Brinks & Associates | Attorney Bio

Sharon R. Brinks
Brinks & Associates
4641 N. Breton Court, SE
Kentwood, MI 49508

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Phone:

(616) 575-7200
(616) 437-0488 (Cell Phone)

E-mail:

Brinks.Law.Firm@Prodigy.Net

Fax:

(616) 656-5859

Web site:

http://www.brinkslawfirm.com
http://www.brinks.law.firm.com

Position	Areas of Practice	Litigation Percentage
Bar Admissions	Education	Honors
Published Works	Representative Cases

Ms. Brinks attended Calvin College and Wayne State University Law School. She began her legal career in western Michigan as a judicial law clerk.

Ms. Brinks has published extensively and taught both attorneys and lay individuals in the areas of the firm's expertise. Ms. Brinks' love of travel has resulted in her leading several groups of attorneys and judges on international legal exchange programs.

Ms. Brinks has taken into her home and heart two teenage girls and has served as a founding board member of the National Legal Network for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing. She also has served as an elder for her church, Forest Hills Presbyterian Church.

Ms. Brinks also serves the community as a Kentwood City Commissioner and Vice Chair of the local mass transit planning board.

Current Employment Position(s):: Sole Practitioner; Kentwood City Commissioner at Large

Areas Of Practice:: 5% Estate Planning; 50% Personal Injury -- Defense; 20% Employment Law -- Employer; 5% Employment Law -- Employee; 10% Workers' Compensation Law; 10% Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

Litigation Percentage:: 80% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Michigan, 1980; U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1981; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1980; U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1981; U.S. Federal Court, 1980; U.S. Supreme Court, 1986

Education:: Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, 1980; J.D.; Honors: cum laude; Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1976; B.A.; Major: Philosophy

Published Works:: Teenage Drivers in Foster Care: Critical Issues in Transportation, Michigan Bar Journal, November, 1991

Representative Cases:: Allstate Ins. Co. v. Snarski, 435 N.W.2d 408 (174 Mich. App. 148 1988); Sentry Ins. v. Lardner Elevator Co., 395 N.W. 2d 31 (153 Mich. App. 317 1986); Sentry Ins. Co. v. National Steel Corp., 382 N.W. 2d 753 (147 Mich. App. 214 1985); Roberts v. Gateway Motel of Grand Rapids, Inc., 377 N.W. 2d 895 (145 Mich. App. 671 1985); Guerrero v. Schoolmeester, 356 N.W. 2d 251 (135 Mich. App. 742 1984); Omega Const. Co., Inc. v. Murray, 341 N.W. 2d 535 (129 Mich. App. 509 1983)

Honors and Awards:: President's Award, Michigan Foster & Adoptive Parent Association, 1997

Past Employment Positions:: National Board of Attorneys For The Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Director, 1990 - 1996

Birth Information:: 1955, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America