Attorney Profiles

• McDonald, Frederick L.
  

  Managing Partner, born Sanford, Florida, May 16, 1938; admitted to bar, 1967, Michigan and Federal Courts.  Education:  Florida A & M University (B.S., 1963); Howard University (J.D., 1966).  Member:  State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections of: Real Estate, Business, Corporations, Labor Relations, Negligence, Sports & Entertainment, Probate and Immigration & Naturalization, Board Member, State Criminal Law Code Revision Committee); Member:  American Bar Association.  Founder and Director, Vanzetti M. Hamilton Bar Association; Washtenaw County Circuit Court Mediation Committee; Mediator, Washtenaw County Circuit Court. Past President, Vice President and Secretary, Washtenaw County Bar Association; Ypsilanti Bar Association; Past Member, Representative Assembly, State Bar of Michigan; Member, American Trial Lawyers Association, Michigan Trial Lawyers Association and Washtenaw County Trial Lawyers Association.

• Carter, Stefani A.
  

  Principal Partner, born Detroit, Michigan, October, 1947; admitted to bar, 1977, Michigan and Federal Courts.  Education:  Wayne State University (B.A., 1969) (J.D., 1976). Member:  State Bar of Michigan, Negligence Section, Labor & Employment Section; Vanzetti M. Hamilton Bar Association, Washtenaw County Trial Lawyers Association. Former Assistant County Prosecutor. Formerly with Ann Arbor City Attorney's Office, First Assistant City Attorney; Member of State Bar of Michigan, Former Commissioner, Trustee and Secretary State Bar Foundation; Washtenaw County Bar Association, Past President; Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Member of Litigation Advisory Board, Faculty member - Trial Skills Workshop, 1990 - Present; Circuit Court Mediator Washtenaw and Wayne Counties; Past Chair, Washtenaw County Bar Association, Trial Practice Section; Guest Lecturer, University of Michigan Law School, 1993-2000. Various community Boards and Organizations.

• Carter, Brenda F.
  

  Associate Attorney, born Memphis, Tennessee, July, 1952; admitted to the Michigan bar, 1997; admitted to Federal Courts, 1997 and admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Michigan, 2002.  Education:  Michigan State University, B.S. in Criminal Justice (1974); Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University (J.D. 1997); Member:  State Bar of Michigan, Family Law Section, Litigation Law Section, Real Property Law Section, Probate & Estate Planning Section; Member:  American Bar Association, Family Law Section, Real Property, Probate & Trust Section; Member:  Washtenaw County Bar Association, Family Law Section, Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Section; Former Consultant with the Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services; various community organizations and associations.

• Roberts, Colina E.
  

  Associate Attorney, born Detroit, Michigan, July, 1979; admitted to the Michigan Bar, 2004 and admitted to Federal Courts, 2004.  Education: Eastern Michigan University, B.S. in Sociology (2000); Wayne State University Law School (J.D. 2004); Member: State Bar of Michigan Law Student Section, Family Law Section, General Practice Section.  Member: American Bar Association and NAACP.  Former Intern at the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office; Former Intern at the Disability Law Clinic at Wayne State University Law School.

Hamilton, McDonald & Carter, PLLC
2750 South State Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
Phone: (734) 769-8570
Fax: (734) 769-6904