About Michelle L

Michelle L Easter earned her J.D. from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School in 2015, after completing her legal studies starting in 2012. She entered law program following undergraduate preparation and completed at some point of a duration when many new lawyers balanced health facility work and phase-time positions along their research. Her legal background positioned her in Michigan courts and organized her for federal practice as well.

Her earliest indexed legal position got here in 2013, when she served as a regulation clerk for the State of Michigan's Bureau of Employment Relations in Detroit. That role exposed her to administrative proceedings and the mechanics of public employment disputes. The work required near evaluate of regulations and procedural guidelines and familiarity with the operations of state businesses.

After earning her degree, she joined Lakeshore Legal Aid in Port Huron in 2015. At that regional nonprofit she labored as an attorney, representing clients who lacked get entry to to private counsel. The role concerned court appearances, client interviews and drafting court filings. It additionally meant confronting constrained resources whilst looking to stable practical results for people facing housing, benefits or household regulation problems.

In 2016 she based Easter Law, PLLC, in Port Huron and took at the role of lawyer and proprietor. Opening a small company shifted her work to managing client intake and operating a tradition whilst remaining in lively legal proceedings and advocacy. Managing a firm also brought duties beyond casework, such as supervising administrative tasks and overseeing case strategy.

Her admissions include the Michigan bar and the Federal Circuit. Those credentials permit her to represent clients in state trial things and in certain federal appellate matters. Her background in public-sector work and later legal help practice have informed how she strategies procedural and appellate work.

She holds club in expert organizations and participates in the local legal network. That involvement has covered court appearances in and round Port Huron and interactions with each state agency personnel and federal judiciary practitioners. Colleagues describe her as pragmatic in courtroom settings and steady in managing case dockets.

She now practices at Easter Law, PLLC in Port Huron, the place she represents clients in things in Michigan state courts and in instances earlier than the Federal Circuit.

Education

Western Michigan University Cooley Law School

J.D. (2015) | Law

2012

Languages

English (Spoken, Written)

Experience

Lawyer/Owner

Easter Law, PLLC, Port Huron, MI;
2016

Lawyer

Lakeshore Legal Aid, Port Huron, MI
2015

Law Clerk

State of Michigan, Bureau of Employment Relations, Detroit, MI.
2013

Accepted Jurisdictions

Federal Circuit
Michigan