George T. Perrett

Practice Areas:

• Civil and probate/estate litigation
• Contract litigation
• Appellate litigation
• Estate planning

Licensed to Practice:

• State Courts, Michigan
• United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
• United States Bankruptcy Court of the Western District of Michigan
• United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
• United States Supreme Court

Community Activities:

• Served various non-profit organizations in board roles, including Summit Pointe, Calhoun County Board of Health, Urban League of Battle Creek, and United Way of Greater Battle Creek.
• Teaching Elder, Centerpoint Church, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
• Elected Calhoun County Commissioner, 3rd District, 1995-2001, and Chairperson of Board, 1996 and 1997.
• Republican Nominee, 2000, 62nd State House District.

Professional Activities:

• Member and Past President, Calhoun County Bar Association, 1994-1995.
• Member, Kalamazoo County Bar Association
• Member, State Bar of Michigan Subcommittee on Professional Ethics, 1991-2000.
• Member, State Bar of Michigan Subcommittee on Judicial Qualifications, 2001.

Education:

• Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, Bachelor of Arts, with Distinction, in Economics and Political Science, 1986.
• Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, Juris Doctorate, 1989.
• Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia, Masters of Divinity Candidate, 2022-2026.

 
Reported Cases:

Barnes v Jeudevine, 475 Mich. 696; 718 N.W.2d 311 (2006), reh'g den. 477 Mich. 1201; 720 N.W.2d
748 (2006); cert. den. Barnes v Jeudevine, 127 S.Ct. 1494, 167 L.Ed.2d 229 (U.S. Mich. Mar. 05,
2007) (No. 06-911); Dorko v Dorko, 504 Mich. 68; 934 N.W.2d 644 (2019).

Personal:

• Mr. Perrett resides in the Kalamazoo area and he has two adult children.