Best Detroit Divorce Attorneys

McAvoy & Reid handles divorce, custody, bankruptcy, and probate from an office in Canton, just west of Detroit. Christopher McAvoy and Christina Reid have advised Wayne County clients since 2003.

Attorney McAvoy has more than twenty years of practice across bankruptcy, probate, estate planning, and real estate. Reid focuses on trust administration and probate, and graduated magna cum laude from Cooley Law School.

From an office in Taylor, Shimek Law Firm represents families across Wayne, Washtenaw, Oakland, and Monroe counties. Kory Shimek takes divorce, adoption, bankruptcy, probate, and injury claims.

The firm relies on negotiation and mediation to settle disputes out of court, then proceeds to litigation when talks stall. Its blog covers Michigan-specific ground, from prenuptial agreements to no-fault car accident steps.

Few Detroit divorce attorneys build an entire practice around speed, but FasTrack Divorce does. The Royal Oak firm works on a flat-fee method designed to move a case from complaint to judgment without a trial.

Attorney Mary Anne leads the team and acts more as a peacemaker than a courtroom fighter. Mediation is available when spouses cannot reach terms on their own.

FasTrack says plainly that its process is not for everyone; people seeking retribution should look elsewhere. A second office sits in Birmingham, and the team serves Bloomfield Hills, Troy, Livonia, and the wider metro area.

Royce A. Nunley was named to Super Lawyers Rising Stars every year from 2019 through 2024 for his family law work. His St. Clair Shores practice covers contested and uncontested filings, high-net-worth cases, parenting plans, and post-judgment issues.

Nunley is fluent in Spanish and also takes criminal defense, injury, and Social Security Disability claims. The group serves Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties from a single office.

Downriver residents in Southgate and across Wayne and Monroe counties bring divorce, custody, bankruptcy, and estate planning matters to The Mitten Law Firm. The first consultation is free.

Its attorneys have been quoted by Forbes, Fortune, and the New York Post on bankruptcy and family law. The firm's blog tracks state developments, including the proposed move toward 50/50 parenting time in Michigan.

An all-female practice with more than 25 years behind it, Eisenberg & Spilman takes complicated marital cases in Birmingham and throughout Oakland County. Business valuations, hidden assets, gray divorce, and international jurisdiction questions are regular territory.

Judges routinely appoint Laura Eisenberg as guardian ad litem in hard-fought custody matters, and Amy Spilman handles appellate work. Both carry Super Lawyers and Leading Lawyers recognition.

The firm keeps standing relationships with forensic accountants, business valuators, and private investigators for cases where the marital estate is tangled.

Madana Hermiz founded Hermiz Law in Troy. She has won 99% of the criminal trials she has taken, and that record carries into contested family disputes. Her caseload runs from property and debt division to child support and high-net-worth splits.

She also keeps a separate track for men going through the process. Clients get a direct line to the attorney instead of a rotating cast of staff.

Renée K. Gucciardo has practiced family law and nothing else since 2001, following five years as an Assistant Oakland County Prosecutor. Her Bingham Farms office handles divorce, property settlement, step-parent adoption, paternity, and post-judgment changes.

Colleague Ron Tolbert handles cases through arbitration or in court when talks break down. A second location in Clarkston reaches clients farther north in Oakland County.

Fifty years of practice sits behind The Law Firm of Hauer & Snover in Bloomfield Hills. The office takes family matters only, from high-asset property division to hard-fought custody, and represents everyone from public figures to homemakers.

Seven attorneys share the caseload, and they are litigators first. They negotiate when settlement serves the client and go to trial when it does not.

Southfield-based Kizy Law splits its work between family matters and criminal defense across Oakland, Macomb, and Wayne counties. Channelle Kizy-White leads the team.

Family services range from parenting time and changes of domicile to school-choice fights and personal protection orders. On the criminal side, the office takes drunk driving, drug charges, and driver's license restoration.

Wade Jackman and Patricia Kasody-Coyle bring more than 60 years of combined experience to their Bingham Farms office. Jackman alone has spent 30-plus years in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, and Livingston courts.

Complex and high-asset cases are a stated focus, supported by business valuation specialists and forensic accountants. The firm also keeps an office in Northville.

Since 1994, Clos, Russell & Wirth has run a broad practice out of Westland covering family law, criminal defense, probate, business matters, and civil litigation. Charles Clos, Gary Russell, and Shannon Wirth take contested and collaborative cases along with custody and support.

Uncontested collaborative divorce is one of the listed family law options, and the firm also handles estate planning and elder law.

Randall Pitler pioneered amicable divorce in Michigan and has practiced for over 25 years. His Royal Oak firm offers mediation, the collaborative process, and a one-lawyer option for couples who already agree on property and parenting time.

Pitler is a court-approved mediator and a past president of the Collaborative Practice Institute of Michigan. He also sits on the State Bar's Family Law Section board. Offices also serve Novi, Livonia, and Troy.

Haas | Prokopec practices family law and nothing else. The Grosse Pointe Farms office takes divorce, custody and parenting time disputes, change of domicile, step-parent adoption, and appeals.

Trish Oleksa Haas, Dawn Prokopec, and Kelsey Knapp appear in the Wayne, Macomb, Oakland, and St. Clair County courts, as well as the Michigan Court of Appeals.

Susan Elkouri and Symantha Heath have served southeast Michigan for more than 30 years from their Novi office. Both are certified collaborative lawyers and trained mediators.

The practice also covers military cases, asset and pension valuation, parent relocation, and grandparent visitation. Consultations at no charge.

Jeanne M. Frazee is a solo family law attorney in Livonia with more than 30 years of practice. She handles divorce, parenting time, and marital property division matters, including cases where a family business has to be valued and split.

Frazee tells clients what they need to hear, not what they want to hear. She settles out of court when the other side is reasonable.

Lukas and Katherine Sikorski run three offices in Livonia, Garden City, and Taylor. Their work mixes divorce, custody, and child support with bankruptcy, wills and trusts, and misdemeanor defense.

Both attorneys hold Super Lawyers recognition, and the firm sets fixed fees for uncontested matters.

Taylor attorney James E. Brittain takes family, criminal, and injury cases across Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, and Monroe counties. Clients deal with him directly from intake through resolution.

He holds a degree from Michigan State and a law degree from Cooley, and practices only in Michigan courts. Consultations are free.

Stephen A. Thomas has practiced for more than 35 years and is licensed in Michigan, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. From his Detroit office, he advises on bankruptcy, estate planning, and family matters including custody, support, and visitation.

Consultations are free, and clients can book online.