Michelle J. Perkins
Michelle Perkins
Scottsdale
Arizona (AZ)
Family Law
Business/Corporate
Estate Planning & Probate
Profile
Ms. Perkins was a sole practitioner in Scottsdale for two years and in 1996 she co-founded Owens & Perkins, P.C. with her grandfather, C.D. Owens, Jr. Ms. Perkins is admitted to practice in Arizona and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Ms. Perkins practices in the areas of family law, including divorce, legal separation, paternity, child support, custody and relocation matters; business and corporate formation, including Limited Liablity Companies, lease negotiations, business counseling in a tough economy and dissolution of a business entity. Ms. Perkins also practices in the areas of estate planning for individuals and families, including preparing a person's Last Will & Testament, Power of Attorney for financial and health matters, Trust drafting, Trust funding, Trust Administration, and Trust litigagion; contested and uncontested probate matters and contested and uncontested Guardianship and Conservatorship cases. Ms. Perkins has also served as a liaison for high net worth clients involved in complex and/or multiple litigation matters.
Selected To
Southwest Super Lawyers 2007
About Michelle Perkins
Admitted: 1994, Arizona
Professional Webpage: www.oplaw.com
Honors and Awards:
- 2010 Entrepreneurs' Organization, Leadership Award for Outstanding Leadership in Tough Economic Times - Velocity Forum
- 2007 Southwest Super Lawers
- 2009 Recipient of the Scottsdale Bar Associations' prestigious Award of Excellence
- 2007 Business Journal "Legal Eagle" Young Valley attorneys go the extra mile to rise to the top of their profession
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Former Chair of the Maricopa County Bar Assocation Family Law Section, former member of the Superior Court Domestic Relations/Mental Health Committee, former Board Member of the Scottsdale Bar Association and former Board Member of the Homeless Legal Assistance Project
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Ms. Perkins serves as a Judge Pro Tem for the Maricopa County Superior Court; she provides free legal advice for the Channel 12 "Lawyers on Call" phone bank; she provides free legal advice at the Pauite Center to low income families; she provides free legal advice for the Family Lawyers Assistance Project ("FLAP"); she provides free legal advice at various shelters in Phoenix; she provided dinner for the Ronald McDonald House; she has been a liason for elementary age children for the Maricopa County Courthouse Experience; and she has assisted in producing mock trials for elementary age children in the Scottsdale School District.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Continuing Legal Education seminars for lawyers taught by Ms. Perkins: Arizona Probate Litigation - What To Do When Final Wishes Are Contested, Unraveling the Mystery of Asset Protection Vehicles in Arizona and Mediation the Road to Resolution
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