Michelle C. Harrell

Michelle Harrell is a litigation attorney and strategic legal consultant practicing in state of Michigan and federal courts. During her 30+ years in practice, Michelle has represented clients in complex litigation and also has counseled them how to avoid or resolve litigation matters or other legal disputes. Michelle’s experience has ranged from multimillion-dollar disputes among multi-national corporations to neighbors involved in boundary-line disputes to trust beneficiaries’ claims to an estate and everything in-between. Michelle has served as a court appointed receiver (in commercial litigation and family/domestic matters) and represented other receivers in fulfilling their role, seeking court approvals, and strategizing and defending against claims.

Michelle earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting, summa cum laude, from the University of Detroit in 1990 and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Wayne State University Law School in 1993, along with several awards for first-in-class. Michelle was appointed to the State Bar of Michigan Alternative Dispute Resolution Council in 2023.

• Enforced Corporate Grant of $2,750,000 in Court Due to Southwest Michigan First Community Organization From Pfizer, Inc.
•  $40,000,000 Court Verdict as Plaintiff’s Co-Counsel in Sandstone v. City of Novi to Enforce Developer’s Rights and Obtain Damages for City’s Land Use Violations

• Speaker: “Real Estate Litigation with Michelle Harrell,” Litigation War Room Podcast, Feb. 8, 2024
• Speaker: “Non-Competes/Non-Disclosure Agreements,” Emp. Symposium, February 2014
• Speaker: “Accountant-Client Privilege in Litigation,” Tax Symposium, June 2012
• Speaker: “Michigan’s New Business Court System,” OCBA, March 2013
• Presenter: ICLE “Entrepreneur Institute’: Lawyer as an Entrepreneur’s Partner, May 2015
• Presenter/Organizer: “No Place Like Home” – Homeownership Program, Detroit
• Author: “Caveat Receiver: Practical Tips for Serving as a Court Appointed Receiver,” Michigan Bar Journal, August 2008