Molly P. Petitjean

Associate
Molly Petitjean

Molly is an associate attorney who graduated from Michigan State University College of Law in 2013, magna cum laude. While attending law school she received the Juris Prudence Award for both Constitutional Law II and Child Advocacy. Molly spent the first years of her legal career practicing for Peterson, Johnson & Murray in Madison, Wisconsin. After moving to Michigan in 2015 she continued her legal career in Brighton, where she worked for a community-centric generalist firm. Molly joined our firm when she permanently relocated to Lansing and brings her knowledge advising both individuals and businesses to the firm.

Molly grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where she learned to love the Packers at a young age. She graduated from Marquette University with honors before attending law school. While in law school Molly participated in the First Amendment Legal Clinic at MSU College of Law teaching high schoolers about their First Amendment rights and intellectual property law. In her spare time Molly enjoys traveling to northern Wisconsin, playing board games with her friends and family, reading by the fireplace, and cooking for anyone willing to try her latest recipe.

Areas of Practice

  • Estate Planning
  • Estate and Trust Administration
  • Probate and Trust Litigation
  • Advising Small Businesses
  • Business Succession Planning

Education

  • Michigan State College of Law, Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude, 2013
  • Marquette University, Bachelor of Arts with honors, Communication Studies, 2009

Professional Honors & Associations

  • State Bar of Michigan, Admitted June 2017
    • Young Lawyers Division, Member, 2017-Present
  • State Bar of Wisconsin, Admitted October 2015
    • Young Lawyers Division, Member 2015-Present
    • Nonresident Lawyers Division, Member 2016-Present
  • United States District Court
    • Eastern District of Michigan
    • Western District of Michigan
    • Eastern District of Wisconsin
    • Western District of Wisconsin
  • Ingham County Bar Association
  • Member, Journal Committee of the Probate & Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan