EDWARD G. HENNEKE, B.A., J.D.
  • Education
    • Flint Junior College (A.A., 1960)
    • University of Michigan, Flint (B.A., 1962)
    • University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1965)

  • Bar Association Memberships
    • American
    • Genesee County
      • Former Chairman and member of the Probate Committee
      • Member of the Bench and Bar Committee
      • Member of the Board of Directors (1979)
      • President (1983)
    • State of Michigan (Admitted in 1965)
      • Former member of the Representative Assembly (1990 - 1996)
      • Member of Negligence Section
      • Member of Probate Section
      • Member of Municipal Law Section

  • Additional Experience
    • Area Chairperson for Michigan Defense Trial Counsel
    • Former investigator for the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission
    • Member of the Flint Estate Planning Council
    • Presently on the Attorney Discipline Hearing Panel as Chairperson
    • Mediator/Case Evaluator in Shiawassee, Lapeer and Genesee Counties (1978 - present)

  • Admitted to Practice Before
    • The United States District Court
    • The United States Court of Appeals
    • The United States Supreme Court
    • All Michigan Courts

  • Special Honors
    • Case Evaluator of the Year 2006
    • Pro Bono Award of the Year 2008

 

Areas of Practice:
  • Probate Law
  • Estate Planning
  • Municipal Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Insurance Agents E & O Claims
  • Defense Litigation

Ed has over 40 years experience in trial practice including civil, probate and municipal law. He started practice as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Genesee County. In his trial practice, he has represented numerous insurance carriers. He began representing the City of Flushing in 1967. He also has developed an extensive estate planning and probate practice. He has been a Circuit Court Case Evaluator/Mediator since 1978.

Ed has also been active in civic, community and church activities. Serving his Township of Flushing, he has been on the Metropolitan Alliance, the Flushing Township Planning Commission and is now Chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals. He has been active in his church as a Senior Warden, Vestry Member and as a Lay Reader. He currently serves as Chancellor of the Eastern Diocese of Michigan. He is City Attorney for the City of Flushing, Michigan. He is a member of Rotary International. He has also been an active speaker on legal matters before various community groups and at Michigan Bar Association ICLE seminars.