Ager Law Office, P.C.

Focus and practice areas

This is a small law practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that keeps to a defined set of legal work. It handles real estate, probate and estate administration, and estate planning. Those three areas cover the whole of what the firm offers, and the site does not stretch beyond them.

The real estate work includes residential and commercial matters. Bill Ager, the attorney who runs the firm, handles the purchase and sale of property, and the site notes flat fees for most of these services. In my opinion, that clarity about scope tells a reader more than a long list of unrelated services would.

Probate and estate administration make up the second area. Here the firm assists families with wills, trusts, probate, and the administration of estates through Washtenaw County courts. The estate planning work sits alongside it, covering plans for managing and distributing assets during life and at death, with provisions for incapacity.

The attorney behind the firm

Ager Law Office is run by one named attorney, Bill Ager. He was born and raised in Ann Arbor. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1972 and served in the U.S. Army from 1972 to 1975, where he was a graduate of the Defense Language Institute and received an honorable discharge.

He earned his law degree from Detroit College of Law, now Michigan State University College of Law, in 1982. That same year he was admitted to practice in Michigan and in the U.S. District Courts. Before opening his own office, he worked at a firm that handled civil and business litigation, personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, employment law, and real estate.

Ager started his own practice in 2002. The firm has served Washtenaw County since 1982, which matches the year he was first admitted. As a reviewer, I read that continuity as a sign the attorney has stayed put in one region for the length of his career.

Credentials the site states

Ager is a licensed real estate associate broker, which connects directly to the property side of the practice. He also holds a Certification for Probate and Estate Planning from the State Bar of Michigan and the Institute for Continuing Legal Education. That certification lines up with the two estate-related areas the firm names.

The site says he belongs to several sections of the State Bar of Michigan and to other bar and professional associations. It does not list each one by name, so this review will not guess at them.

How the work is handled

The structure here is straightforward. One attorney handles the files, and the three practice areas overlap in ways that make sense for the clients who use them. A family selling a home may also need a will updated. A person planning an estate may also hold property that needs a broker's eye.

The broker license is worth a second mention because it is uncommon. An attorney who is also licensed as a real estate associate broker can look at a property transaction from both the legal and the market side. The firm pairs that license with the probate and estate planning certification, so the two credentials cover the same subjects the firm sells.

On pricing, the site is specific in one respect: it offers flat fees for most real estate services. It does not publish figures, and this review will not either. What matters for a reader is that the firm signals a fixed cost for a defined transaction rather than leaving the method open.

Where the firm works

The practice is based in Ann Arbor and serves Washtenaw County. That is the geographic reach the site claims, and it is a narrow, local one. For someone in that county with a real estate closing, a probate matter, or an estate plan to draw up, the firm is set up for exactly those needs.

The site does not list social media accounts. There are no links to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, or similar profiles. This is a firm that presents itself through its own website and its record in the county, rather than through a wider online presence.

What a prospective client can take from this

The picture the site gives is consistent. One attorney, admitted in 1982, running his own office since 2002, working in a single county, across three related areas of law. Nothing on the site reaches for work outside real estate and estates, and that focus is easy to read.

In my opinion, the firm's strongest signal is the match between its credentials and its services. The broker license supports the real estate work. The probate and estate planning certification supports the estate work. A reader does not have to infer whether the attorney has grounding in what he offers, because the site states it plainly.

For anyone weighing this firm, the useful facts are the length of the attorney's practice, the local footprint in Washtenaw County, and the flat-fee approach to most real estate services. Those are the details the firm itself puts forward, and they give a clear enough basis for a first call.