Dean & Fulkerson
Legal Services
Arcadia Alliances' legal partner, Dean & Fulkerson, is a full-service corporate, management, and entrepreneurial law firm located in Troy, Michigan. Formed in 1988, it has assisted thousands of clients, including businesses, governmental bodies and individuals, to effectively resolve their legal problems. Dean & Fulkerson was named one of best law firms with expertise in the U.S. in 2023 by U.S. News & World Report.
The firm’s experienced lawyers work closely with each client to find practical solutions to legal problems at a reasonable cost. It will prepare and negotiate service and supply agreements, related transactional contracts, assist with trademark and intellectual property issues, and help clients develop and implement successful strategies for mergers & acquisitions, operations, compliance, personnel issues and expanding into new markets.
Dean & Fulkerson represents U.S. subsidiaries of European- and Asian-based companies in areas of business law, employment and labor law, environmental law, immigration, real estate development, union relations and transportation and logistics law. It also has extensive experience working with the automotive and manufacturing industries.
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Curtis Mistele
Corporate Secretary
Your representative at Dean & Fulkerson is Curtis Mistele. Curt has practiced law for more than 25 years and represents clients from a diverse range of industries including manufacturing, marketing, medical, insurance and non-profit organizations. He believes in a common-sense approach to finding practical solutions at a reasonable cost.
He is an expert in dealing with business and transactional law, mergers and acquisitions, business and non-profit entities, corporate formation, governance, complex business agreements, contractual matters, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, and other documents and counseling critical to the operation of a successful business.
Curt works with clients to set up corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and other business entities. Along with seeing them through entity formation, he assists in drafting and maintaining bylaws, corporate minutes, partnership agreements, buy-sell agreements and employment policy.