Areas of Practice
Estate Planning
Estate and
Gift tax
Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
Trust and Estate
Administration
Education
University of Michigan, L.L.B., 1949
Wabash College, Phi Beta Kappa
Professional
Affiliations and Honors
American Bar Association Member
• Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
State Bar of Michigan Member
• Probate and Estate Planning Section; Chairperson, 1977-1978
• Selected for the Michael W. Irish Award
Ingham County Bar Association
Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
• Board of Regents, 1979-present
• President, 1985-1986
Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel
International Academy of Estate and Trust Law Academician
• Executive Council, 1990-1994
Joint Editorial Board for the Uniform Probate Code, 1991-2000
Listed in The Best
Lawyers in America in the area of Taxation and Trusts and Estates
Listed in Michigan Super Lawyers in Taxation and
Estate Planning and Probate
Listed in Town and Country, “Top 34 Tax Lawyers in America”
Listed in Who’s Who in America
Publications and Speaking Experience
Informal Estate Proceedings in Michigan, co-author
Independent Probate Administration in Michigan, co-author
Lecturer for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, the University of Michigan Extension Service, the American
College of Trust and Estate Counsel, the Southwestern Legal Foundation, and the National College of Probate Judges in the
areas of tax law and trusts and estates
Community Service
Abrams Foundation
• Director and Secretary, 1960-present
Sparrow and Mason General Hospitals
•
Chairman, 1983-1984
Rotary Club of Lansing, 1959-present
Renaud Foundation
• Trustee and Secretary, 1960-1987
Okemos School Board of Education, President, 1965-1966
American Cancer
Society Ingham County Unit (past President)
American Cancer Society Michigan Division (Treasurer), 1950-1960
Community Nursing Bureau, President,
1956-1957
Military Service
Lieutenant in the United States Navy, World War II
