Gerald Ladwig is an associate at Braun Kendrick, focusing on estate planning, probate and trust administration and litigation. Prior to joining Braun Kendrick, Jerry had been the Police Chief for the City of Midland, Michigan.
Jerry serves on the Board of the Circle of Health Partnership, United Way of Midland County and The Rock Youth Center in Midland.
Jennifer LaMay is an Associate Attorney in Braun Kendrick’s Litigation Department.
While in law school, Jennifer participated in the Moot Court Trial and Advocacy Board, and the Trial Practice Institute Certificate Program, a two year intensive trial practice preparation. She also served as an Intern at the Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office, Appellate Division and the St. Vincent Catholic Charities Immigration Law Clinic.
Jennifer serves as the Treasurer of the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Great Lakes Bay Region.
Tiffany D. Torain’s practice focuses on immigration and nationality law with an emphasis on deportation and removal matters. Tiffany has represented clients from countries all over the world before Immigration Courts throughout the country.
Prior to joining the firm, Tiffany was a principal in the Immigration Law Office of Tiffany D. Torain, P.A. in Miami, Florida. In South Florida, Tiffany was a Board Member on the Miramar Community Services Advisory Board and was named by Success South Florida Magazine to their 40 under 40 Leaders of Today and Tomorrow for 2009.
During law school, Tiffany served as an associate editor of the Southern University Law Review and an award winning member of the Moot Court Board. She is currently pursuing a Master of Laws Degree in Employment Benefits Law at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois.
Tiffany is a member of the Mu Alpha Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority, Incorporated in Midland, Michigan. She is also a volunteer in the Saginaw Public School District. Tiffany lives in Midland with her husband and two children.
Glenn Fitkin practices in the areas of Environmental Law, Real Estate Law and Oil and Gas Law.
Glenn advises private and municipal clients on a broad range of regulatory, remediation, permitting, redevelopment, sustainable development, transactional and other environmental law matters, real estate transactional matters and oil and gas matters.
Glenn is a registered professional engineer, having worked as a civil and environmental engineer before becoming an attorney, and as such is able to provide clients with technical insight and understanding with respect to the legal matter at hand.
Tim Arnold’s practice focuses primarily on business, commercial and construction defect litigation, creditors’ rights, and collections.
Tim represents and counsels a wide range of clients from individuals to multi-national corporations in every aspect of litigation from pre-suit investigation through trial and appeal, including alternative dispute resolution and litigation avoidance strategies. He has successfully litigated cases before arbitrators and in courts throughout Michigan, North Carolina, California, New Jersey, Kentucky and Minnesota. In 2008, Tim was recognized as one of Michigan’s “Super Lawyers – Rising Stars” in the area of business litigation.
Before returning to his hometown of Saginaw, Tim practiced for several years in the Detroit area at the largest law firm in Michigan. Throughout his career, Tim has remained active in the community. He is a former President of the Saginaw County Bar Association. Tim is actively involved in several non-profit corporations and charitable service organizations including Fordney Club of Saginaw County, Peace Lutheran Church Board of Directors, Peace Lutheran School Board, and READ Association of Saginaw County. He is a graduate of Leadership Saginaw County and has served on the Child and Family Services of Saginaw County Board of Directors, Peace Lutheran Church and School Foundation Board of Directors and Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Barristers Board.
Michael Wooley specializes in business and family immigration and serves as chairman of the firm’s immigration law practice group.
Mike represents numerous U.S. employers and alien professionals in the health care and manufacturing industries, as well as in the higher education and information technology sectors. Mike also has represented immigration clients involved in professional and semi-professional sports. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer in immigration by the Michigan Super Lawyer magazine.
Mike is fluent in oral and written Spanish and has negotiated telecommunications and commercial contracts for clients doing business in Latin America. He regularly provides clients with Spanish language translation and interpreter services.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Mike served as a United States Peace Corp volunteer in Ecuador from 1988 to 1991, where he worked with water purification systems in 25 villages in the jungles of the western Andes.
Mike has a deep commitment to the Bay City community, where he has served as a city commissioner and a board member of various local charitable and service organizations. Mike lives in Bay City with his wife and their two daughters.
John Wolf works in the areas of business, tax, and estate planning.
John regularly advices clients on all aspects of business, tax, and estate planning. John has been involved in the ownership and management of several successful business enterprises.
David Turner’s practice is concentrated in the areas of general corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, tax, estate planning, and employee benefits. Mr. Turner also has experience in international financial transactions involving project financings including representing lenders in syndicated loan financings.
Mr. Turner has extensive experience representing small, closely held corporations and other business entities, including limited liability companies and partnerships. His practice in this area includes negotiating and drafting buy-sell agreements, acquisition agreements, employment contracts, deferred compensation agreements, recapitalization and other capital restructurings and tax planning. He has experience in establishing private foundations and filing applications with the Internal Revenue Service for obtaining tax exempt status for such entities.
Mr. Turner also has an extensive estate planning practice which includes the drafting of complex estate planning documents as well as trust and estate administration. His tax practice encompasses both individual and business tax planning and compliance. He has represented taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service Appeals Office and has experience in drafting requests for Private Letter Rulings from the Internal Revenue Service. His employee benefits practice includes the design, implementation and continuing compliance of qualified retirement plans, cafeteria plans and other welfare benefit programs.
Mr. Turner is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court, the U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. Claims Court.
Matthew Tarrant practices in civil litigation and sports law.
Matt has represented clients in trial, appellate, and administrative courts in Michigan. Matt is a registered CFLPA Agent and has negotiated several contracts for clients in the Canadian Football League. Matt is also admitted to practice in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Matt has been involved in several community activities, including serving as President of the Hospital Hospitality House of Saginaw.
Mark Smith practices in financial services law with an emphasis on real estate, loan origination, creditor’s rights, insolvency, and UCC matters.
Mark represents financial institution clients and has a broad understanding of the various state and federal consumer protection laws impacting them. With substantial experience in the areas of selection and management of other legal service providers, Mark brings a strong client-based perspective to his work assignments.
Prior to joining Braun Kendrick, Mark spent nearly 20 years as an in-house attorney for Citizens Bank and its affiliates. During that time Mark assumed lead counsel responsibility for risk management, loan and deposit product development, and regulatory compliance activities within and outside the State of Michigan.
Mark also has previous experience as a judicial law clerk for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of Ohio, and practice experience as an attorney specializing in consumer and business bankruptcy law.
