Nikkiya Branch
Nikkiya T. Branch, 36, is a Senior Attorney at the Perkins Law Group PLLC in Detroit, primarily practicing in the areas of civil litigation with a focus on employment law. Nikkiya also currently serves as the City Attorney for the City of Highland Park. Through these avenues, she has been able to make great strides in the area of law and has been intricately involved in complex transactions including being a part of the team that prevented an Emergency Manager from being appointed in Highland Park by successfully leading the City through the Neutral Evaluation Process under Michigan’s Public Act 436, commonly known as the Emergency Manager law.
Nikkiya has a deep passion to ensure that all people have access to quality legal representation. Often times people are denied justice because of the quality of legal representation they receive. As such, Nikkiya developed a Pro Bono program at her firm to assist low income citizens who need quality representation.
Nikkiya loves to give back and to help to prepare the future leaders of tomorrow. To this end, she enjoys the opportunities she has to mentor law students and provide them with opportunities to become great assets to the practice of law. She currently serves on the Board of the Wolverine Bar Association and is the Chair of the Judicial Externship Committee and the Minority Bar Passage Committee.
In her spare time, Nikkiya makes it a priority to travel. She has recently enjoyed trips to Dubai, the South Riviera in Spain and Costa Rica. Nikkiya attends Third New Hope Baptist Church where she studies and grows in her faith under the leadership of her awesome father, Pastor Edward L. Branch.
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