About Luke Nofsinger
Attorney Luke Nofsinger provides a wide range of legal services and counsel, from criminal defense to estate planning—in Southwest Michigan.
About
Luke was born in Gabarone, Botswana to two American parents. When he was young, his family moved back to rural Southwest Michigan. He proudly graduated from Marcellus High School, attended Goshen College—which included a semester abroad in Cambodia—and obtained his law degree from Michigan State College of Law. He is happily married with three children.
Education
Goshen College 2009 – BA Journalism
Michigan State University College of Law 2014 – Juris Doctor
State Bar of Michigan: active and in good standing
Professional Affiliations
- Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan
- Adult Drug Treatment Court Defense Attorney - St. Joseph County
- Swift and Sure Sanctions Program Defense Attorney - St. Joseph County
- Kalamazoo County Bar Member
- St. Joseph County Bar President
- Community Corrections Advisory Board - Defense Bar Representative - St. Joseph County
- Sobriety Court - St. Joseph County
Court of Appeals Opinions
- Magley v. M &W, Inc, 325 Mich.App. 307; 926 N.W.2d 1 (2018) (holding elements of statutory conversion have an additional element)
- In re L. Ott (2022) 07-106224 (For Publication) (holding parents in child protective proceedings can only have parenting suspended by drug use if that use can be attributed to behaviors at parenting time).
- In re Kennedy Minors (2019) (unpublished) (Michigan Supreme Court cert denied) (holding the standard to have court-appointed expert appointment should be the same in child protective proceedings as in criminal proceedings pursuant to People v Kennedy, 502 Mich 206;
- 917 NW2d 355 (2018)).