Our firm primarily practices in the areas of social security disability appeals, criminal defense, probate and small business and nonprofit startup. Ficklin is a recent addition to the State Bar of Michigan Young Lawyers Section Executive Council, which he joined in March 2017. He also serves as the District XII president of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International, the Ingham County Bar Association, Young Lawyers section and a member of the Davis Dunnings Bar Association. Ficklin is very active in the Greater Lansing community as a volunteer mentor for The Turning Point of Lansing youth mentor group, president of the Lansing Graduate Chapter of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.,as a praise team member of Union Missionary Baptist Church, and various community service efforts. and Master of Public Administration degrees from Valdosta State University in Valdosta, GA; his MBA from the University of Phoenix, Western Michigan Campus, in East Lansing, MI; and his J.D. from Michigan State University College of Law, in East Lansing, MI. He is admitted to the State Bar of Michigan and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
