Brent T. Geers

Brent Geers specializes in helping people empower those they trust and provide for those they love. Brent has been an attorney since 2012, working with individuals and families to marshal their time, talent, and treasurer for the benefit of their children, family, and community. He is a Grand Rapids Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” honoree, and currently operates his own practice, Geers Law. Brent is married to an educator, who employs his services as a chaperon for various school functions. He is also his daughter’s father – a girl who will become a president, not a princess.

• Free Consultation
  Free consultations are available by phone only. I apply all other consultation fees toward subsequent fees for legal services.
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  All major credit cards.
• Contingent Fees
  Blended contingency fee involves a reduced hourly fee and approximately 15% of the judgment amount.
• Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
  A reduced rate schedule is available to veterans with demonstrated income below 400% of the federal poverty line. A discount is always available to K-12 teachers and support staff, law enforcement personnel, and veterans whose income exceeds 400% of the federal poverty line.

Michigan

Since 2012

Adjunct Professor

Western Michigan University Cooley Law School

2019 - Current

Adjunct professor of estate planning.

Counselor & Attorney

Geers Law, PLC

2012 - Current

Western Michigan University Cooley Law School

J.D. (2012) | Legal Education

2008 - 2012

Honors: Deans List

Activities: Cooley Veterans Club

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

B.A. (2001) | American Culture

1997 - 2001

Activities: Resident Advisor

State Bar of Michigan  # P75904

Member

Current

Grand Rapids Bar Association

Member

2012 - Current

Activities: Criminal Law Section

Life Essentials Workshop, Grand Rapids, Michigan

September 21, 2017

Urban Core Collective

Accredited Attorney

Veterans Affairs

Q. Legal action in MI to halt cremation contrary to verbal wishes?

August 24, 2025

A: Unfortunately, no. What the funeral home is tell you is what the law says: there is a priority to determine who can make burial decisions, that roughly follow intestacy lineage - first, a surviving spouse, then adult children, then parents, etc.

As the ex-spouse, even though you have a minor child in common, in your own capacity, you're not even in the order of priority.

Practically speaking, you'll need to work with the rest of his family in hopes of convincing the daughter to bury him in Michigan. Quite likely, it may come down to money as she's also probably the one who will be financially obligated or at least entitled to reimbursement from whatever estate he has. It's one thing to want to see someone's wishes carried out, but it's another thing to pay for it. ... Read More

Q. How can I claim money my father left for me without a will?

August 24, 2025

A: I'll assume your mother and father were married. If that's the case, in the absence of a written will, your father's wishes are carried out by operation of law called intestacy. Unfortunately in your situation, the law presumes that a person would want all their assets to go to their surviving spouse...and that's exactly what will happen absent some will or beneficiary designation.

That money is likely to be legally your mom's money, and it'll be very difficult for you to make a legal claim to it based on what he may have told you.

Q. What recourse do I have when my attorney lied to me regarding a hearing to rescind a temporary order that I did not agre

July 17, 2025

A: Sounds like a misunderstanding attributable perhaps to your attorney's inability to properly explain what was going on. It would be common for a new stipulated agreement to enter that an existing order would need to be rescinded, because you presumably want the new order and not the old order.