Elizabeth K. Bransdorfer
Contact Information
Firm: Mika Meyers PLC
Address: 900 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503-1423
Phone: (616) 632-8000
Fax: (616) 632-8002
Practice State
Michigan
Emphasis
Family Law
Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Legal Organizations
Grand Rapids Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan
American Bar Association
Justice Foundation of West Michigan
National Association of Women Lawyers
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
Collaborative Divorce Professionals of West Michigan
Collaborative Practice Institute of Michigan
American Inns of Court, Gerald R. Ford Chapter
Awards
Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Inclusion in Chambers High Net Worth Guide, Family/Matrimonial, 2024
Inclusion in Best Lawyers of America for collaborative law: family law
Blaine B. Johnson, Jr. Award, 2019 (award recognizes outstanding contributions to continuing legal education)
Best Lawyers “Grand Rapids 2024 Collaborative Law: Family Law Lawyer of the Year”
“Grand Rapids 2022 Family Law Lawyer of Year,” and “Grand Rapids 2018 Collaborative Law: Family Law Lawyer of the Year”
Inclusion in Michigan Super Lawyers
Inclusion in Michigan Lawyers Weekly “Go to Lawyer” in Family Law
Inclusion in Crain’s Notable Women in the Law for 2024
Inclusion in Crain’s Notable West Michigan Lawyers for 2023
Inclusion in Leading Lawyers 2025
Inclusion in Grand Rapids Magazine’s 2019-2025 Top Lawyers
Winner of West Michigan Woman’s Divorce Services “Readers Choice Awards”
Women Lawyers Association of Michigan (WLAM) Western Region Outstanding Member Award
Michigan Lawyers Weekly 20 Women in the Law 2011
2009 recipient of Michael S. Barnes Award
Presentations
Speaker at 2021 ICLE Family Lawy Institute on the amended discovery rules
Speaker at 2022 ICLE regarding negotiating custody and parenting time
Speaker at 2022 ICLE Family Law Institute regarding separate property
Speaker at 2022 Grand Rapids Bar Association MDIC regarding 5th Amendment issues implicated by concurrent criminal and family law cases.
Speaker at the 2023 ICLE Family Law Institute regarding roles and contributions of mental health professionals in family law
Speaker at the 2023 Michigan AAML Chapter Seminar on roles of mental health professionals in family law cases
Speaker at the 2024 ICLE Family Law Institute on contract law and family law
Speaker at another 2024 ICLE event on family law update
Speaker at the 2024 AAML Seminar on the Hague Convention and international custody disputes
Speaker at the 2025 Michigan Judicial Institute on use of AI by self-represented litigants in family law
Speaker at the 2025 Family Law Section Summer Conference on “Civility and Professionalism in Family Law”
Speaker at the 2025 AAML Advanced Level Seminar on “Navigating the New Rules on Realtors’ Commissions”
Authored
Co-Author of “Handing a Divorce Case in Michigan,” The Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), April 2021 Update
Contributing Author, Chapters in the ICLE publication Causes of Action Formbook relating to Contracts, Adverse Possession and Boundary Line Disputes
Author, State Bar of Michigan Litigation Section Newsletter article concerning changes in the Michigan Court Rules governing mediation
Leading Lawyers Magazine – Michigan edition article regarding Elizabeth K. Bransdorfer, March 2020
Author, 2023 Grand Rapids Bar publication on the Grand Rapids Lawyer on Divorcee Jurisdiction
State of Practice
Michigan