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EvansPortenga, Attorneys At Law is a direct descendent of the firm Libner, VanLeuven, Kortering, Evans & Portenga. Former partners Robert Libner and Robert J. VanLeuven have retired. Thomas J. Evans and Roy J. Portenga share over 50 years of combined legal experience. From day one, the firm has specialized in serving the injured and disabled. The firm focuses on personal injury, workers' compensation, Social Security, and wrongful death cases.

EvansPortenga is located in the historic Hume Grocery Building (now the Even & Franks Building) in downtown Muskegon, MI.

Attorneys:

Thomas J. Evans
Roy J. Portenga
Robert Libner, ret.
Robert J. VanLeuven, ret.

 

EvansPortenga, Attorneys At Law

Thomas J. Evans

Tom was born in Lansing and reared in Walled Lake, MI. He moved to Muskegon in 1982. He limits his practice to all areas of serious personal injury cases.

● Attended Central Michigan University, ’69 - ’73; Juris Doctor, Thomas M.
   Cooley Law School, ’80.

● Clerk, Hon. Robert Holmes Bell, U.S. District Court Judge, Western District of
   Michigan (formerly, Ingham County Circuit Judge), ’79 - ’80.

● Landman, Legal Dept. Dart Oil & Gas Co., ’80 - ’82.

● Member, State Bar of Michigan (since ’80); Michigan Association of Justice; 
   American Association of Justice; U.S. District Court for the Western 
   District of Michigan.

● Rated AV by the rating organization, Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating
   given in the areas of integrity and skill.

 

 

Roy J. Portenga

Roy J. Portenga was born and raised in Muskegon, Michigan. Roy specializes in Worker’s Compensation and Social Security Disability.

● Attended Muskegon Community College, ’71-’73; AB, University of  Michigan
   with High Distinction, ’75; Juris Doctor, Valparaiso University, ’81.

● Teacher, Michigan Department of Corrections, ’76-’78.

● Member, State Bar of Michigan (since ’81); Michigan Association for Justice; 
  American Association for Justice; U.S. District Court for the Western 
  and Eastern Districts of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. 

● Publications include The Need for a National Worker’s Compensation Minimum
   Standards Act and Improving the Attorney/Voc. Rehab. Relationship.

● Honors: listed in the area of Worker’s Compensation in Michigan Super
   Lawyers and Rising Stars; Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation.

● Rated AV by the rating organization, Martindale Hubbell, the
   highest rating given in the areas of integrity and skill.

● Elected member of the Board of Trustees of Muskegon Community College.