Alan DeGraw is a 1982 graduate of L’Anse Creuse High School in Harrison Township. He earned a B.A. degree in Communication from Michigan State University while simultaneously working as a student manager with the MSU football team (working directly with some well known football names, like Nick Saban, Tyrone Willingham and Steve Furness). Mr. DeGraw received his Juris Doctorate from DePaul University College of Law in Chicago in 1989. He then became a member of the Michigan State Bar, and accepted an associate position with the Birmingham, Michigan law firm of Alan R. Miller, P.C. In 1992 Mr. DeGraw left Alan R. Miller, P.C. to become Division Counsel for National Steel Corporation’s Great Lakes Division, located in Ecorse and River Rouge, Michigan. Mr. DeGraw advanced to become Regional Counsel for National Steel in 1999, and took on additional responsibilities as the Manager of Labor Relations for the Great Lakes Division in 2000. In 2002 Mr. DeGraw joined Ford Motor Company’s Office of the General Counsel, where he practiced in the areas of employment, labor, government investigations, class actions and product liability. While at Ford, Mr. DeGraw chaired an internal cross functional e-discovery task force, and developed expertise regarding enterprise records management issues. Alan is an established speaker, and has given hundreds of presentations at seminars, trade associations and internal client groups. After leaving Ford, Alan, together with his wife Sheley, started the law firm of DeGraw & DeGraw, P.C.
Primary Areas of Practice
- Labor and Employment Law
- Business Law
- Family Law
- Estate Planning
- Probate / Estate Administration
- Criminal Law
- Personal Injury
- Consumer Law
- Michigan State Bar Association (Member - Labor and Employment Law Section)
- Macomb County Bar Association
- National Alliance on Mental Illness - Professional Member
- Michigan State University Football Player's Association
- Spartan Fund
Sheley DeGraw is a 1987 graduate of Utica High School. Ms. DeGraw received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Oakland University in 1992. Sheley then received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana in 1995. Upon becoming a member of the Michigan bar in 1995, she accepted an associate position with the Detroit law firm of Kitch, Drutches, Wagner & Kenney, where she defended hospitals, doctors and nurses against medical malpractice claims and represented employers in workers’ compensation claims before the Workers Compensation Bureau and Appellate Commission.