MEET US

MEET OUR TEAM

Mikkelson Law Firm, LLC was formed in 2014 out of a desire to service our community, get to know our clients, and help them navigate through life's trials. Committed to a family atmosphere and compassion, the firm has grown to include 4 attorneys and a growing staff of paralegals and professionals.

Our attorneys, Ryan Mikkelson and Tiffany Mikkelson have a combined 30 years of experience of practicing law. Holding degrees and advanced degrees from The College of Charleston, Mississippi College and Mississippi College School of Law, both Ryan and Tiffany are professionals who have worked for major law firms and legal organizations in the South. Both are involved in several local non-profit organizations including service on several local Board of Directors / Trustees.

OUR ATTORNEYS

Ryan Mikkelson

Tiffany Mikkelson

Donald Besecker

Noreen Scaperotti

Ryan Mikkelson | Owner & Partner
Ryan moved to the South Carolina Lowcountry with his family in 1991 where he attended school on Hilton Head Island. After graduating from Hilton Head High School, Ryan attended The College of Charleston and graduated with a degree in Business Administration in 2001. Ryan attended law school at Mississippi College School of Law where he received his law degree in 2005. Ryan and his family relocated to Bluffton in 2007 where he spent several years as the Executive Director of Lowcountry Legal Volunteers before accepting a position with Bullard and Friedman in 2012. Ryan has served on the Board of a number of non-profit organizations including Family Promise of Beaufort County, the Boys and Girls Club of the Lowcountry, and Lowcountry Legal Volunteers. In addition, Ryan is also a member of United Way Emerging Leaders, South Carolina Pro-Bono Committee, Hilton Head-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce and the Hilton Head Association of Realtors and Home Builders Association.

Tiffany Mikkelson | Owner & Partner
Tiffany was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi where she graduated magna cum laude from Mississippi College in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. After college, Tiffany attended and graduated cum laude from Mississippi College School of Law in 2005. While in law school, Tiffany was a member of Law Review and a Moot Court Board Member.

Following law school, Tiffany clerked at the Mississippi Supreme Court for Justice Jess H. Dickinson for one year prior to accepting a job with one of the largest law firms in Mississippi. In late 2007, Tiffany and her family, moved to the Bluffton area where Tiffany maintained a small solo practice on a part-time basis handling primarily Family Law matters. In 2009, Tiffany became the Executive Attorney at Lowcountry Legal Volunteers out of her desire and commitment to ensure equal access to justice for low-income residents of the local communities. During the years of service at Legal Volunteers, Tiffany gained tremendous experience representing hundreds of clients in the Family Court on a wide range of legal issues including divorce, separation, custody, visitation, child support modification, adoption, and birth certificate corrections. Tiffany joined Mikkelson Law Firm in 2015.

Tiffany and Ryan were married in 2004 and they have six children together- Walker, Mollie and Mason, Audrey, Grady and Baylor. In addition to overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Law Firm, Tiffany also stays busy by volunteering at the children’s school, as well as carpooling the children to baseball, tennis, swim, dance, gymnastics, and other various sporting activities.

Donald Besecker |Attorney at Law

Donald was born and raised in Charlotte, NC and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from East Carolina University in 2013. He also received a Master of Business Administration in 2014 from East Carolina University. Donald chose to continue his education at Florida State University College of Law. In 2018, he received his Juris Doctor Cum Laude. He conducted a Judicial Internship with County Court Judge Marvin Blount in Pitt County, North Carolina.

Donald relocated to the Bluffton area to be near his family as he began his law career.

Noreen Scaperotti |Attorney at Law

Noreen was born and raised in the Hudson Valley region of New York and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business in the Bronx, New York. Following College, Noreen attended Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law where she was a member of the Pace Environmental Law Review. Noreen conducted a judicial internship with the Honorable Judge Lisa Margaret Smith, a United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of New York.

Following law school, Noreen was employed by a top registered investment advisory firm in Westchester County, New York where her work centered on estate and tax planning for high-net-worth clients. In 2016, Noreen opened her solo law practice focused on estate planning, asset preservation, Medicaid eligibility and probate matters.

In 2021, Noreen, her husband and three young children moved to Bluffton and have absolutely fallen in love with the Low Country.
Noreen is admitted to the practice of law in South Carolina, Georgia and New York.