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                            Circuit Court 
                            180 Ottawa Ave NW  Ste 11500D 
                            Grand Rapids,
                            Michigan
                            49503 
                            Phone: (616) 632-5032 
                            Fax: (616) 632-5032 
                               
                                
                                  
                                     
                                    Practice areas: Judiciary
                                
                        
                     
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                Hon. Paul J. Denenfeld took the bench in 2009, assigned to the Family Division of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court. Before taking the bench, he was a partner in the law firm Yates, LaGrand, & Denenfeld, PLLC. Prior to that, Judge Denenfeld was the senior litigator with the Federal Public Defender Office in Grand Rapids and chief of the special litigation division of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. In addition, he was the legal director of the ACLU of Michigan in Detroit for nearly 10 years. Judge Denenfeld has also spent considerable time working on the rule of law in several former Soviet republics.
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
            
            
            
            
                
            
            
            
                
            
                
                
            
                
                
            
                
                
                
            
                
                
                
            
                
            
            
                
Featured ICLE Contributions:
                
                    Postjudgment Custody, Parenting Time, and Support (Certificate)