For more than 30 years, Jim Austin has provided legal services, counseling, and representation to individuals and businesses in Northern Michigan and on matters throughout the state.
His practice includes representing towing and wrecker service companies throughout Michigan. He advises on abandoned-vehicle matters, environmental cleanup after vehicle accidents, police towing contracts and rotations, permits, purchases and acquisitions, and contract matters.
Before starting his own firm, Jim spent 15 years with the Northville firm Jerome & Austin. His work there included labor and employment law, personal injury, construction lien law, transportation law, commercial law, and domestic relations matters. In 2011, he moved his practice to Alden and continued representing towing clients across Michigan.
Jim has argued cases before the Michigan Supreme Court, the Michigan Court of Appeals, federal district courts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He is admitted to practice in Michigan state and federal courts and the Sixth Circuit.
He is also a trained general civil and domestic-relations mediator. He has mediated a range of matters and volunteered with the Wayne Mediation Center and the Wayne County Friend of the Court.