Attorney Robert Nickerson

Port Huron Attorney

Attorney Robert Nickerson has defended clients’ rights in the following:

  • Circuit Courts in seven Michigan counties
  • Appeals in Michigan Court of Appeals, Lansing and Detroit
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Detroit
  • United States Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.

Attorney Nickerson is an active member in the following legal organizations:

  • State Bar of Michigan
  • U.S. Supreme Court Bar
  • State Bar of Michigan – Family Law Section
  • State Bar of Michigan – Negligence Section (Accident Law Suits)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Consumer Bankruptcy Association

 

For 39 years, Attorney Robert Nickerson has been fighting for his clients' rights.
Attorney Nickerson won the largest verdict, $12,700,000.00, ever issued in St. Clair County at that time, in the 2001 case of Phongphila v. Michigan Department of Transportation. This was a wrongful death case against the State of Michigan.

In representing clients in the state trial courts Mr. Nickerson obtained substantial legal settlements, including:

  • Will contests
  • Automobile accident injuries
  • Automobile accidents wrongful deaths
  • Injury cases of other kinds
  • Injuries from slipping on ice
  • Injuries from slipping on unattended floors in retail stores
  • Injuries from Dog bites
  • Injuries from negligence by fellow workers in the workplace
  • Injuries from negligent driving of a bus
  • Wrongful death from negligent operation of a tanker truck
  • Multi-million dollar settlements in divorce property disputesMillions of dollars of debt removed from clients in bankruptcy court

 

Attorney Nickerson has represented several hundred individuals in Bankruptcy Court under three successive bankruptcy statutes. In representing hundreds of families, Attorney Nickerson has drafted and probated wills & trusts, prosecuted, and defended divorce cases. Attorney Nickerson has aided scores of clients in keeping custody of their children.

Attorney Robert Nickerson has defended clients’ rights in the following:

  • Circuit Courts in seven Michigan counties
  • Appeals in Michigan Court of Appeals, Lansing and Detroit
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Detroit
  • United States Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.

 

Attorney Nickerson is an active member in the following legal organizations:

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Attorney Nickerson served as Director of St. Clair County Bar Association

Attorney Robert Nickerson served as Prosecuting Attorney for St. Clair County
As the Prosecuting Attorney, Attorney Nickerson led a staff of eleven assistant prosecutors and was responsible for all criminal cases in St. Clair County. Prosecuting Attorney Nickerson aggressively prosecuted criminals, including rapists, murderers, drug dealers, armed robbers, unarmed robbers, embezzlers, and drunk drivers.

Attorney Robert Nickerson served as Corporation Counsel for the St. Clair County government
As corporation counsel he advised all county governmental agencies, including the Friend of Court, Health Department, County Sheriff, County Clerk, County Treasurer, Register of Deeds, County Planning Department, and the County Commission.

Attorney Robert Nickerson represented the government of St. Clair County before the United States Supreme Court in the case involving regulations of inter-state and international transport of waste to landfills, the case of St. Clair County et. al. vs WASTE MANAGEMENT et. al. This was a request to the Supreme Court to rule that it is constitutional for county ordinances to deter the importation of Canadian garbage.

In private practice, Attorney Nickerson served as Attorney for the Municipality of Ira Township in matters of zoning, union contract negotiations, regulation of licensed businesses, litigation before the Michigan Tax Court and the drafting and enforcement of construction contracts, leases, deeds and right-of-way agreements.

Attorney Nickerson also was:
Lawyer for E&A Credit Union in St. Clair County for real estate acquisition and for collection of defaulted loans
Lawyer for Michigan National Bank in Eastern Michigan for drafting commercial loan documents, litigating disputes concerning collections, mortgages, and construction liens
St. Clair County Circuit Court appointed mediator and privately retained arbitrator for over 30 years

In Community Service, Attorney Nickerson has served as:
Chairman, United Way of St. Clair County annual fund drive
Two-term President of the United Way Board
Trustee of the Blue Water YMCA
Board of trustees, Port Huron Area School District
Board of trustees, St. Clair County Intermediate School District
Adjunct Professor, St. Clair County Community College in Business Law and Evidence Law
Church Advisory Council
Board of Directors, Rev. Simeon's Community Service Fund

EDUCATION
Michigan State University, Bachelor of Arts
Wayne State University Law School, Juris Doctor Degree

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511 Fort Street, Suite 325
Port Huron, MI 48060
Phone: 810-987-3009
Fax: 810-987-3016

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The Nickerson Law practice provides excellent legal services in Eastern Michigan, including Algonac, Almont, Armada, Capac, Chesterfield, Croswell, Deckerville, East China, Imlay City, Lapeer, Lexington, Marine City, Marysville, Mt. Clemens, New Baltimore, Port Huron, Richmond, Sandusky, Shelby, St. Clair, Sterling Heights and Yale, Michigan and the counties of St. Clair, Lapeer, Macomb, and Sanilac.

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