April E. Knoch - a Wyandotte, Texas Cooperative Law Lawyer

Wyandotte Cooperative Law Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Cooperative Law
Business Law
Municipal Law
Trial and Appellate Advocacy

Attorney Information

Overview

April is an Associate Attorney with Pentiuk, Couvreur & Kobiljak, P.C. She focuses on Cooperative Housing Law and Corporate Law including general landlord and tenant practice, corporate formation and governance, civil practice and procedure, FHA and HUD compliance, and state and local taxation.

She is involved in the many varied aspects of representing housing cooperatives, including attending and chairing Board and Member meetings, researching legal issues, researching and assisting with HUD issues, and has extensive experience with cooperative document review and drafting. April is the Supervising Attorney for all housing cooperative governing document research and drafting including articles of incorporation, bylaws, occupancy agreements, purchase agreements, Board resolutions, policies and procedures, and rules and regulations. April researches and prepares legal opinions, resolutions, and policy drafting for cooperative clients on varying issues of concern for Boards and Management alike. April regularly and aggressively assists in the representation of housing cooperative interests in all court and agency levels.

April has extensive background working with public housing commissions and HUD regulations, and regularly works with housing commission clients to assist with all legal matters including Commission meeting attendance, drafting legal opinions, assisting Commission Boards and Management with development and implementation of policy, and assistance with HUD relations.

With her experience in the cooperative and multi-family housing world, she contributes various articles for publication in the Midwestern Association of Housing Cooperatives MAHC Messenger, as well as Pentiuk, Couvreur & Kobiljak P.C.’s National Cooperative Law Center and the National Association of Housing Cooperatives. April is an instructor at both the Midwestern Association of Housing Cooperatives and National Association of Housing Cooperatives Annual Conferences and a contributing instructor for the MAHC CCS Course.

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

April E. Knoch included in a Super Lawyers® list

Honors

Michigan “Super Lawyer” Rising Star – An honor given to fewer than five percent of the states’ most respected attorneys
Michigan’s Top 100 Women Attorneys
Top Attorneys in Michigan’s Rising Stars
2022 “C. March Miller Award” which is awarded by the President of MAHC for outstanding service by a MAHC BOD Member., 2022
2021 “Cooperative Leap of Faith Award” which is awarded for displaying the confined belief and trust in the housing cooperative concept and assisting cooperatives in attaining their goals today and in the future.

Other Sources of Feedback About April E. Knoch

Included on the 2014 Michigan Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2013 Michigan Super Lawyers list
2012 Michigan Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- Michigan State University, Detroit College of Law, East Lansing, Michigan, 2001
  J.D.
Non Legal Education
- University of Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan, 1998
  B.A.
  Honors: With Honors
  Major: Psychology
  Minor: Sociology
- Midwest Association of Housing Cooperatives, Certified Cooperative Specialist, Taylor, Michigan, 2018

Current Employment Position(s)

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Associate Attorney
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Classes and Seminars

MAHC Annual Conference Instructor since 2013
NAHC Annual Conference Instructor since 2013
MAHC CCS Course Contributing Instructor since 2019

Pro Bono Activities

Member, ASPCA Founder’s Society
Member, Humane Society International
NAHC
MAHC

Bar Admissions

Michigan, 2002
Illinois, 2012
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 2002
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Michigan, 2002
U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 2007
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Michigan, 2007
U.S. Supreme Court, 2006

Other Affiliations

State Bar of Michigan
Illinois State Bar Association
Chicago Bar Association
Midwestern Association of Housing Cooperatives, (MAHC), Education Sub-Committee
National Association of Housing Cooperatives (NAHC), Member Services Committee
Midwestern Association of Housing Cooperatives, Board Member and Co-Chair of the MAHC Education Committee
Board Member and Co-Chair of the MAHC Education Committee National Association of Housing Cooperatives
Board Member and Member of the Educational Training Review Services Committee
MSU College of Law Alumni Association
Polish Roman Catholic Union (PRCU)
ASPCA Founder’s Society (Member)
Humane Society International (Member)
National Association of Housing Cooperatives, Board Member and Member of the Educational Training Review Services Committee.

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Contact

Wyandotte, MI

2915 Biddle Avenue
Edelson Building
Suite 200
Wyandotte, MI 48192

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Phone: 773-435-9064

Fax: 734-281-7102

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