Daniel Hilker is a seasoned attorney specializing in trusts, estates, guardianships, and conservatorships, with extensive experience in estate planning and litigation. He has represented clients in numerous probate courts across Michigan, as well as the Michigan Court of Appeals. Actively involved in the legal community, Dan serves on several committees for the State Bar’s Probate and Estate Planning Section and is a member of the Ingham County Bar and Greater Lansing Estate Planning Council. Recognized for his expertise, he has been named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine from 2019 to 2024.

Mike Cicero, now in his 35th year of private practice, continues to learn and add to his diverse array of intellectual property law experience. Although Mike primarily focuses on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, as well as opinions, his practice also encompasses trademark prosecution, copyright matters, and intellectual property litigation. Examples of patent applications that Mike drafted over the past decade include a system for remotely monitoring feed environment; a friction reduction pile jacket; a wearable interactive notification device and interactive monitoring system; broadcast messaging and methods of communicating hail messages in utility networks; and an elevator monitoring system, protected by a utility patent for the system and two design patents for graphical user interfaces. Mike’s patent litigation experience includes Markman (patent claim interpretation) proceedings, trials, motion practice, and expert-related discovery. A significant portion of his experience further extends to trademark and copyright infringement litigation, which enabled him to author the trademark and copyright infringement portions of a chapter titled “IP Litigation,” appearing in the 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024, and 2026 Editions of the book Georgia Business Litigation.