Honors and Awards:

• A Maritndale-Hubbel AV rating is from Very High to Preeminent in legal abilities; general recommendation is Very High, AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
• Listed in Best Lawyers in America Best Lawyers in America continuously since 2000., Best Lawyers in America

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Certified Public Accountant in Michigan
• Admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court., 1981

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Chair of the Probate & Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan. Former Chair (and all other officer positions) of the Taxation Section of the State Bar of Michigan. Co-chair of the Annual Drafting Estate Planning Documents Seminar for over 15 years, co-sponsored by the Probate & Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan and the Michigan Insitute of Continuing Legal Education.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Litigatgion volunteer for the Detroit office of the Accounting Aid Society in Detorit.  Also made joint presentations about changes to senior citizens with Marshall Hunt of the Accounting Aid Society., 2011

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• “Tax Nuggets,” column dealing with Federal and Michigan tax items of interst to Michigan Esatate Planning attorney members of the Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Seciotn of the State Bar of Michigan.  Co-authored from 2003 through 2007., Co-author, Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Journal
• Tax Aspects of the Estates and Protected Individuals Code,, XXV Michigan Tax Lawyer Issue 2, 7 - 14 (Second Quarter, 1999) with Robin D. Ferriby
• Planning for Unrecorded Michigan Estate Tax Liens on Real Estate, 73 Michigan Bar Journal 568 - 571 (June, 1994), republished in the Journals & Law Reviews database of WESTLAW
• Filings Begin Under the Michigan Estate Tax Act, 73 Michigan Bar Journal 1318-1321 (December, 1994), with Stephen W. Jones and Robin Ferriby, republished in the Journals & Law Reviews database of WESTLAW
• Bounty Hunting Comes to Michigan: The Municipal Tax Bureau and the City Income Tax in Pontiac, Saginaw and Highland Park, XIII Michigan Tax Lawyer 30-33 (First Quarter Issue, 1997).
• Bounty Hunting Comes to Oakland County, Latches, No. 375, pp. 8-11, April, 1997. Republished in 14 Summons No. 5, at 7-12, July, 1997 (Publication of the Saginaw County Bar Association).
• Buy-Sell Provisions of the LLC Operating Agreement, XIX The Michigan Business Law Review Issue 4, 60-71 (April, 2000)
• The Effect of Circular 230 on Written Communications, 25 Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Journal 3-9, (No. 3, Summer, 2004
• Provided timely guidance to estate planning attorneys shortly after the 2010 Tax Act was enacted., Author, An Overview of Estate Planning and Administration Under the 2010 Tax Act: The "Clawback," Electing Out of the Federal Estate Tax, Electing to Pay the Generation Skipping Transfer Tax for 2010 Because the Inclusion Ratio is Zero, Portability is Useful, bu, 30 Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Journal, p 4-9 (No. 2, Spring 2011), 2010

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Distinguished Chapter Advisor to the Delta Sigma Pi, Professional Business Fraternity., 1985

Educational Background:

• Juris Doctorate (J.D.), cum laude, Wayne State Univeristy law School. Masters in Business Administration (M.B.A.) Wayne State Univeristy School of Business Administration Bachelors of Arts (B.A,), cum laude, Michigan State University Economics Major