About

Janet M. Mistele is a enormously skilled legal professional in Traverse City, Michigan, with a sturdy heritage in own family, juvenile, and criminal regulation, as well as estate planning and administration. Janet M. Mistele, J.D. is a member of the State Bar of Michigan (1989), america District Court for the Western District of Michigan (1991), and the North Carolina State Bar (2003). Ms. Mistele earned her Juris Doctor diploma, Magna Cum Laude, from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, wherein she changed into a member of the National Trial Team, and earned American Jurisprudence Awards for top honors in seven of her law faculty guides. Upon graduation from law faculty in 1989, Ms. Mistele commonplace a role with the Michigan Court of Appeals in Lansing, Michigan as a Prehearing Lawyer, reviewing trial courtroom records for mistakes and making ready pointers for appeals court docket judges. Ms. Mistele has practiced law in Traverse City and its surrounding counties on account that 1991, with an emphasis on circle of relatives, juvenile and crook regulation, in addition to property planning and administration. She has spent her profession as an aggressive endorse for the underdog, representing adults and juveniles charged with criminal offenses, spouses within the midst of divorce and custody disputes, and animals who have been subjected to abuse or forget. Ms. Mistele is the Domestic Violence Lawyer for the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians. For those of you from the Detroit-location, you will likely understand the Mistele call from the legendary 100-year old Mistele Coal & Oil Company, founded by way of her notable-grandfather in 1896. Her family bought a summer season domestic in Traverse City in 1969, and has been proud to name Traverse City home on a year-round foundation due to the fact that 1974.

Legal Issues

Animal & Dog Law

Criminal Law

Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes

Divorce

Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Family Law

Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law

Juvenile Law

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Experience

• Trial Lawyer
  Private Practice
  1991
• Prehearing Lawyer
  Michigan Court of Appeals
  1989

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