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Meet Our Team of Experienced and Professional Attorneys

At Gergely Law Offices PC, we're a team of highly experienced attorneys who specialize in the matters related to divorce, family law, and personal injury and wrongful death compensation. Our attorneys have aggressively represented the clients throughout Michigan for over 40 years, handling numerous high-profile settlements and winning multi-million dollar verdicts.

Michael C. Gergely

Michael is the founder of what is now known as Gergely Law Offices PC. With 40 years of experience, Michael specializes in family/divorce law, criminal law, estates and trusts, and personal injury law.

In 1960, he received his bachelor of philosophy. Two years later, he completed his masters in international politics and economics. In 1965, Michael finished his doctorate in jurisprudence from the University of Detroit.

In 1966, he became assistant prosecuting attorney for Kalamazoo County. There he worked on trial litigation and handling appeals to the Michigan Court of appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court.

Michael is a member of the American Association for Justice and the Kalamazoo County Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

Criminal Law
Estates and Trusts
Personal Injury Law
Family/Divorce Law

Bar Admissions

Michigan, 1965
U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit

Education

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit, Michigan
Doctorate in Jurisprudence - 1965

University of Detroit
Master's Degree - 1962
Major: International Politics and Economics

University of Detroit
Bachelor of Philosophy - 1960

Professional Associations and Memberships

State Bar of Michigan, Member
American Association for Justice, Member
Michigan Trial Lawyers Association, Member
Kalamazoo County Bar Association, Member
St. Joseph County Bar Association, Member
Kalamazoo County Drug Treatment Court, President

Pro Bono Activities

Board Member, Healing and the Law
Michael Gergely
Christopher J. Gergely

Christopher J. Gergely

Gergely has been a partner at Gergely Law Offices PC since 1992. He specializes in the divorce law and offers his services to the attorneys and clients on a consultation or engagement basis. Gergely combines compassion with tough advocacy.

Apart from the divorce laws, he also works on cases involving matrimonial and family law, custody, and visitation, relocation, child support and spousal support proceedings, enforcement and modification proceedings, contempt of court proceedings, paternity, domestic violence, and interstate abduction and custody matters.

Additionally, he also serves as a criminal defense attorney and possesses an experience handling both felony and misdemeanor cases.

Gergely's litigation and trial practice is in the family law courts of the counties of Kalamazoo County, St. Joseph County, Van Buren County, Cass County, Branch County, Allegan County, and Calhoun County.

Areas of Practice

Criminal Law
Family Law
Personal Injury Law

Litigation Percentage

90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

Michigan, 1992

Education

Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan
Juris Doctorate - 1991

Hope College
Bachelor of Arts - 1988

Professional Associations and Memberships

State Bar of Michigan, Family Law Section
Kalamazoo County Bar Association
St. Joseph County Bar Association

M. Timothy Gergely

Timothy specializes in the areas of personal injury and accident law, and focuses on helping accident victims get a fair compensation.

He has handled numerous cases involving serious personal injury and has helped various clients recover millions of dollars in compensation. His achievements have also been featured in Michigan Lawyers Weekly.

Areas of Practice

Personal Injury
Accident Law

Bar Admissions

Michigan, 1994
U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit

Education

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit, Michigan
Juris Doctorate - 1994

Hope College
Bachelor of Arts - 1991
Honors: Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society

Professional Associations and Memberships

State Bar of Michigan, Negligence Law Section
Michigan Trial Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice
Kalamazoo Trial Lawyers Association
Kalamazoo County Bar Association
St. Joseph County Bar Association
Timothy Gergely
Mary Catherine Gergely

Mary Catherine Gergely

Mary specializes in the cases involving family law and probate litigation.

She has a rich experience handling cases related to divorce, custody, visitation, child support, paternity, grandparent visitation, neglect and abuse, guardianship and adoption.

Mary has been featured in the American Bar Association Journal as well as Business Weekly Directly. 

Her experience in family law includes cases from the counties of St. Joseph, Kalamazoo, Van Buren, Cass, and Branch.

Areas of Practice

Family Law
Probate

Bar Admissions

Michigan, 2000
U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan

Education

Valparaiso University School of Law, Valparaiso, Indiana
Juris Doctorate - 1999

Hope College
Bachelor of Arts - 1996
Honors: National Historical Honor Society

Professional Associations and Memberships

State Bar of Michigan, Family Law Section
Kalamazoo County Bar Association
St. Joseph County Bar Association
Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Family Law Institute Attendee
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