George T. Perrett

George T. Perrett, Kalamazoo attorney, Kalamazoo lawyer

George T. Perrett

Practice Areas:Estate Planning and Probate, Business Planning / Formation, Appellate Practice, Civil Litigation

Practice Areas:

  • Civil and probate/estate litigation
  • Contract litigation
  • Appellate litigation
  • Estate planning

Licensed to Practice:

  • State Courts, Michigan
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
  • United States Bankruptcy Court of the Western District of Michigan
  • United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States Supreme Court


Community Activities:

  • Served various non-profit organizations in board roles, including Summit Pointe, Calhoun County Board of Health, Urban League of Battle Creek, and United Way of Greater Battle Creek.
  • Teaching Elder, Centerpoint Church, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  • Elected Calhoun County Commissioner, 3rd District, 1995-2001, and Chairperson of Board, 1996 and 1997.
  • Republican Nominee, 2000, 62nd State House District.


Professional Activities:

  • Member and Past President, Calhoun County Bar Association, 1994-1995.
  • Member, Kalamazoo County Bar Association
  • Member, State Bar of Michigan Subcommittee on Professional Ethics, 1991-2000.
  • Member, State Bar of Michigan Subcommittee on Judicial Qualifications, 2001.


Education:

  • Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, Bachelor of Arts, with Distinction, in Economics and Political Science, 1986.
  • Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, Juris Doctorate, 1989.
  • Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia, Masters of Divinity Candidate, 2022-2026.

 
Reported Cases:

Barnes v Jeudevine, 475 Mich. 696; 718 N.W.2d 311 (2006), reh'g den. 477 Mich. 1201; 720 N.W.2d
748 (2006); cert. den. Barnes v Jeudevine, 127 S.Ct. 1494, 167 L.Ed.2d 229 (U.S. Mich. Mar. 05,
2007) (No. 06-911); Dorko v Dorko, 504 Mich. 68; 934 N.W.2d 644 (2019).

Personal:

  • Mr. Perrett resides in the Kalamazoo area and he has two adult children.
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