Alumni Profiles
Brad Brelinski
Being a young attorney in the Detroit area was fun, but JCC alumnus Brad Brelinski is happy to be home in Jackson working for local
law firm Curtis & Curtis P.C
Brelinski grew up on Lake LeAnn in Jerome and graduated from Hanover-Horton schools. He attended JCC after high school, studying
aviation and earning his private pilot’s license. After deciding a career as a pilot wasn’t for him, he completed his
general studies for transfer and decided to go into business. “JCC offered smaller class sizes. You got more attention from
the professors,” Brelinski said. “It was also convenient schedule-wise, and allowed me to work while going to school and
put away a little money.”
He transferred to Western Michigan University where he earned bachelor’s degree in business finance. “I was always
interested in going beyond my bachelor’s degree,” Brelinski said. “I wanted something with more opportunity,
and I’d always been fascinated with the law. The law is something that affects everyone, every day.”
So, he looked into law school and spoke with some other lawyers about opportunities in the field. He decided law school was the
answer and went straight from Western to Wayne State University Law School. He graduated from law school in 2005, and passed the Bar
Exam later that year.
Brelinski decided to stay in the Metro Detroit area and practice law. While it was fun, the daily grind of rush hour traffic
and other aspects of big city life didn’t appeal to him, so when the opportunity came up to practice with Curtis & Curtis,
he didn’t want to pass it up. He returned to Jackson in January and is getting used to things again. “I went and experienced
the city, but for the long-term, I wanted a smaller city atmosphere, which is what Jackson provides.”
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