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At Plachta, Murphy & Associates it is our mission to promote our clients’ business and personal security through responsive and proactive legal expertise. We are a full-service law firm with over 50 years of combined legal expertise in all areas of the law. Our offices are located in Grand Rapids with an additional office in Holland. We don’t strive to be the biggest law firm in West Michigan, but rather to be a law firm that provides one-on-one personalized service of the highest quality for our business and personal clients.

In addition to the traditional areas of business and personal law, in response to client needs we have developed unique specialty client practice groups in Elder Care Law, Divorce and Family Law, Government Benefits (including Social Security, Disability, VA, and Medicaid) and Back Tax Resolution. Because times are tough in Michigan, many of our services are billed on a flat fee basis. Please call us at 616-458-3994 to inquire how our team can help you accomplish your legal goals and objectives.

Brian Plachta

Brian J. Plachta has been practicing law in Michigan since 1984. As a Grand Rapids native and the managing partner of Plachta, Murphy & Associates, P.C., Brian brings a wealth of legal and business experience to the local community. He specializes in Business Law, Real Estate Law, and Estate Planning and Probate. He is a frequent lecturer on Business Law and Elder Care Law topics and volunteers locally at The Dwelling Place, West Michigan Relief, Help Pregnancy Crisis Aid, and the Diocese of Grand Rapids. He is also an elder law attorney, certified by the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys.

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Miles J. Murphy

Miles J. Murphy, III is a shareholder of Plachta, Murphy & Associates, P.C. A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, he graduated from the University of Notre Dame and received his law degree from the University of Detroit. He has been practicing law in Michigan since 1986 in both State and Federal Court. He has litigated cases throughout West Michigan with an emphasis on Business Litigation, Commercial and Business Law, Family Law, Employment Law, and Administrative Law. He his a guest speaker on litigation topics and is a member of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan; State Bar of Michigan; Grand Rapids Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; and several volunteer organizations through The Dwelling Place and Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Miles is also one of West Michigan's first certified Veteran's Association Attorneys.

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Bryan D. Reeder is a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a graduate of Wabash College in 2008. Bryan received his law degree from Thomas M. Cooley in 2011. Before joining Plachta, Murphy & Associates, Bryan gained valuable insight and experience as a judicial clerk for Honorable G. Patrick Hillary of the Kent County 17th Judicial Circuit Court. In addition, Bryan interned with the Kent County Office of the Public Defender, focusing his skills on Criminal Litigation. At Plachta, Murphy & Associates P.C., Bryan’s client legal service areas include Litigation, Family Law, Business Law, Estate Planning, Real Estate, Probate, and Bankruptcy.

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Richard J.

Cross

Richard J. Cross has worked for more than 12 years as claims representative for the Social Security Administration (SSA)and has more than 20 years of total SSA experience. He is an expert on the rules, regulations, and laws that govern Social Security.

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Jeremy Johnson, Client Relations Director, is a Gaylord, Michigan, native and a graduate of Davenport University. He relocated to the Grand Rapids area after an honorable discharge from the US Navy in 2001 after 5 years of duty on the USS Nimitz. Jeremy has an extensive background in business management, public relations, social media, and marketing. He frequently volunteers at several organizations in the West Michigan area.

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Kari Tames is an Enrolled Agent (empowered by the U.S. Department of Treasury to represent taxpayers) with the Grand Rapids firm of Tax Resolution Specialists, Inc., a division of the law firm of Plachta, Murphy and Associates, P.C. She has been with Tax Resolution Specialists for the past 5 years and has been working in the taxation field for over 10 years.

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Mary A. Owens has been practicing law in Michigan since 1985. Of-Counsel with Plachta, Murphy & Associates, P.C., Mary specializes in appellate practice, both civil and criminal,as well as Domestic Relations and Civil Litigation.

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