Donald R. Visser

Donald R. Visser is the founder of Visser and Associates, PLLC in Kentwood, Michigan. His practice focuses on real estate, construction law, construction liens, business law, and collections and creditors’ rights. Donald also handles zoning, boundary, and water disputes involving homes, vacation properties, condominiums, and businesses. His work includes litigation, transactional counseling, and dispute resolution for clients dealing with complex property, commercial, and construction-related legal issues.

Donald earned his J.D. from Valparaiso University in 1977 after receiving a B.S. in Mathematics from Calvin College in 1973. He was admitted to the State Bar of Michigan in 1977. His academic background and decades of practice support a detailed approach to real estate, construction, and business disputes that often require careful analysis of statutes, contracts, property records, financial issues, and technical facts.

Donald has served as lead counsel in precedent-setting Michigan Supreme Court and Court of Appeals matters involving the Land Division Act, Construction Lien Act, Builders Trust Fund Act, and Michigan’s conversion statute. He has also handled multimillion-dollar discrimination and wrongful death matters. In addition to litigation, he has been a certified trained mediator since 2003 and is approved as a neutral mediator in several Michigan counties, including Kent, Allegan, Barry, and Ottawa.

Donald R. Visser is admitted in Michigan and before several federal courts, including the Sixth Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan. His professional service has included State Bar of Michigan sections and committees, the Federal Bar Association, and the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission. His career combines litigation, mediation, real estate and construction counsel, business law, and creditors’ rights work across Western Michigan.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Visser and Associates, PLLC
• Member, State Bar of Michigan
• Past Member, Finance Committee, Grand Rapids Bar Association
• Member, Federal Bar Association, Western District of Michigan
• Investigator, Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission
• Director, Bowens Mill Chapel
• Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International
• Past Officer, Grandville Rotary Club
• Past Elder, Burton Heights Christian Reformed Church
• Past Elder, Ivanrest Christian Reformed Church
• Elder, Newhall Community Church (2007-2010)
• Capt. Engineer, United States Army (NG) (1970-1982)
• Instructor, Volunteer Community Education

Licensed State

• Michigan

Education

• Valparaiso University
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Calvin College
  B.S. (mathematics)

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