Robert Kirk

Robert Kirk attended Western Michigan University and received a Bachelor of Business Administration. He received his Juris Doctorate from Detroit College of Law/Michigan State University College of Law.
Prior to entering private practice, his experience included the following: National Bank of Detroit-Bank Management, Michigan State Senate-Legislative Aide and Comerica Bank, Commercial Lending Legal Counsel. He has served as Secretary of the St. Clair Shores Tax Increment Finance Committee and as a member of the Shelby Township Zoning Board of Appeals. He was appointed by the Michigan Attorney General to serve as Special Assistant Attorney General and as a Public Administrator for 30 years. Since 1996, he has assisted as Township Attorney for Shelby Township, and since 2003 for Harrison Township, with an emphasis in land use law. In 1995, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the First State Bank (100+ year old bank with $1,000,000,000 in assets) and continues to serve in that capacity.
Mr. Kirk’s specialties include municipal/governmental, real estate, business, banking and probate law. He acts as a mediator and facilitator in civil matters and is also licensed to practice in the State of Florida.
As part of his Real Estate Practice, he represents all levels of clients from National Owners/Managers of shopping malls to Regional Developers to Local Developers and Owners. This includes acquisition, entitlements, development and leasing.
He has represented clients to secure entitlements for hundreds of real estate projects through both the administrative process, as well as through litigation. These include hundreds of thousands of square feet of commercial projects, as well as thousands of residential lots/units.
Mr. Kirk has practiced in the Probate law area for over 30 years. He has been a Court-Appointed Fiduciary on over 1,400 matters. He served as a Michigan Public Administrator for 30 years under Michigan Attorneys General Kelly, Granholm, Cox and Schuette.
Mr. Kirk has been active in youth hockey and other sports. He and his wife Cathy have three children and support numerous local charities.