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Braje, Nelson & Janes | Criminal and Civil Defense Attorneys in Michigan City, IN (h1)
Braje, Nelson & Janes, LLP is a multi-attorney law firm located at 126 East 5th Street, Michigan City, Indiana 46360, with a second office serving clients in LaPorte. The Michigan City office can be reached at 219-872-2100, and the LaPorte office at 219-369-0100. The firm’s attorneys handle criminal and civil litigation alongside personal injury, family law, business law, real estate, and estate planning matters throughout LaPorte County and the surrounding region.
The firm’s criminal defense bench is unusually deep for a practice of its size. Founding partner Craig V. Braje has served as LaPorte County Chief Public Defender since 1994 and previously as LaPorte County Attorney, while William J. Nelson Jr. has served as LaPorte County Deputy Public Defender since 1994. Elizabeth A. Flynn, a former Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney, has served as LaPorte County Deputy Public Defender since 2000, and David K. Payne has held roles as both a LaPorte County Deputy Public Defender and a Federal Public Defender under the Criminal Justice Act, having argued before the Indiana Supreme Court. Christopher L. Willoughby and newer associate Jack R. Walton round out the firm’s criminal and civil litigation capacity.
Several of the firm’s attorneys are members of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, alongside memberships in the LaPorte County, Indiana State, and Illinois State Bar Associations. Craig Braje’s early recognition with the American Jurisprudence Award, combined with the firm’s collective decades of public defender and prosecutorial experience, gives Braje, Nelson & Janes a distinctive vantage point on how criminal cases are actually handled in LaPorte County’s courts.
Address: 126 East 5th Street, Michigan City, IN 46360
Phone: 219-872-2100