Attorney Profiles

Molly Eklund-Easley is the Founder and Primary Counsel of EKLUND-EASLEY & ASSOCIATES, a company dedicated to treating each client with courtesy and respect, to listening and attempting to meet their needs to the best of our ability and to pursuing excellence through innovation and continuous improvement of ourselves and our resources.

Molly spent the early years of her career, beginning in 1979, with a law firm with over 30 branch offices, staffing one of the offices. The branch office attorneys handled a variety of cases, including all aspects of divorce and family law, wills and probate, real estate closings, as well as traffic and criminal defense. The attorneys also interviewed clients with cases involving personal injury, auto accidents, social security, workers' compensation and medical malpractice and these cases were then handled by attorneys in the main office. She then moved to the main office to act as supervising attorney for 1/2 of the branch offices and began handling bankruptcy and worker's compensation matters.

In the late 80's she established the Law Office of Molly Eklund-Easley in lnkster, Michigan, in which she continued to handle a wide variety of cases and acted in Inkster and in Detroit as the court appointed counsel for individuals charged with a variety of crimes, including disorderly conduct, assault and battery and domestic violence as well as drunk driving and numerous other misdemeanor traffic violations. She also co-lead the Law Explorer Troop which was operated out of the 29th district court in Wayne, Michigan, with Brian Oakley who is currently a judge of the 34th district court in Romulus, Michigan.

In the early 90's she became a partner with Morris Goodman in the firm of Goodman & Eklund-Easley, in Detroit, Michigan continuing the general practice of law. She also expanded to handle defense of individuals charged with non-capital felonies and writing appeals for these types of cases, appearing before the court of appeals on a regular basis to argue these cases. In the mid-90's the firm expanded to include a third partner and became, Goodman, Eklund-Easley & Davis. She continued the general practice of law, expanding her horizons again to include the handling of personal injury, auto accident and social security matters.

In 1998 Molly established the firm of Eklund-Easley & Associates in Southfield, Michigan , continuing the general practice of law but began focusing her practice in the area of divorce and family law wills and probate, real estate and traffic and criminal defense. She has represented clients from all over the nation and even outside the country; from as far away as the states of Washington, Hawaii, Arizona, New York , New Jersey, North Carolina and even from St. Thomas V.I. and from the countries of Germany & China .

Molly has a Bachelor degree from Grand Valley State College (now University), Allendale, MI. She helped establish and run the Model U.N. program and participated in a summer program in Europe visiting and comparing the legal systems of local governments in Klagenfurt, Austria, Trieste, Italy and Llublijana, Yugoslavia . She has a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Detroit (now University of Detroit Mercy) Detroit, Michigan . She participated in the annual moot court competition and has since returned to the school to act as a judge for the competition.

She has served a 3 year term as Vice-President, President and Past President of her congregation at St. James Evangelical Lutheran Congregation ELCA, Detroit, Michigan (90 92). She has been a member and chair person of the Parish Education Board, the Stewardship & Finance Board, and the Deacon Board. She is active in her neighborhood association (Rosedale Park Improvement Association), acting as co-block captain to coordinate block activities and promote community among the neighbors

She has been the Charter President of the Grand-Rose Optimist Club, Detroit, Michigan (94 - 95) and is currently a member of the Southfield-Lathrup Optimist Club and is the Junior Optimist Octagon Club Building Chairperson (06 - 07). She was on the steering committee to revitalize and re-establish the Wayne County Family Law Bar Association and was responsible for chairing the committee to revise the by-laws of the association. She is a member of the Southfield Area Chamber of Commerce, a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the American Bar Association, and continues in the Wayne County Family Law Bar Association.

She has been recognized for her contributions to society in the Marquis publication's Who's Who in American Law '87 88,   Who's Who of American Women 84 - '85 and 85 - 86, and America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals 2002/2003. She has also been recognized in Strathmoor's Who's Who of Business Leaders 1997/1998.

Molly continues to reside in Detroit, Michigan where she has lived since her years at University of Detroit in the late 70's and where she continues to be active in her community.

Pursuing excellence through innovation and genuine care and concern for our clients

Areas of Practice

• Divorce
• Family Law
• Wills & Probate
• Real Estate
• Traffic
• Criminal Defense

Litigation Percentage

• 50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 1979
• U.S. Federal Court, 1979

Education

• University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit, Michigan, 1979
  
  
• Grand Valley State College (now University), Allendale, MI, United States
  B.A.
  
  

Honors and Awards

• Who's Who in American Law, 1987 - 1988
• Who's Who of American Women, 1984 - 1986
• Who's Who of Business Leaders, 1997 - 1998

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Wayne County Family Law Bar Association
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• Southfield Area Chamber of Commerce
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• American Bar Association
  
  
• State Bar Association of Michigan