Kaitlyn M. Elias

An Associate in Dickinson Wright’s Troy office,  Kaitlyn Elias focuses her practice on commercial litigation and real estate matters, as well as land use and zoning issues.  She regularly assists developers with permitting matters for utility-scale renewable energy projects, as well as commercial lenders in the cannabis industry.  She is an active member of the Oakland County Bar Association, and is also a certified mediator.

Ms. Elias earned a B.A. in Global and International Studies from Western Michigan University and worked in international higher education before receiving her Juris Doctor from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. While in law school, Kaitlyn received honors for her participation in several international commercial arbitration moot court competitions, and she spent a semester in Washington, DC externing at the U.S. State Department Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law. She also earned first prize in the Andrew P. Vance Memorial Writing Competition for her submission on the international enforcement of mediated settlement agreements. After graduating from ASU and before returning to Michigan to practice law, Ms. Elias served as a judicial law clerk for Associate Justice Elvis R. Pila Patea at the High Court of American Samoa.