Kelly, Whipple, Zick & Keyes -Attorneys in City of Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan

Kelly, Whipple, Zick & Keyes have been a preeminent law firm in the St. Clair County and Thumb areas of Michigan for over 100 years. Today its attorneys continue its tradition of providing excellent legal services for individuals, families and businesses. Martindale-Hubbell, the country's leading independent guide to the legal profession, has continually rated the firm as having the highest legal abilities and ethical values. The attorneys have extensive involvement and leadership in state and local community, organizations and activities.

Business Law & Organization	Municipal Law
Civil Litigation	Oil and Gas
Commercial Litigation	Real Estate Development
Probate & Estate Planning	Real Estate Transactions
Family Law

Our law firm provides the following legal services:

Business Law & Organization
The formation of corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, joint ventures and other business entities; banking matters; employment contracts and benefit programs; labor, civil rights, occupational, and environmental matters; asset or stock sales - acquisitions and business transactions; licensing, computer contracts and cyberlaw; plant construction and leasing; buy-sell agreements; commercial contracts; advice and assistance to businesses to respond to today's and tomorrow's legal challenges.

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Civil Litigation
Litigation matters including construction disputes, motor vehicle negligence, products liability, probate and trust disputes, and a wide array of other litigation areas.

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Commercial Litigation
Representation of a wide variety of clients in litigation matters which they encounter during the course of conducting business. Clients include corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships, financial institutions and individuals. Our practice includes corporate issues, tax issues, finance issues, breach of contract cases, Uniform Commercial Code cases, trade secret cases, commercial collection and various other litigation areas.

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Probate & Estate Planning
Provision of the entire range of estate planning and probate services for individuals and families. The firm's goal is always to provide appropriate planning so that one's hard earned assets will be transferred efficiently, with the least tax impact, and as desired.

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Family Law
Representation of clients to pursue as well as defend all aspects of family law which consists of divorce, separate maintenance, paternity, personal protection orders, child support, child custody, parenting time and spousal support including all post-judgment enforcement matters.

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Municipal Law
Representation of municipalities as well as pursuing and defending actions against municipalities. We have represented municipal clients continuously since 1976 and currently represent the Charter Township of Fort Gratiot, Charter Township of East China, St. Clair Township, Kenockee Township, Lynn Township, Village of Capac, Village of Emmett, St. Clair River Sewer and Water Authority and the Marysville Housing Commission. Our firm has practiced in all areas of municipal law including acting as general legal counsel, Circuit Court and District Court litigation, prosecution of ordinance violations and appearing before the Michigan Tax Tribunal.

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Oil and Gas
Representation of those involved with leasing terms and conditions, unitization, pipeline condemnation, underground gas storage, royalty, pooling, surface damage and related matters.

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Real Estate Development
Our firm assists developers in all phases of the development process from land acquisition and financing, development options, including condominium, subdivisions and industrial parks, governmental compliance and relations, and contracting to final sale.

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Real Estate Transactions
Representing the interests of the commercial or residential buyer or seller of real estate in all phases of the transaction, including negotiation of the terms of sale, environmental and governmental compliance, financing, representation at closing, and review and creation of the appropriate documentation.