Jaffe names Schehr as Financial Services Practice Group leader

Alicia Schehr, partner at Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, P.C., a leading Michigan business law firm, was named practice group leader of the firm’s Financial Services Practice Group. Jaffe CEO Jeffrey Weiss made the announcement. In her new role, Schehr will manage the firm’s professionals and resources with the goal of providing clients with high-quality and insightful legal counsel in all aspects of their financing matters.

Schehr focuses her practice on providing strategic legal advice and business consultation services to clients on all of their finance matters. She is also a member of the firm’s recruiting committee and previously served as co-chair of the firm’s Women’s Caucus Group, which was established to help women at the firm manage work-life balance, participate in community outreach and gain valuable self-marketing and business skills.

Schehr has been named to the Dbusiness 30 in their Thirties list and has been repeatedly included in the Michigan Rising Stars list.

Schehr earned a Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School and earned a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University. Schehr joined Jaffe in September 1998, following her law school graduation.