Serenity Guardianship Services — UPL Red Flag

Entity Overview

FieldValue
NameSerenity Guardianship Services, Inc.
LARA ID802290962
TypeGuardianship services
StatusDISSOLVED
Banks’ RoleAgent

Serenity Guardianship Services was a guardianship company operated by Brian Roderick Banks — a non-attorney with 9 felony convictions and no bar admission.

Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL)

FactorDetail
OperatorBrian Banks — never admitted to any bar (State Bar verification)
Service typeGuardianship services — legal proceedings requiring court representation
ClassificationTextbook Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL)
Credential fraudBanks claims “J.D.” on school materials; no bar admission confirmed

Guardianship involves court-supervised management of incapacitated persons’ affairs. Operating a guardianship services company without legal licensure violates Michigan’s UPL statutes and professional conduct rules.

Connection to Wayne County Probate Court

ConnectionDetail
JurisdictionWayne County Probate Court handles guardianship cases
JudgeJudge David Perkins — Chief Judge Pro Tem, Wayne Probate
PipelinePerkins previously served 36th District Court (2014–2018) — same court as Judge Tenisha Yancey , Judge Adam Sabree , and Judge Sean Perkins
EffectGuardianship cases from Banks’ dissolved entity route through Probate Court where network-connected judges sit

Banks operated Serenity Guardianship through the same Probate jurisdiction where Judge David Perkins presides.

Connection to Banks Network

EntityRelationship
Purpose Charter AcademySame enterprise principal
MacDowell Preparatory AcademySame enterprise principal
The Purpose Group, LLCSame extraction structure
Joseph Holland Jr.Co-principal across all financial entities

Significance

A convicted felon running guardianship services without legal credentials demonstrates the enterprise’s pattern: operate in legally regulated spaces without qualification, extract value, and rely on captured courts for protection when challenged.

See also: RICO Pattern — predicate acts including wire fraud on credential claims.

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