Roberts A. Kengis
Practice Areas
Mr. Kengis offers mediation and arbitration services for civil and domestic cases. Mr. Kengis recently retired from the bench in Allegan County after 31 years of public service as a prosecutor and circuit court judge. Mr. Kengis was the chief judge of the Allegan County Circuit Court, and is trained and qualified to act as a civil and domestic mediator throughout the State of Michigan. He has completed the American Arbitration Association’s “Arbitration Fundamentals and Best Practices” course. He is a member of the AAA’s arbitrator panel for labor and employment law, but is also qualified to arbitrate other case types independent of the AAA. As a judge, he successfully helped parties and attorneys reach agreements in hundreds of cases involving divorce, custody, employment disputes, property disputes, business disputes, tort liability and government regulation. When parties could not reach a resolution, Mr. Kengis made difficult decisions on a routine basis.
Mr. Kengis is long time member of his congregation’s board of directors and provides legal advice, mediation and representation to churches and congregations.
Because Mr. Kengis spent 25 years as a prosecutor, he has a wealth of knowledge and experience regarding investigations. He provided guidance and training to local, state and federal law enforcement agencies regarding effective and legal investigation tools.
Mr. Kengis has mediated, arbitrated and/or litigated the following types of cases:
- Bank fee and Overdraft fee dispute
- Breach of Contract – home construction/remodeling
- Child Custody
- Child Support
- Civil Rights
- Commercial loan default
- Condominium Association Liability
- Condominium property rights disputes
- Construction / Renovation disputes
- Consumer Protection Act
- Constitutional Rights
- Conversion
- Corporation Ownership Dispute
- Credit Repair / Debt Relief contract dispute
- Divorce
- Dog bite claims
- Driveway Easement dispute
- Electronic Vehicle Charging Stations dispute
- Employment Contract disputes
- Farmland rental disputes
- Fiduciary duty disputes
- Funeral Home disposal or remains dispute
- Insurance coverage disputes
- Intentional interference with contractual relations
- Landlord /Tenant disputes
- Marijuana grow operation disputes
- Motor Vehicle Service and Repair Act
- Negligence
- No Fault Act: underinsured motorist claim.
- No Fault Act:: Personal Injury Protection (PIP) Benefits dispute
- No Fault Act: Property destruction dispute
- Noncompetition Agreements
- Nuisance
- Parenting time disputes
- Premises liability (slip and fall)
- Private Security dispute
- Probate /estate matters
- Property line disputes
- Purchase Financing (Buy now, pay later) dispute
- Quiet Title actions
- Realtor / Contractor commission dispute
- Restrictive Covenants
- Sales commission disputes
- Septic system construction dispute
- Tool and die sales commission dispute
- Tortious interference with business
- Trade secrets dispute
- Trespass
- Uniform Trade Secrets Act
- Utility property rights
- Restrictive Covenants
- Sales commission disputes
- Septic system construction dispute
- Tool and die sales commission dispute
- Tortious interference with business
- Trade secrets dispute
- Trespass
- Uniform Trade Secrets Act
- Utility property rights
- Wastewater treatment system dispute
Mr. Kengis received his B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1989, and his law degree from the Wayne State University Law School in 1992.
Mr. Kengis serves on the board of directors of the Ascension Borgess Allegan Hospital Foundation, and also the Kalamazoo Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church where he also serves as pastor’s assistant. He also volunteers as a youth volleyball coach and is also a teacher at the Kalamazoo Latvian School. He and his wife Shelley have two children that keep them very very busy.
