Jennifer Tichelaar's primary areas of practice are litigation, creditors' rights, real property law, and business law. Ms. Tichelaar represents financial institutions in the areas of banking law and creditors' rights, including collections and related litigation. Ms. Tichelaar's practice also focuses on real property law, with particular emphasis in construction lien litigation. In addition to construction lien litigation, Ms. Tichelaar handles various real estate title litigation matters, including mortgage priority disputes, adverse possession claims, boundary disputes, and easement issues. Ms. Tichelaar also represents businesses in all aspects of business law, including business formations, transactions, and litigation.

Representative Experience

• Represented individuals and business owners with business entity formations, dissolutions, and various business transactions.
• Actively pursued and received tax and wage garnishments for creditor clients.
• Represented lenders, developers, contractors, and lien claimants in construction lien claims and foreclosures.
• Reviewed, analyzed, and resolved real estate title matters.

• Represented title insurance companies and their insureds in various real estate title disputes, including mortgage priority disputes, adverse possession claims, boundary disputes, easement issues, and construction lien claims.
• Represented buyers of structured settlements in obtaining court ordered approval of the structured settlement sale.
• Successfully collected millions of dollars on behalf of clients.
• Successfully represented a homeowner in a construction negligence jury trial. Drafted subsequent Brief on Appeal wherein the Michigan Court of Appeals reinstated the Jury Verdict overturned the Trial Court’s decision to grant Defendants’ Motion for JNOV. Heaton v Benton Constr Co, 286 Mich App 528, 780 NW 2d 618 (2009)
• Successfully represented a construction company in an American Arbitration Association (AAA) arbitration proceeding.



Jennifer M. Tichelaar

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Areas of Practice

• Real Property Law
• Business Law
• Banking Law
• Title Insurance Law
• Litigation

• Banking and Creditors’ Rights

Education

• Thomas M. Cooley Law School, J.D.
• Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, B.A.

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association

• Member, Business Law Section
• Member, Law Practice Management Section
• Member, General Practice/Small Firm Section
• Member, Litigation Section

State Bar of Michigan

• Member, Business Law Section
• Member, Law Practice Management Section

Ingham County Bar Association

American Land Title Association (ALTA)

Michigan Land Title Association (MLTA)

National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA)

Super Lawyers – Rising Star 2009