Kelly J. Shefferly recently joined the Business Transactions & Planning Practice Group of Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and most accomplished law firms.

Shefferly, who is a member of the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office, represents businesses in troubled commercial loan disputes, commercial liability claims, and he assists them with a variety of corporate transactions. He also represents creditors in workouts, collections, foreclosures and bankruptcy cases.

Shefferly is a former judicial law clerk for Judge Lisa S. Gretchko in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, judicial extern for Judge Wendy Lynn Potts in the Business Court at the 6th Circuit Court in Pontiac, Michigan and judicial extern for Judge Deborah L. Thorne of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago.

A 2018 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, Shefferly received his master’s degrees from The George Washington University in 2014 and DePaul University in 2010. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 2007.

Plunkett Cooney’s Business Transactions & Planning Practice Group members represent a variety of clients with issues arising during each phase of the business lifecycle, including start up, growth, change in strategic goals, change in control and wind downs.

Established in 1913, Plunkett Cooney is a leading provider of business law and litigation services to clients in the private and public sectors. The firm employs attorneys in seven Michigan cities and in Chicago, Illinois, Columbus, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana.

In addition, Plunkett Cooney has achieved the highest rating (AV) awarded by Martindale-Hubbell, a leading peer review service, and the firm has received Mansfield Rule Certification Plus for midsize law firms, which recognizes leaders in diversity, equity and inclusion within the legal industry.

For more information about Kelly Shefferly joining Plunkett Cooney, contact the firm’s Director of Marketing and Business Development John Cornwell at (248) 901-4008; jcornwell@plunkettcooney.com.                                                    

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