Areas of Practice

Commercial transactions

Creditor’s Rights and Bankruptcy

Real Estate

Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Administration

Medicaid and Elder Law

Mediation

 

Education

Thomas M. Cooley Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 1991

Michigan State University, B.A., Economics, 1968;

· Masters of Labor and Industrial Relations, 1970

 

Prior Professional Experience

Director, Bureau of Local Development Services,
State of Michigan, Department of Commerce

Executive Director, Grand Rapids Area Employment and

                 Training Counsel (GRAETC)

City of Grand Rapids, Human Resources Department

· Chief Planning Officer

 

Professional Affiliations and Honors

American Bar Association Member

Federal Bar Association Member

State Bar of Michigan Member

                 ·Member of the Real Property Committee

                    of the Probate and Estate Planning Section

Ingham County Bar Association

· Co-Chair Probate and Estate Planning Section 2005-present

· Co-Chair Bankruptcy Section 2002-2005

Greater Lansing Estate Planning Council

· Past Member of the Board of Directors

Named by The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Elder Law

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

Vice-President/Treasurer Foster Zack Little Pasteur & Manning,  P.C. 2001-Present

AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale Hubbell

 

Community Service

Michigan State University Alumni Association

· Board of Directors, Mid-Michigan Chapter, 2004, President 2006

· Co-Chair, Steve Smith Alumni Golf Outing

· Chair, Strategic Planning Committee

Rotary Club of Lansing 2003—present

Catholic Social Services/St. Vincent Home

· Board of Directors, 1993-2000

· Chair, 1998-2000

LRC-PAC

· Board of Directors and Legal Counsel, 1992-1999

The Governor’s Rural Advocate, 1989-1991

Michigan Enterprise Zone Authority

· Chairperson, 1986-1991

Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce

 

Michelyn E. Pasteur

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