About Christine Caswell
EDUCATION
Certified by the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan – 2012
Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, MI
Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, May 2010
Legal Intern, Sixty Plus, Inc. Elderlaw Clinic – January – December 2009
• Class Vice President
• Advanced Sixty Plus
Cooley Volunteer Corps – Elder Law of Michigan, Inc.
Certificates of Merit
• Emerging Elderlaw Issues
• Estate Planning
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Bachelor of Arts in Communication with High Honor, June 1989
• Top Graduate in the Department of Communication
WORK EXPERIENCE
Caswell Law PLLC November 2010 to Present
Attorney and Manager
Elder Law of Michigan, Inc. January 2008 to April 2011
Case Manager – November 2010 to April 2011
Legal Intern – July 2008 to June 2010
Volunteer – January 2008 to June 2008
Memberships
• State Bar of Michigan
• Elder Law & Disability Rights Section (ELDRS)
• ELDRS’ Council Member – 2012 to Present
• Chair – Mental Health Committee
• Managing Editor – ELDRS’ quarterly newsletter
• Co-Editor – Michigan Bar Journal – November 2014 issue
• Author – “The Evolution of Elder Law and Disability Rights,” Michigan Bar Journal, November 2014
• Probate & Estate Planning Section
• AARP – Capitol Corps
• Ingham County Bar Association
• Briefs Committee – Newsletter Committee
• Small Business Association of Michigan
• Strategic Communications Advisory Committee
• Thomas M. Cooley Law School Chapter Inns of Court
• Mental Health Association in Michigan
• Michigan Society of Gerontology
In addition, Christine has 25 years of experience in the communications field.
As for the “Us” in Caswell Law PLLC, the firm has numerous mentors with decades of experience in elder law, estate planning and probate, special needs trusts, and administrative and family law. Christine sometimes partners with these mentors as well, but clients will always be advised beforehand and consent will be sought to split fees.