Admitted
1970, Michigan, Illinois and District of Columbia
Law School
Wayne State University, J.D., cum laude, 1969; New York University, LL.M. in Taxation, 1970
Law School Graduation Year
1970
College
University of Michigan, B.A., 1964
Memberships
Detroit, Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel.
Biographical
Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2001- 2002 Edition. Author: The ‘Other Beneficiary’--Tax Apportionment Clauses, Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Journal, Summer 1992; The Revised Michigan Claims Statute, Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Journal, Winter 1989; Taxation of Seniors, Laches, published by the Oakland County Bar Association, June 1989; Individual Retirement Account Deductions, Laches, published by the Oakland County Bar Association, April 1987; Recent Developments: Income, Estate, & Inheritance Taxes, Laches, published by the Oakland County Bar Association, December 1986. Contributing Author: Inheritance Tax, Michigan Tax Practice and Procedure 2nd Edition, published by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1983. Seminars: Arranged the 39th Annual Probate and Estate Planning Seminar, cosponsored by the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Grand Traverse Resort, Acme, Michigan, 5/20-22/99 and Troy, Michigan, 6/11-12/99; Moderator and Speaker, The Marital Deduction: Solving the Estate Planning Puzzle, sponsored by The Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Grand Rapids and Troy, Michigan, 3/13/98 and 3/27/98; Seventh Annual Drafting Estate Planning Documents Seminar, sponsored by the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Grand Rapids, and Troy, Michigan, 1/16/98 and 1/23/98; Sixth Annual Drafting Estate Planning Documents Seminar, sponsored by the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Troy, Michigan, 1/31/97; Speaker, 1996 Advanced Estate Planning Institute, cosponsored by the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Troy, Michigan, 11/15/96; Moderator, 36th Annual Probate and Estate Planning Seminar, cosponsored by the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State