Kitchen Sharkey, PLLC

07/22/2026

https://kitchensharkey.com/attorneys/amy-heldt/

We are excited to announce we have added attorney Amy Heldt to our team. Amy has worked in a variety of different practice areas, including some pre-law school experience as a paralegal. She fits right in with our team and we are so happy she joined us.

Welcome to Kitchen Sharkey, Amy!

Amy Heldt focuses her practice on family law, helping clients navigate divorce, child custody, parenting time, child support, spousal support, paternity, and other domestic relations matters. She understands that family law disputes often arise during some of life’s most difficult transitions and ...

01/05/2025

We are hiring!

Boutique family law firm in Ann Arbor hiring an associate attorney. Ideal position for a new attorney looking to gain practical skills and experience as well as mentorship in their practice. If you are interested send your resume and a writing sample to [email protected].

10/19/2024

Kitchen Sharkey firm dog Sidney Love Sharkey Miller took her job seriously at the Purple Run benefitting Safehouse Center. 💜

09/21/2024

On September 4, 2024, Elizabeth Kitchen-Troop was appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court to serve a 3-year term on the State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners. Liz is honored by the appointment and looking forward to serving the legal community in this role.

The Michigan Supreme Court has appointed Patrick J. Crowley, Claudnyse D. Holloman, and Elizabeth Kitchen-Troop to three-year terms on the SBM's Board of Commissioners.

05/04/2024

Kitchen Sharkey partners, Elizabeth and Kate, had much to celebrate at yesterday's Washtenaw County Bar Association Bench Bar Conference. Kate Sharkey was sworn in as the 2024/2025 WCBA President. Later in the program, Elizabeth Kitchen-Troop received the Professionalism and Civility Award from the Washtenaw County Bar Association.

02/10/2023

https://www.michbar.org/journal/Details/Ethical-considerations-Representing-accused-batterers-in-domestic-relations-proceedings?ArticleID=4567

Katherine Sharkey's article on the ethical implications of representing accused batterers is featured in this month's Michigan Bar Journal.

Family law is often stereotyped as rife with unethical, overly zealous practitioners; Jerry Springer-type proceedings; difficult clients; and case files that read like soap opera scripts. Those of us who live in the family law trenches acknowledge we are confronted with clients experiencing what is....

05/03/2022

Elizabeth Kitchen-Troop and Katherine Sharkey are both collaboratively trained and proud members of CPIM. Liz finds the collaborative training particularly helpful in her mediation practice.

Elizabeth Kitchen-Troop with Kitchen Sharkey, PLLC is passionate about family law and is trained as a Collaborative Divorce attorney. She believes divorce and custody issues are immensely stressful and yet the agreements or Orders impact the parties and their children for a lifetime. The collaborative model provides a framework to bring in neutral experts such as financial planners and mental health professionals to guide the attorneys and parties to a resolution that works for their family without litigation.