Our Primary Practice Areas:

Business and Commercial Law

International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”)

Municipal Law

Personal Injury Claims and Defense

Probate Administration, Litigation and Estate Planning

Real Estate and Land Use Law

Municipal Law    (back to top)

Kirk & Huth, P.C. represents several Macomb County Michigan municipalities and other public entities.  Our representation includes county agencies, cities, townships, and other public authorities.  We have experience in a great range of issues involving municipalities, including zoning and planning, litigation, labor, environmental, construction, drafting of ordinances, resolutions and policies, ordinance enforcement, licensing issues, agreements, police and fire, prosecution, public works issues, eminent domain and all other general municipal matters.  We have served municipalities and governmental agencies in varying capacities, including as general counsel or special counsel. 

In addition, we also represent private citizens, developers and organizations in matters involving municipalities and/or municipal officials, zoning and planning, eminent domain, ordinance violations and real estate matters.  We handle municipal matters at administrative levels as well as in litigation.   

Some examples of Municipal matters our firm handles include:

• Drafting charter, statutory and ordinance language

• Negotiating agreements with utility providers

• Drafting zoning and land use regulations

• Condemnation actions

• Litigating at the trial and appellate levels

Appearing before legislative and administrative bodies to obtain zoning changes, site plan approvals, special use permits and variances on behalf of private citizens and entities

Business and Commercial Law     (back to top)

Kirk & Huth, P.C. represents the interests of both large and small Michigan businesses.  We have represented a broad range of businesses, including restaurants, manufacturers, automobile and boat dealers, as well as those involved in building and real estate development, in a wide variety of matters. 

We represent clients in several areas of business and commercial law, including the following:

• Incorporation/Organization of Michigan business entities

• Sale or purchase of businesses, asset purchases and buy/sell agreements

• Business reorganization and dissolution

• Commercial leases

• Contracts

• Membership and shareholder agreements

• Litigation involving contractual and other business issues

Probate Administration and Estate Planning    (back to top)

Kirk & Huth’s probate and estate planning and administration practice includes  a full range of probate and trust administration matters, representing fiduciaries, beneficiaries and other interested parties in Michigan probate courts.  Our firm performs many services including initiating decedents’ wills in probate, administration and distribution, preparing documents and other necessary filings.  When an individual is rendered unable to handle his or her affairs, Kirk & Huth also has experience in assisting fiduciaries as well as in serving as trustee, guardian or guardian ad litem.  In addition, probate courts have appointed our principals as fiduciaries in thousands of cases.  Some of the matters handled by our Probate Team include: 

• Wills and Trusts

• Powers of Attorney

• Medical Powers of Attorney

• Guardianships

• Living Wills

• Life Insurance Trusts

• Family Limited Partnerships

• Living Trusts

• Educational Trusts

• Bypass Trusts

• Business Succession

• Medicaid Planning

• Special Needs Trusts

• Probate Administration

• Will and Trust Disputes

Personal Injury Claims and Defense     (back to top)

Kirk & Huth is experienced in all areas of personal injury law.  These include those related to prosecution and defense of matters in negligence, automobile and motorcycle accidents, products malfunction, animal attacks and slip and fall.  The experienced attorneys at Kirk & Huth are available to represent you in all of your personal injury needs.  Some of the types of cases in which we have experience include:

• Auto Accidents

• Burn Injuries

• Injuries to Children

• Construction Injuries

• Defective Products

• Dog/Animal Bite Injuries

• No Fault Claims

• Personal Injuries

• Slip & Fall

• Wrongful Death

Real Estate and Land Use Law     (back to top)

Kirk & Huth attorneys are ready to assist you or your business with all of the various aspects of real estate transactions, including purchase or lease through construction, leasing and disposition, including, but not limited to, financial structuring and refinancing. 

Our firm handles all forms of general real estate law, both transactional and litigation matters involving residential and commercial property, and all phases of development.  We practice in the areas of construction law, lien law, and contracts law, and our experience includes Land Use and Planning for both municipal clients as well as individual property owners and developers, including the following:  

• Purchase and sale of improved and unimproved property

• Shopping center development

• Land development

• Landlord and tenant disputes, for residential and commercial clients

• Commercial lease negotiation and litigation

• Professional agreements

• Development of condominiums and planned unit developments

• Construction (contracts, disputes, loans)

• Development of unimproved property

• Environmental issues

• Equipment finance and leasing

• Foreclosure

• Zoning and land use, including variance special land use

International Traffic in Arms Regulations:  ITAR     (back to top)

Kirk & Huth, P.C. has become versed and experienced in a new and expanding area of law known as International Traffic in Arms Regulations ("ITAR").  ITAR matters involve laws surrounding the control of the permanent and temporary export and temporary import of defense articles and services.   Generally governed by 22 U.S.C. 2778 of the Arms Export Control Act ("AECA"), issues in this area of law are generally related to information and material pertaining to defense and military related technologies.  The AECA, among these other requirements and authorities, provides for the promulgation of implementing regulations.  This area of law can also involve several governmental agencies, regulating matters such as who has access to information, how information is disseminated, etc.

These matters have the potential to impact several other practice areas, such as import/export, constitutional law and associated criminal penalties.  Our attorneys are ready to assist you in this area of law and its many related issues.