The Noble Path of Service.
Our law firm was founded in 2008 as The Hilla Law Firm PLLC by Michigan bankruptcy, real estate, trademark registration, and business attorney John Hilla. We have successfully represented Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy debtors and creditors, as well as start-ups, ongoing enterprises, app developers, entrepreneurs, restauranteurs, craft brewers, and others in nearly every industry for trademark and business transactional services for nearly 20 years. We are one of the only small firms in Michigan straddling the trademark and bankruptcy practice areas.
We created the Noble Path Legal brand several years ago and adopted that name in order to emphasize our intent to operate a law practice embodying the ideals of the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhist tradition.
Are we a “Buddhist” law firm? No, not at all. However, we hope to provide our clients with a level of service that bears in mind certain ideals arising from that tradition.
What are those ideals?
In short, the steps along the Eightfold Path are:
- Right Understanding
- Right Thought
- Right Speech
- Right Conduct
- Right Livelihood
- Right Effort
- Right Mindfulness
- Right Concentration
We won’t describe the meaning of each of these qualities here. However, they are a recipe for engaging in ethical conduct with discipline and with wisdom.
If this doesn’t describe what a law firm ought to be, what does?
Noble Path Legal, a service of The Hilla Law Firm, PLLC, is located in Livonia, in Metro Detroit, Michigan.
About Our Founder
Attorney John Hilla obtained his J.D. from Wayne State University Law School in Detroit, Michigan. He also holds an LL.M (Master of Laws) from The George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC.
Prior entering the law, John published a globally distributed rock and roll music magazine (Rebel Route: Rock-n-Roll, Past and Present) and worked as a technical writer in Detroit’s automobile and medical insurance industries. He also played bass in such bands as The Onions (Grand Rapids, mid-1980s), King Tammy (Kalamazoo, late 1980s), Eerie Canal (Ann Arbor and Detroit, early 1990s), and Tabla Rasa (Chicago, mid-1990s).
Noble Path Legal services clients throughout the entire State of Michigan. In particular, we can provide Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy services throughout Eastern and Mid-Michigan, business and real estate services throughout Michigan, and trademark registration services through the United States.