Nicholas S. Laue

Nicholas counsels corporate and individual clients in complex commercial litigation and construction matters before federal and state courts across the state of Michigan. Nicholas also has considerable experience prosecuting and defending adversary proceedings in the Bankruptcy Courts for the Western and Eastern District of Michigan. Nicholas provides his clients with first chair trial and arbitration experience.

Nicholas brings a positive and enthusiastic energy to his work. He collaborates with a variety of personalities in difficult commercial settings to help his clients achieve their goals, whether it is in the courtroom or via alternative resolution.

Prior to joining Keller & Almassian, PLC, Nicholas was a research attorney for the Michigan Court of Appeals where he regularly prepared research reports and proposed opinions in civil, criminal, and administrative appeals.

1. Merchant Cash Advances: What Do We Have Here?, 38th Annual Bankruptcy Section, Federal Court Association, Western District of Michigan (July, 2026).
2. Dispositive Motion Drill Down, 37th Annual Bankruptcy Section, Federal Court Association, Western District of Michigan (July, 2025).
3. Litigation Tactics: Issue and Claim Preclusion, American Bankruptcy Institute, Central States Bankruptcy Workshop (June, 2024).
4. No Bankruptcy For You! Alternatives for Dealing with Student Loans, American Bankruptcy Institute, Central States Bankruptcy Workshop (June, 2023)
5. Student Loans: To Forgive or Forget, Debtor’s Bar of West Michigan Seminar (March, 2023)
6. Building a Book of Business as a Young Lawyer – The Grand Rapids Lawyer (Sept/Oct 2021).
7. Advanced Approaches to Liens and Judgments, Creditor/Debtor -ICLE Presentation (July, 2021).
8. Student Loans – Forgive Me Please!, 31st Annual Bankruptcy Section Seminar (2019).
9. Student Loans, Where is My Relief? – The Grand Rapids Lawyer (May/June 2018).
10. When is Property of the Estate – Distinction Between Causes of Action that Arise Pre-Petition, Post-Petition, Post-Confirmation, and Post Discharge, 2016 Hon. Steven W. Rhodes Consumer Bankruptcy Conference (2016).
11. Lehman v. United Bank Inc.: The Judicially Inefficient Layoff and Discharge Dichotomy, 45 U. TOL. L. REV 651 (2014).