Overview
Estate Planning Attorney
Stephen's practice includes estate planning, business planning, and estate and trust administration. He has extensive experience preparing estate plans, including drafting wills, revocable living trusts, credit shelter trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts ("GRATs"), durable powers of attorney for finances, and durable powers of attorney for health care. Stephen also works with entrepreneurs on matters ranging from entity formation to buy-sell agreements and prepares nonprofit corporations and private foundations for high net worth individuals.
Leadership
Honors & Recognitions
DBusiness© Magazine, Top Lawyers, Trusts and Estates, 2020
Professional Affiliations
Financial and Estate Planning Council of Metro Detroit
Oakland County Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan, Estate Planning Section
Community Involvement
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Professional Advisors Philanthropic Institute
Salvation Army Planning Committee
News & Publications
News
Speaking Engagements
Practice Areas
Education
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
LL.M., with distinction, 2004
Michigan State University College of Law
East Lansing, Michigan
J.D., cum laude, 1998
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
B.A., 1994
Bar Admissions
- Michigan
Court Admissions
- All Michigan state courts
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- United States Tax Court