Nicholson, Kate E.

Ms. Nancy Nawrocki is a highly regarded attorney in Livingston County, Michigan. A 1986 graduate of Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, Ms. Nawrocki emphasizes elder law in her practice. As a long-standing member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Ms. Nawrocki maintains expertise in legal and financial issues that affect older people. By understanding and anticipating changes to the law that affect elder citizens, she has the up-to-the-minute knowledge to counsel elder clients in estate planning, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, Medicare and Medicaid planning, nursing home placement and standard of care issues, guardianship and conservatorship, and probate issues.

Ms. Nawrocki's practice also encompasses family law, estate planning, trusts, probate, and real estate law.

Ms. Nawrocki is active in the Livingston County community, especially in activities related to senior citizens and families. She has served on the Women's Resource Center of Howell, Michigan. She has served as the Co-Chair of the Advisory Board of the Livingston County Hospice, Howell, Michigan from 1996 to 2004. She was a founding member of the Senior Justice Committee of the Michigan Bar Association, and continues to serve as a member of the Elder Law and Advocacy Section, Family Law Section and Probate Law Section. She was the consulting attorney for the Livingston County Older Adult Legal Program from 1988 until its dissolution in 1996. Ms. Nawrocki conducts frequent free seminars on Elder Law at various Livingston County Senior Citizens Centers, and at other sites, and conducts Family Law seminars for the Women's Resource Center. Ms. Nawrocki has served as an elected Trustee of the Cromaine District Library in Hartland, Michigan. 

Ms. Nawrocki received recognition for her contributions to her community in 2005, when she was elected to the Michigan Women's Roll of Honor for Livingston County.  Also in 2005, Ms. Nawrocki was elected as the first woman President of the Presbytery of Detroit.