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Plachta, Murphy & Associates, P.C. 
Grand Rapids, Michigan Office
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Loraine Professional Building, 124 East Fulton, Suite 100
Grand Rapids, Michigan  49503
(Kent Co.)

Telephone: 616-773-2752
Fax: 616-458-2410
http://www.pmalawpc.com



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Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM-05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM-05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM-05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM-05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM-05:00 PM


About this office:

At Plachta, Murphy & Associates, it is our mission to promote our clients' business and personal security through responsive and proactive legal expertise. We are a small full-service law firm with specialties in elder care law, life-care planning, divorce, government benefits (SSA/VA), and state and federal tax resolution. Whether you are dealing with opportunities or challenges, or want to avoid potential problems, we have the knowledge and expertise to provide solutions.

The goal of our Business Law team is to help clients avoid or minimize costly court battles. But, if and when litigation becomes necessary, we will pursue legal remedies from a position of strength and integrity. We will strive to protect and grow your business assets and your individual wealth.

Our family law team guides clients through difficult times: divorce, child custody, probating a loved-one's estate.

Our Life-Care Planning team brings together expertise in Elder Law, Estate Planning, Government Benefits (SSA and VA), and Long-term Care Planning. This team includes estate planning and elder law attorney Brian Plachta, government benefits specialists Richard Cross and Benjamin Mayfield, and VA-certified attorney Miles J. Murphy, III. Life-Care Planning is a holistic process that our office undertakes to help provide guidance and assistance for our clients to aid in asset preservation and to address the care needs all of us have as we age.

Our Litigation team covers all areas of civil litigation: Bankruptcy, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Employment and Contract Law, Landlord/Tenant, Wrongful Death.

Tax Resolution Specialists is a specific client team devoted to helping individuals and businesses avoid and/or resolve tax problems. Former IRS agent John Rzepka and Tax Resolution Specialist Kari Thames help clients understand their legal rights, represent them in front of the IRS, state, or city, if needed, and work to successfully resolve their tax issues. http://www.trstax.com.



 

Specific Practice & Industry Groups Details:
Elder Law SolutionsFamily Law Solutions
Professional Collection SolutionsTax Resolution Specialists
VA Practice Group


Statement of Practice Summary:
Asset Protection, Asset Recovery, Bankruptcy Chapter 7, Breach of Contract, Business Enterprises, Business Formation, Business Law, Business Litigation, Business Planning, Buying and Selling of Businesses, Celebrex, Child Support, Civil Litigation, Closely Held Business Law, Collections, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Real Estate, Communications and Media, Construction Law, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Law, Contracts, Conveyancing, Corporate Law, Creditors Rights, DUI/DWI, Disability, Discrimination, Divorce, Dog Bites, Drivers License Suspension, Elder Law, Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Estate and Gift Taxation, Family Law, Foreclosures, Franchises and Franchising, General Practice, Guardianship and Conservatorship, Homeowner Association Law, Inheritance, Insurance, Labor Employment, Landlord and Tenant Law, Legal Separation, Lemon Law, Libel, Slander and Defamation, Limited Liability Company Law, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Partnership Law, Paternity, Property Damage, Property Insurance, Property Tax, Real Estate, Residential Real Estate, Securities Fraud, Sexual Harassment, Small Business Law, Social Security, Social Security Disability, Spousal Support, Tax Audits, Taxation, Trade Secrets, Trusts and Estates, Unfair Competition, VA Law, Venture Capital, Veterans Administration, Visitation Rights, Wage and Hour Law, Warranty Law, Wills and Probate, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Termination, Zoning, Planning and Land Use.

Documents by Lawyers at this office

Legal Issues Involving Teenage Children
Miles J. Murphy, October 30, 2009
Our teenagers sometimes violate criminal statutes that parents or family members should be aware of. Regarding alcohol, it is illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to possess or consume an alcoholic beverage. A first minor in possession (MIP) offense is considered a non-jailable offense, followed...

Year Established: 1996

Representative Clients:
Liberty Mutual Ins.; Progressive Ins.; Nationwide Ins.; Henry Mast Greenhouse, Inc,; Masterpiece Transportation; Masterpiece Flower Company; Preston Tool, Ltd.


All Members and Associates are members of the Michigan State Bar Association.



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