Meet Jordan Ahlers-Smith

Jordan Ahlers-Smith

Appellate Attorney at Speaker Law Firm, PLLC

(517) 482-8933

jahlers@speakerlaw.com

Jordan Ahlers-Smith is an appellate attorney with her practice area focusing largely on child custody and child welfare related appeals, as well as handling emergencies on appeal. Prior to joining the Firm as an associate attorney, Jordan was a law clerk for our office where her already apparent passion for legal research and writing, contributed greatly to the success of our clients' cases. Jordan regularly practices in the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court, and Jordan is also admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Jordan is an active member of the Ingham County Bar Association Family Law and Young Lawyers Sections, the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, and the State Bar of Michigan Family Law Section, Appellate Practice Section, Young Lawyers Section, and Children's Law Section. Jordan is the Secretary and a council member of the Children’s Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, as well as a member of the Section’s Amicus committee. Jordan is a council member for the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, in addition to serving as the co-chair of the Amicus committee, and a member of the Membership and Member Education committees. Jordan is also a board member and the treasurer of both the Ingham County Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Section and the Mid-Michigan chapter of the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan.

Jordan graduated from Michigan State University College of Law in 2020 and earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from Hillsdale College in 2017. Jordan lives in Lansing with her husband, Shane, and their two dogs, Dezi and Murphy.

Published Opinions:

In re Barber/Espinoza Minors, ___ Mich ___; ___ NW3d ___ (2025) (amicus curiae).

Sabatine v Sabatine, 513 Mich 276; 15 NW2d 204 (2024).

Quint v Quint, ___ Mich App ___; ___ NW2d ___ (2024).

Kidder v Pobursky-Kidder, ___ Mich App ___; ___ NW2d ___ (2024).

Smith v Schafer, 349 Mich App 131; ___ NW2d ___ (2023).

Kuebler v Kuebler, 346 Mich App 633; 13 NW2d 399 (2023).

Findling v Auto-Owners Ins Co (In re Malloy), 343 Mich App 548; 997 NW2d 733 (2022); vacated in part 513 Mich 148; 15 NW2d 142 (2024).

Estate of Seybert v Wise, 340 Mich App 207; 985 NW2d 874 (2022).

CAJ v KDT, 339 Mich App 459; 984 NW2d 504 (2021).

Moriconi v Seely (In re Moriconi), 337 Mich App 515; 977 NW2d 583 (2021).

Merecki v Merecki, 336 Mich App 639; 971 NW2d 659 (2021).

Bofysil v Bofysil, 332 Mich App 232; 956 NW2d 544 (2020).

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