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About our firm:
The Ruff Law Firm, LLC
About Us
Attentive and Personalized Legal Counsel
Welcome to The Ruff Law Firm, LLC - a bilingual law firm providing services in Georgia, Kentucky and Michigan, committed to providing excellent legal services for families and business owners, corporate entities, and individuals.
About Michelle M, Ruff. Esq:
Michelle provides caring empathetic legal counsel to her clients. She has been practicing law in Georgia since 2003 and has been licensed since 2002 in Kentucky and Michigan. Her legal career began with legal aid, working with migrant farmworkers in Michigan. Then, representing low-income individuals and protecting victims of domestic violence through family law with Cobb County Legal Aid in Georgia. Michelle's experience is varied and includes serving as a contract conflict public defender in Georgia, giving her expertise in family law, criminal law and litigation.
Prior to establishing her own firm, Michelle worked for more than 10 years as in-house counsel to national fin-tech title companies that provided financial services to the largest mortgage lenders in the U.S. She is savvy with real estate, title insurance, business, corporate, risk and compliance services.
Michelle has shown her appreciation and respect for older citizens by volunteering to teach elementary Spanish classes and chair aerobics at a neighborhood senior citizen program. When not working or volunteering, Michelle's free spirit loves learning about cultures while traveling internationally, but nothing makes her smile more than her family, especially her granddaughter.
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Law School - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville Louisville, KY
Graduate School - Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
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Undergraduate - Oakwood University, Huntsville, AL
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Bar Memberships - Michigan, Kentucky, Georgia
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Affiliations - Georgia Hispanic Bar Association