and potentially severe impositions as punishment for failure to comply. Criminal punishment, depending on the offense and jurisdiction, may include execution, loss of liberty, government supervision (parole or probation), or fines.
Driving While Intoxicated, DUI
The offense of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. State law controls both the definition of “operating,” such as whether it includes the actual driving of the car or merely sitting in the car, and the level of intoxication needed in order to be found in violation of the law.
Automobile Accidents and Injuries
People are injured each year as a result of motor vehicle accidents. At the scene of an accident, it is very important to get as much information as possible, i.e. name of the driver, telephone number, insurance particulars, etc. Where a matter is serious, you may need to do more than just contact the police and/or your insurance company. If your injuries are significant, you may expend large amounts of money, as well as endure pain and suffering.
Personal Injury & Defense
An injury not to property, but to your body, mind or emotions. For example, if you slip and fall on a banana peel in the grocery store, personal injury covers any actual physical harm (broken leg and bruises) you suffered in the fall as well as the humiliation of falling in public, but not the harm of shattering your watch.
Personal Injury — Plaintiff
The injured party in a lawsuit. The person suing the defendant.
Contracts
A contract is a legally binding exchange of promises or agreement between parties that the law will enforce.
Business Organizations
Companies law is the field of law concerning business and other organizations. This includes corporations, partnerships and other associations which usually carry on some form of economic or charitable activity. The most prominent kind of company, usually referred to as a “corporation”, has its own “juristic person”, or separate legal personality.
Probate & Estate Administration
Probate is the legal process of settling the estate of a deceased person, specifically resolving all claims and distributing the decedent’s property.
Real Estate Law
Real estate transactions are governed by federal statutes, as well as state statutory and common law. Real Estate Law encompasses these state a statutes and laws, as well as property law matters. Real estate law includes a wide variety of legal issues relating to acquiring, financing, developing, managing, constructing, leasing and selling commercial and residential real property of all kinds.
Estate Planning
The process of planning for the efficient transfer of assets at one’s death. Estate planning begins with preparing a will and may also include naming a power of attorney, establishing trusts and making pre-death gifts.
Trusts
In common a law legal system, a trust is an arrangement whereby money or property is owned and managed by one person (or persons, or organizations) for the benefit of another. A trust is created by a settlor, who entrusts some or all of his property to people of his choice (the trustees). The trustees are the legal owners of the trust property (or trust corpus), but they are obliged to hold the property for the benefit of one or more individuals or organizations usually specified by the settlor.
Workers’ Compensation Law
Workers’ compensation laws are designed to ensure payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. Worker’s compensation legislation requires the employer to furnish a reasonably safe place to work, suitable equipment, rules and instructions when they are reasonably necessary and reasonably competent foremen and superintendents. The employer is liable for an employee’s acts of negligence, for the employer’s own gross negligence, and for extraordinary risks of work. In most cases the employer is not liable for accidents occurring outside the place of work, or for those which have not arisen directly from employment.
Wrongful Death
Wrongful death is a claim in common law jurisdictions against a person who can be held liable for a death. The claim is brought in a civil action, usually by close relatives, as enumerated by statute. Under common law, a dead person cannot bring a suit.
Traumatic Brain Injury
A traumatic brain injury is one in which the head suddenly hits something or is hit or an object penetrates into the brain. Some brain injuries can be mild, as are many concussions, or they can be severe and lead to permanent changes in cognitive function.
Criminal Defense
Criminal law involves prosecution by the government of a person for an act that has been classified as a crime. Our Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyers are expert lawyers in the legal field of criminal defense. We can help you out of your legal troubles.
Drivers License Restoration
Drivers in Michigan who have been convicted of two or more alcohol-related charges within 7 years automatically lose their driver’s licenses and have to petition to get them back. For most people, living without a driver’s license is extremely debilitating. Many lines of work require reliable transportation. Many smaller communities lack public transportation options. In short, life without a driver’s license is a handicapped life for most Americans. Attempting to appeal for driver’s license restoration on your own, without the assistance of an experienced driver’s license restoration attorney, is risky at best. Although you may do your best at the hearing, it is far too easy to be derailed by one or two key questions and lose your chance to recover your driver’s license in a timely manner.
Slip and Fall
A “slip and fall” or “trip and fall” is the generic term for an injury which occurs when someone slips, trips or falls as a result of a dangerous or hazardous condition on someone else’s property. It includes falls as a result of water, ice or snow, as well as abrupt changes in flooring, poor lighting, or a hidden hazard, such as a gap or hard to see hole in the ground. The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control estimates that in 2004, more than 8 million people were injured in falls.If you are on someone else’s property and injure yourself as a result of a dangerous condition on the property, the landowner or business proprietor may be liable for your injuries. If you are a property owner and someone injures himself on your land, you may find yourself legally responsible for his or her injuries. Either way, you should seek the advice of an experienced personal injury lawyer right away.
Products Liability
Products liability is the area of law in which manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, retailers, and others who make products available to the public are held responsible for the injuries those products cause.
Transportation Law
Transportation law encompasses federal and state laws pertaining to highways, mass transit, aviation, rail, maritime and motor carriers where it relates to the conveyance of passengers or goods especially as a commercial enterprise. Transportation law also encompasses traffic safety, hazardous materials and pipelines.
Family Law
Family law is an area of the law that deals with family-related issues and domestic relations including, but not limited to the nature of marriage, civil unions, and partnership issues arising during marriage, including spousal abuse, legitimacy, adoption, surrogacy, child abuse, and child abduction the termination of the relationship and ancillary matters including divorce, annulment, property settlements, alimony, and parental responsibility orders.