Linsey Gleason

Linsey has been with Varnum LLP since 2008. Her legal practice includes estate and tax planning, trust administration, guardianships and conservatorships, elder law and special needs planning. She is passionate about counseling her clients and helping them to identify and achieve their immediate and long-term estate planning and philanthropic goals. In 2015 she earned credentials as a Chartered Advisory in Philanthropy®.

Linsey is currently the Chairperson of the Grand Rapids Public Museum Foundation Board of Trustees, is the past Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Senior Neighbors, Inc, and also serves on the Saint Mary’s Foundation Board of Trustees, the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids Board of Directors, the Grand Action 2.0 Advisory Committee, the Grand Rapids Whitewater, Inc. Cabinet Campaign, the Grand Rapids Public Museum Board of Directors and Grand Rapids Community Foundation’s Centennial Campaign Council. She is the former Chair of the Probate and Estate Planning section of the Grand Rapids Bar Association and past President of the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan – Western Region and has served on many other community non-profit boards. She is the proud graduate of the Leadership Grand Rapids Class of 2013 and is one of Grand Rapids Community Foundation’s 100 New Philanthropists. 

Linsey was honored by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as a member of the 2019 class of Women in the Law, was named one of the 50 Most Influential Women in West Michigan in 2020 by the Grand Rapids Business Journal and was also included in the 2019 and 2020 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and in Grand Rapids Magazine‘s list of Top Lawyers in Michigan. Linsey was named a Michigan Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine for six consecutive years and was an ATHENA Young Professional Award finalist in 2013 and 2015. In 2016, she received the Center for Community Leadership Create GReat Award, and in 2017 she was awarded the 3-in-10 Award by Grand Rapids Bar Association.