Robert M. Meisner, Esquire

Robert M. Meisner is the principal founding member of his AV rated firm (the highest rating given to law firms by judges and lawyers) concentrating in area of community association, condominium and real estate law, together with commercial and business litigation and contract matters.

Mr. Meisner was the first lawyer in Michigan, and is among the relatively select few attorneys in the country, who has been inducted into the College of Community Association Lawyers sponsored by the Community Association Institute, a national organization devoted to enhanced community association governance operation.

Mr. Meisner holds a bachelors degree and law degree from the University of Michigan, where he was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, as well as the Detroit, Oakland County and American Bar Associations.

Mr. Meisner was a co-draftsperson of the 1978 Michigan Condominium Act and has authored changes to the 1978 Condo Act enacted in 2001. He has also served as general legal counsel to the United Condominium Owners of Michigan (UCOM) since its inception in 1973. UCOM is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to educating and assisting condominium associations. Mr. Meisner has also served on the Committee on Leases, Cooperatives and Condominiums of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, the Uniform Planned Community Act Subcommittee of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, the Committee on Condominiums, Cooperatives and Homeowner Associations for the American Bar Association, the Condominium Committee of the Building Industry of Southeastern Michigan and the Community Association Institute (CAI). He has served as a board member of the Birmingham Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce for ten (10) years. In the beginning years before starting his own practice, Mr. Meisner worked for several prominent law firms and served as a pre-hearing attorney for the Michigan Court of Appeals.

Mr. Meisner authors the "Real Estate Queries" column for the 13 Observer& Eccentric newspapers and has authored many articles for both UCOM and CAI. He has been a guest speaker on condominium matters throughout the country for such organizations as the Community Association Institute, the Institute for the Continuing Legal Education in Michigan, the United Condominium Owners of Michigan, Northwestern Michigan College, Grand Valley State University Central Michigan University and has appeared on various radio and TV programs. In February, 2003, He was a guest speaker on "The Handyman Show" with Glenn Haege. He has taught at Oakland University, Wayne State University and Oakland Community College for over 25 years.

Mr. Meisner serves as a case evaluator for Oakland, Wayne and Macomb County Circuit Courts.

Mr. Meisner has also been trained and certified to act as a facilitative mediator for the Oakland County Circuit Court. Recently, Mr. Meisner is an adjunct Professor for the Michigan State University College of Law and teaches a Law School course on Condominium Law.

Mr. Meisner has recently been selected to the Super Lawyers.   Super Lawyers magazine names attorneys in each state who received the highest point totals, as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics.

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Daniel P. Feinberg, Esquire

Daniel Feinberg is an associate attorney with Meisner & Associates, P.C.  where he specializes in commercial litigation, condominium and community association law, and general real estate law.  Mr. Feinberg has been a practicing attorney 25 years, and has a substantial background in real estate; from having worked as a title examiner and an oil and gas landman while attending law school, and at such diverse places as the Real Estate Department of  Honingman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn and the Civil Division of Legal Aid & Defender Association, where he was a co-draftsperson of a proposed Anti-Predatory Lending Ordinance for the City of Detroit. He has an abundance of trial experience and has successfully argued cases before the Michigan Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He graduated cum laude in 1985 from the Detroit College of Law and he received his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University in 1979.

Brian R. Harris, Esquire

Brian Harris is an associate attorney with Meisner & Associates, P.C.  Mr. Harris is a 2003 Cum Laude graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law where he served as Executive Inside Articles Editor of the Law Review, a Member of the Moot Court Board of Directors, and Editor-In-Chief of the school newspaper.  Mr. Harris was the recipient of the 2003 Ford Motor Company Leadership Award for his leadership role at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. He has a wide range of experience in litigation matters including handling all aspects of appeals. He focuses his practice with Meisner & Associates in the areas of condominium and general real estate law and litigation. Publication: Brian R. Harris, Note, Private Road or Public Use? The Landlocked Property Dilemma: A Constitutional and Economic Analysis of Private Roads Acts, 80 U. Det. Mercy

Edward J. Lee, Esquire

Edward Lee is an associate attorney with Meisner & Associates, P.C.  He received his undergraduate degree in economics from Wayne State University in 1985 and he graduated cum laude from The Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University College of Law) in 1989.  Mr. Lee is a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Arizona and has focused his work in the private sector on litigation and trial practice.  He gained extensive litigation and jury trial experience while working for the firm of Kallas & Henk, P.C.  Since 2000, he has specialized in the representation of condominium and homeowner associations while being a partner in the firm of Alexander, Zelmanski & Lee, PLLC

Kevin M. Hirzel, Esquire

Kevin M. Hirzel is an associate attorney at Meisner & Associates, P.C.  He is licensed in the State of Michigan, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Mr. Hirzel graduated cum laude from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in 2006 where he served as a Title Editor on Law Review.  He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 2003.  Mr. Hirzel is experienced in representing corporate clients in business planning and commercial litigation matters.  He handles many different real estate matters and frequently represents builders, community associations, landlords, and real estate investors in litigation and transactional matters.  Mr. Hirzel is also a former law clerk at the Macomb County Probate Court and continues to represent individuals with probate and estate planning issues. Mr. Hirzel has been a past guest on the SOC show on Grosse Pointe Cable and has been interviewed regarding estate planning issues.  Similarly, he has been a presenter at business killer seminars throughout Metro Detroit.   

Publications: 

Confusion, Compensation and Taxation: A Business Judgment Rule Approach to the Deductibility of Reasonable Compensation of Corporate Executives under 162 of the Internal Revenue Code, Florida State Business Law Review Journal, 5 FLA. ST. BUS. L. REV. 1, 2006

 William Z. Kolobaric, Esquire

Mr. Kolobaric is an associate attorney with Meisner & Associates, P.C. since 2009. He graduated magna cum laude, second in his class, from the Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University College of Law) in 1995.  Mr. Kolobaric received his undergraduate degree in Economics and Business at the University of Toronto.  Mr. Kolobaric specializes in condominium and community association law, creditor’s bankruptcy and foreclosure.  He also has an extensive background in real property law, having worked as general counsel for the Harbor Companies, LLC, a developer and management company, and as an associate attorney practicing ERISA/labor law/real estate law with Novara, Tesija & Michela, P.C.  Mr. Kolobaric was also the managing attorney at Consolidated Legal Services, P.C., which represented the carpenters union in Michigan and Indiana, by providing prepaid legal services to its members in legal matters ranging from divorces and child support cases, bankruptcy, criminal, estate planning, real estate issues and license restorations.