 | Pentiuk, Couvreur & Kobiljak, P.C. |  | | | | Edelson Building, Suite 200, 2915 Biddle Avenue
Wyandotte, Michigan 48192 View Map |
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| | | | Practice Areas: | | Bankruptcy Law, Business Law, Civil Litigation, Trials and Appeals, Civil Rights Law, Class Action Law, Collections Law, Creditors Rights, Commercial Law, Condominium Law, Consumer Law, Cooperative Housing Law, Corporate, Partnership and Limited Liability Company Law, Creditor Rights Law, Credit Union Law, Criminal Law, Divorce and Domestic Relations Law, Employment and Labor Law, Family Law, Child Support, Landlord and Tenant Law, Local Government and Municipal Law, Nonprofit Corporate Law for Churches, Ministries, Service Organizations and Community Foundations, Personal Injury, Negligence and Malpractice Law, Probate Law, Real Estate Transactions and Litigation, Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning Law. | | | | Year Established: 1989 | | | | Firm Profile: | | Pentiuk, Couvreur & Kobiljak, P.C.'s mission is to provide our clients with the finest legal service through zealous and aggressive representation, personal attention and professional diligence. When our clients succeed, we succeed. We strive to make lasting relationships with our clients. Our clients' interests are paramount. They are the reason we exist as a firm, and within the bounds of professional ethics, we pursue their interests relentlessly. Each attorney is licensed to practice law in all of the courts within the State of Michigan, ranging from the trial court level of district and circuit courts, through the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court. We routinely appear at the trial courts in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Monroe Counties and others. Our attorneys are also admitted to practice in various federal courts, such as the United States Supreme Court, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, the District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, and the Bankruptcy Court. We handle administrative law proceedings in a wide range of agencies. At the federal level, these include the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Transportation Surface Transportation Board (STB), and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). At the state level, our attorneys handle matters in the Michigan Tax Tribunal, the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, the State Tax Commission, the Michigan Employment Relations Commission and various other regulatory agencies. Some members of Pentiuk, Couvreur & Kobiljak, P.C. are also admitted to practice in other jurisdictions such as Virginia and the District of Columbia. In the profiles of our attorneys, you will discover why Pentiuk, Couvreur & Kobiljak, P.C. is widely regarded as the premier law firm in the Downriver Detroit Community, and is highly respected throughout Metropolitan Detroit, Wayne County and the State of Michigan as a firm of zealous and experienced attorneys committed to serving our clients with the finest legal representation. | | | | Firm Size: 18 | | | | Languages: | | Japanese, Urdu, French, some Polish, and some Korean. | | | | Representative Clients: | | City of Riverview; City of Melvindale; Downriver Community Conference; Charter Township of Royal Oak; Global Technology; Trenton Federal Credit Union; St. Francis Credit Union; Metro Shores Credit Union; 1300 East Lafayette Cooperative; Center for Individual Rights, Washington D.C. (special litigation); Wayne County special counsel; City of Southgate special counsel; Garden City Downtown Development Authority; City of Melvindale Economic Development Corporation; Taylor Housing Commission; Taylor Community Development Corporation; Melvindale Housing Commission; Royal Oak Township Downtown Development Authority; Taylor Act 179 Authority; International Airport Center; Bretton Village Cooperative. | | | Office Hours:
Monday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
| | | | —————————— | | | | MANAGING PARTNER | | | | Mr. Randall A. Pentiuk (Managing Partner) born Garden City, Michigan, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Michigan; 1984, District of Columbia; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Detroit College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1981); Wayne State University (B.S.B.A., with distinction, 1976). Editor, Detroit Law Review, 1980-1981. Computer Programmer, Ford Motor Company. Research Attorney, Michigan Court of Appeals, 1981. City Attorney, City of Riverview, Michigan, 1995. Corporation Counsel, City of Melvindale, 1992—. Special Counsel, 2004 and General Counsel, 2006—, Charter Township of Royal Oak. Corporate Attorney: Downriver Community Conference; Downriver Mutual Aid. Represent: Housing Commissions for Melvindale; Taylor and Royal Oak Township; Taylor Act 179 Authority; South Huron Valley Utility Authority; Riverview Economic Development Corporation; Downtown Development Authorities, Garden City, Melvindale, Southgate and Royal Oak; Wayne County. Chairman, Board of Directors, Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries. Serve, Board of Directors, Volunteers of American in Michigan. Former Chairman, Trenton Planning Commission. Named in Michigan Super Lawyers of 2007. Member: Detroit, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member: Business Law and Public Corporation Law Sections; Condominium, Community Association and Housing Cooperative Law Committee); Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys; International Municipal Lawyers Association (Member, Litigation and Risk Management Section). Practice Areas: Condominium Law; Housing Cooperative; Business Law; Real Estate; Business Planning; Litigation; Collections; Commercial Law; Labor and Employment. | | | | PARTNERS | | | | Joseph G. Couvreur (Partner) born Michigan, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, Michigan. Education: Wayne State University (B.A., Public Affairs, 1985; J.D., 1988). Honors: Board Member of Environmental Law Society; Board of Directors for Free Legal Aid Clinic. Representative, student symposium presented by the Center for the Study of the Presidency, Wayne State, Washington, D.C., 1985. Counsel for Housing Commissions; Downtown Development Authority, Planning Commissions; Economic Development, Corporation, Profit and Non-Profit Corporations; Former Prosecutor: City of Melvindale; City of Riverview. Member of Downriver Community Christian Church; Christ Net. Former Director, Grateful Home, Board of Directors of the Southern Wayne County Chamber of Commerce, Teacher in Housing and Cooperative law seminars, Teacher in Freedom of information Act seminars. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Real Property Law; Taxation; Probate and Estate Planning, Elder law). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Cooperative Law; Business Law; Municipal Law; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Housing Law. | | | | Kurt M. Kobiljak (Partner) born Michigan; admitted to bar, 1991, Michigan. Education: Cranbrook Educational Community; Albion College (B.A, Economics and Accounting/History, cum laude, 1988); University of Detroit (J.D., 1991). Dean's List. Delta Tau Delta. Recipient, Outstanding College Student of America. Varsity Tennis Team 1984-1988 and Tennis Team Captain 1988, All MIAA Conference Tennis. Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Melvindale. Assistant City Attorney, City of Riverview. Served, Community Boards, Oakwood Hospital South shore Medical Center Board of Directors; Downriver Community Conference; Downriver Community Conference Board Secretary; BASF, Inc. Community Advisory Panel. Member: Grosse Ile Sacred Heart Church Parishioner; Grosse Ile Historical Society; Water's Edge Golf & Country Club; Grosse Ile Golf & Country Club; Grosse Ile Conservation Club; Ducks Unlimited; Michigan United Conservation Club; Detroit Institute of Arts Patron; Michigan Governors Club; Downriver Grass Roots Republican Organization. Elected Township Supervisor, 2005—. Elected Township Treasure, 2000-2005. Elected Township Board of Trustees, 1996-2000; Planning Commissioner, 1991—. Police Commissioner, 1996—. Liaison to the Open Space and Green ways Committee, Township of Grosse Ile. President and Co-Founder of the Grosse Ile Nature and Land Conservancy. Director and Co-Founder of the Grosse Ile Educational Foundation. Director and Co-Founder of The Animal Island League Shelter. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on Business Law; Real Property; Environmental Law, Corporation Law); American Bar Association; National Institute of Municipal Officers (Member, Land Use Section). Practice Areas: Civil Defense Litigation; Credit Union Law; Municipal Law; Land Use Law; Real Estate; Creditors Rights; Condominium Law; Collections; Estate Planning; Corporate Law; Civil Litigation; Commercial Law. | | | | —————————— | | | | Michael P. Hurley (Associate) born Grosse Pointe, Michigan; admitted to bar, 1985, Michigan and U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Wayne State University (B.A., with honors, 1980); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., with distinction, 1984). Member: State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Criminal Law; Civil Law. | | | | Creighton D. Gallup (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University-James Madison College (B.A., International Relations, 1996); Japan Center for Michigan Universities (Advanced Language Degree, Hikone, Japan, 1997) Michigan State University, Detroit College of Law (J.D., 2001). Active in local: Polish Roman Catholic Union of America; American Legion (Son of Legionnaires); Michigan State University Alumni Association. Currently enrolled in Family Law Certificate Program through ICLE. Member: State Bar of Michigan; Wayne County Family Bar Association; Downriver Bar Association; MSU-DCL Downriver Bar Association. Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Family Law(60%); Divorce; Child Support; Child Custody; Parenting Time; PPO's; Civil Litigation(30%); Landlord and Tenant Law; Cooperative Housing Law; Collections; Criminal Law(10%). | | | | April E. Knoch (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan, Dearborn (B.A., Psychology, 1998); Michigan State University Detroit College of Law (J.D., 2001). Lifetime Member, MSU-DCL Alumni Association. Received: Certificate of Completion for ICLE Probate and Estate Planning Certificate Program 2006; Certificate of Mediation Training. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Tax; Probate and Estate Planning). Practice Areas: Probate Taxation; Equine Law; Animal Law; Canine Law; Veterinary Law; Ad Valorem Tax; Local Taxation; Personal Property Taxation; Property Tax; State Income Tax; State Taxation. | | | | Mr. Robert D. Smith, Jr. (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A., Finance); University of Toledo College of Law (J.D., 2006). Criminal Law Moot Court Team. Law Clerk to Honorable Joseph A. Costello, Jr., 38th Circuit Court, Monroe, Michigan. Prosecutor Intern, Monroe County Prosecutor's Office. Finalist, Annual Charles W. Fornoff Appellate Oral-Advocacy Competition. Member: State Bar of Michigan; Monroe County and American Bar Associations. | | | | OF COUNSEL | | | | Kerry Lee Morgan (Of Counsel) born Michigan; admitted to bar, 1981, Michigan; 1990, District of Columbia; 1993, Virginia; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., with honors, 1977); Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University (J.D., 1981); Regent University (M.A., magna cum laude, 1985). Author: First We Defend Law, Then We Defend Life: What The Pro-Life Movement Needs After 30 Years of Failure, 2004; "Real Choice, Real Freedom in American Education, The Legal and Constitutional Case for Parental Rights and Against Governmental Control of American Education," University Press of America, 1997, (ISBN 0-7618-0855-8); The Unalienable Right of Government by Consent and the Independent Agency, J. Christian Juris, 33, 1990; "A Declaration of Universal Rights," CFJ International, 1988; A Constitutional Presidency, J. Christian Juris, 85, 1987; The Declaration of Independence and American Education, J. Christian Juris, 77, 1986; Comment, Secular Humanism and Equal Protection: Focusing on Marital and Parental Status as Factors Determining Permissible Gender-Based Classifications and Their Impact on Family Integrity, Detroit College Law Review 821, 1980. Note,People v. Wheeler: Has California Really Assured Impartial Juries by Revision of the Peremptory Challenge?, Detroit College Law Review, 527, 1979; "Unalienable Rights, Equality and The Free Exercise of Religion," 2005. Adjunct Professor, Business Law, William Tyndale College, Farmington Hills, Michigan, 1995-2002. Member, Federalist Society. Member, Detroit College Law Review. Managing Editor, 1979; Survey Editor, 1980. License, Federal Firearms, 1991-2007/SOT, 2005-2007. Founder, Consumer Law Group, P.C. Candidate, Michigan Supreme Court, 2006. Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Washington D.C. (1988-1992). Reported Cases: For Amicus, Smith v. Board of Sch. Comm'rs, 827 F.2d 684 (11th Cir. 1987); Grutter v. Bollinger, 16 F. Supp. 2d 797 (E.D. Mich. 1998), rev.188 F.3d 394 (6th Cir. 1999); Gratz v. Bollinger, 122 F. Supp. 2d 811 (E.D. Mich. 2000), subsequent proceeding, 135 F. Supp. 2d 790 (E.D. Mich. 2001); On Brief, Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003); On Brief, Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003); United States ex rel. Mich. Natural Res. Comm'n v. Wayne County, 280 F. Supp. 2d 726 (E.D. Mich. 2003); United States v. Wayne County, 369 F.3d 508 (6th Cir. 2004); United States v. Wayne County, 406 F. Supp. 2d 760 (E.D. Mich. 2005); On Brief, City of Riverview v. Surface Transp. Bd., 398 F.3d 434 (6th Cir. 2005); Coalition v. Granholm, 240 F.R.D. 368 (E.D. Mich. 2006); Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Granholm, 473 F.3d 237 (6th Cir. 2006); subsequent proceeding 501 F.3d 775 (6th Cir. 2007); Morgan v. DOJ, BATF, cert. den. 547 U.S. 1098 (2006); Morgan v. United States DOJ, 473 F. Supp. 2d 756 (E.D. Mich. 2007) aff. 509 F.3d 273 (6th Cir. 2007); People v. Walters, 266 Mich. App. 341 (Mich. Ct. App. 2005); City of Riverview v. Sibley Limestone, 270 Mich. App. 627 (Mich. Ct. App. 2006). Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Employment Law; Environmental Law; Education Law; Constitutional Law; Employment Discrimination; Federal Firearms Law. |
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