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BBB Rating: A+
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Services/Products: Corporate Business Estate Planning Labor Relations Taxation
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Location: Old Kent Bank Bldg
Neighborhood: Central Business District
Other Link: http://www.lewisreedallen.com
Categories: Estate Planning Attorneys, Attorneys, Family Law Attorneys, General Practice Attorneys, Personal Injury Law Attorneys

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Phone: (269) 388-7600

Address: 136 E Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49007

Website: http://www.lewisreedallen.com

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Civil and Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Personal Injury; No-Fault; Wrongful Death; Fire Loss; Worker’s Compensation; Social Security Disability; Divorce and Family Law; Wills, Trusts & Estates; Automobile Accidents; Insurance Law.
Child Support
Joe specializes in all aspects of family law, including divorce, custody, parenting time and child support, business law, estate planning, probate and criminal law.
Child Custody and Visitation
Family law is the area of law that deals with family relations. Family law includes many issues including divorce, child custody and support, parenting time, spousal support, separation agreements (pre-nuptial and post-nuptial), and division of marital estate.
Paternity
Guardianship
In the past, Michael had been actively involved with the Kalamazoo County Bar Association Board of Directors; Michigan Guardianship Association; Kalamazoo County Consortium; Kalamazoo Parks and Recreation Advisory Board; Friends of Historic East Campus; and Kalamazoo County Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Committee.
Spousal Support

Criminal Defense
Wesley primarily specializes in Criminal and Family Law, as well as civil litigation. He has experience in a plethora of areas from divorce and custody hearings to criminal matters and Bankruptcy. He has presented cases in all counties of West Michigan.
DUI/DWI
If you have broken the law or have been arrested for a crime, you need to make sure that your rights are protected and don’t face charges higher than the crime. We work hard to minimize your charges, help keep you out of jail and prevent excessive fines. If you have been charged with drunk driving or another traffic-related offense, we can help you prevent losing your license. We know that criminal charges can affect your ability to work, your financial security and the stability of your family. We will use our experience to help minimize the impact of criminal charges on those facets of your life. We can help you with successfully restoring your driver’s license, even if was revoked after multiple drinking and driving offenses.
Wrongful Death
Traffic Violations

Business and Corporate Law

Corporate Law
Kimberly Swinehart is an associate attorney at Lewis, Reed & Allen. Kim practices in the areas of corporate law, real… View details
Mergers and Acquisitions
Business Disputes
Business law covers a wide spectrum of services to businesses and their owners, including advice and counsel about business entity… Read more
Business Transactions
Staci L. Salisbury joined the firm as a shareholder in 2023. Staci is a 2006 graduate of Western Michigan University and a 2012 graduate of Thomas M. Cooley Law School. She is admitted to practice law in the courts of the State of Michigan, the United States Federal District Courts, and Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan. She primarily focuses her practice on business transactions, creditor’s rights, estate planning, probate, and litigation.
Limited Liability Companies
Vern specializes in tax and business law. He handles tax controversies at the IRS and Michigan Department of Treasury on behalf of his clients. Such tax matters include, for example, Audits, Appeals, Collection Division Representation, and also Voluntary Offshore Disclosure Program (“foreign financial accounts”) cases at the IRS. Vern’s Business Law practice integrates his significant tax law expertise at both the planning and the implementation stages of a variety of business transactions, involving, for example, closely-held corporations, “S” corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and foreign “hybrid” entities. He also represents and counsels the owners of such entities. Vern is an AV-rated lawyer in the Martindale-Hubbell® lawyer directory, with an Overall Peer Rating of 5.0 out of 5.0. For the past several years Vern has also been listed in “Best Lawyers®” for his expertise in handling tax controversies.
Construction Contracts
Jim’s expertise is primarily in real estate, including sale and leasing transactions, condominium developments, zoning and land use law, construction contracts and liens, property tax appeals, real estate litigation, security interests in real estate, historic preservation law, and oil & gas.

Workers Compensation
Before joining Lewis, Reed and Allen, Ron was for eighteen years a partner in Ryan, Jamieson, Morris, Ryan and Smith, a law firm that was started by his father. Ron performs litigation work in workers’ compensation cases; insurance defense; insurance litigation; personal injury; Automobile Accidents; Personal Injury; No-Fault; Wills, Trusts & Estates; Social Security Disability; and commercial and civil litigation. He also is frequently retained by local clients to perform commercial and civil litigation services in Chicago, Illinois and in other states. Ron is a member of the Kalamazoo County Bar Association, and the State Bars of Michigan and Illinois. He is a member of the Workers Compensation Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.
Employment Discrimination
Employment Contract
Employment law determines the employment relationship and duties between employers and employees and includes employment contracts, employee handbooks, hiring and firing, and injuries that arise out of and in the course of employment.
Employment Litigation
Jennifer Wu is an experienced civil litigation attorney and a shareholder of Lewis, Reed & Allen, P.C. Prior to joining the firm, she was associated with a private firm in New York City and represented private and public clients in a variety of civil litigation matters in State and Federal courts, administrative proceedings, and alternative dispute resolution forums. Her areas of practice include employment litigation and counseling, construction and product defect, land use, local taxation, and probate matters. Jennifer has been recognized as a Super Lawyer Rising Star in the area of Civil Litigation.
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Real Estate Litigation
Kim enjoys working with small business owners and has assisted them with their legal needs from forming an LLC or corporation, to selling their business or transitioning it to a family member or key employee. She also assists small business owners with contract negotiations, employment matters, acquisitions and sales of businesses, commercial leasing and other real estate matters.
Premises Liability
Construction Litigation
Jim’s expertise is primarily in real estate, including sale and leasing transactions; condominium developments; zoning and land use law; construction contracts and liens; real estate litigation; security interests in real estate; cell tower, wind farm, and solar panel leasing; oil, gas and minerals; and the real property aspects of avigation law. Jim also has extensive experience with business contracts and nonprofit corporations. He has been peer rated as “AV – Preeminent,” the highest level of Professional Excellence.
Real Estate Transactions
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Easement
Land Use and Zoning
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Landlord-Tenant Disputes
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Property Damage
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Condominium Law
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Personal Injury
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Social Security Disability
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Trusts and Estates

Estate Planning
While attending law school, Staci focused her elective courses in international law and estate planning. Staci was awarded the Certificate of Merit in estate planning and also chosen as a member of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Team. In her final term, Staci clerked for the Honorable Mary Ellen Coghlan, Chief Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court, Probate Division, in Chicago, Illinois.
Wills
Michael has authored several publications, including “Planning for Spouses and Descendants” and “Trusts by Citizens or Residents for Noncitizen Spouses (Qualified Domestic Trusts)”, Michigan Revocable Grantor Trusts (ICLE). He is also author of the “Inheritance Tax” Section of the Michigan Probate Sourcebook (ICLE) and “Michigan Estate Tax”, Taxation of Estates and Trusts (ICLE). He is co-author of “Real Estate Reporting Expanded by New Regs.”, Taxation for Accountants (March 1991), Taxation for Lawyers (May/June 1991) (Warren, Gorham & Lamont), Michigan Inheritance Tax – A Practitioner’s Guide (ICLE), and “Will Contests and Will Construction”, Michigan Probate Litigation (ICLE).
Trusts
Tom is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and the Federal Bar Association of West Michigan, recently receiving its Nims-Howard Civility Award. He is a member of the Kalamazoo County Bar Association and co-chair of its Memorial Section. He has taught Probate & Trust Administration and Elder Law at local colleges.
Power of Attorney
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Probate
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Bankruptcy
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Foreclosure
Lana went back into private practice in 2014, was a founding member of Escamilla & Salisbury, PLLC and recently joined Lewis Reed & Allen, P.C. She continues to focus her practice on representing financial institutions with a focus on creditors’ rights, including bankruptcy, workouts and collections. Lana also represents individuals, non-profit organizations, and small businesses and has extensive experience in probate law, business transactions, including note sales, real estate law in the area of foreclosures, land contracts, landlord-tenant and civil litigation. She is on the rotation for the Kalamazoo County Probate Court to serve as guardian ad litem for vulnerable individuals in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings.
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