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| Practice Areas | Estate and Business Planning; Estate and Trust Administration; Domestic and International Taxation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Tax Law | | | Education | Valparaiso University School of Law, J.D., 1980; Boston University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 1983, Calvin College, B.A., Psychology, 1977 | | | Admitted | 1980, Michigan; 2007, Missouri | |
| Memberships | The Missouri Bar; State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association; Estate Planning Council of St. Louis; Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, London, England. | | | Born | 1955 | | | Biography | Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Trusts and Estates, 2008-2010. Co-Author: "Deterring STOLI: Two New Model Life Settlement Acts," 35 Est. Plan. 3, July 2008. Author: "Property Division at Divorce or Death for Married Couples Migrating Between Common Law and Community Property States," 35 ACTEC Journal 74, 2009; "In re John Kotsonis Irrevocable Family Trust - Administering an ILIT in the Midst of Family Discord," Estate Planning Newsletter, Leimberg Information Services, Inc. (March 19, 2008); "Michigan Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts After the Chawla Decision: Satisfying the Insurable Interest Requirement," 25 Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Journal 6 (Summer 2006). Presentations: Asset Protection Trusts and Other Devices - Do They Work?, presented at the 2004 Summer Seminar of the Bankruptcy Section of the Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Michigan; Ten of the Top Estate Planning Traps for the Unwary Planner, presented at the 2005 Probate and Estate Planning Institute sponsored by the Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education; Update on Insurable Interests, presented at the 2007 Probate and Estate Planning Institute sponsored by the Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education. Member: Christian Legal Society. | | | ISLN | 905870654 | |
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