Few decisions are as important as choosing the right lawyer to help preserve and protect your assets during your lifetime, and ensure that they are distributed according to your wishes. Kerr Russell has extensive experience in providing a comprehensive range of estate and trust planning and administrative legal services—with a difference.
Many of our lawyers are Certified Public Accountants as well as attorneys. With our advanced training, insight and experience, we are able to create effective estate plans that coordinate client objectives, streamline administration, and minimize inheritance taxes to align with business and personal goals.
Our services include estate and trust planning and administrative services for estates and trusts, closely held businesses and individuals. From preparing estate income tax returns, and simple Wills and Powers of Attorney, to advising regarding complex, multi-million dollar estates involving business valuations and other sophisticated tax-minimizing methodologies, our attorneys are extremely aware of and familiar with the latest legal developments in this area of the law. We have the skills and experience necessary to help you achieve your estate planning objectives.
A partial list of our estate planning services includes:
- Preparation of Wills, Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts and Grantor Retained Income Trusts (GRAT’s)
- Preparation of Durable Powers of Attorney, Medical Powers of Attorney and HIPAA Waivers
- Estate planning services, including estate and generation skipping tax analysis, charitable and family gifts, funding for education, Medicaid/nursing home planning, and noncitizen tax planning
- Assistance in trust administration
- Planning for the succession and disposition of ownership in closely held companies
- Probate court representation, including small, independent, supervised and ancillary estates, name changes, guardianships, conservatorships and adversarial proceedings
- Determination and preparation of returns for federal estate, gift and generation skipping taxes, and Michigan and Florida inheritance taxes
- Preparation of trust and estate income tax returns
- Preparation of decedents’ final income tax returns
- Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements
- Counseling individuals concerning primary state of residence or jurisdiction for tax purposes
- Coordination of large retirement plan accounts with estate planning documents
Attorneys

Cody Attisha
Member

Richard C. Buslepp
Member

David J. Den Dooven
Member

John D. Gatti
Member

Liam K. Healy
Member

Kenneth R. Lombardo
Member

Mark J. Stasa
Member

Jeffrey A. Brantley
Of Counsel

James R. Cambridge
Of Counsel

George J. Christopoulos
Of Counsel

Maxwell G. Shuart
Associate
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New Law Extends Paid Leave Tax Credits, Other Relief
August 7, 2019
Succession Planning Article in Corp! Magazine by Kerr Russell Attorney
January 26, 2018
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January 15, 2018
Honoring the legacy of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
September 5, 2017
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January 4, 2023
Cody Attisha Named Member At Kerr Russell
November 16, 2020
22 Kerr Russell Attorneys Recognized as DBusiness 2021 Top Lawyers
July 14, 2020
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March 17, 2020
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February 27, 2020
Kerr Russell Wins Summary Disposition in Real Estate Matter
December 2, 2019
Book Review - The Triumph of Rosemary
September 19, 2019
Kerr Russell Presenting at Business of Medicine Event
February 19, 2018
Creating Leadership Opportunities for Young People
January 3, 2018
Kerr Russell highlighted in Best Lawyers - Business, Winter 2017 issue
December 18, 2017
Kerr Russell team makes holiday donations to Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Wigs 4 Kids, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Ann Arbor, and Children's Hospital of Michigan
December 12, 2017
Detroit Legal News coverage of recent additions to Kerr Russell family
November 30, 2017
Merry and bright ... Kerr Russell welcomes the holiday season
November 16, 2017
Culture of Connection - new Kerr Russell ad to appear in Michigan Lawyers Weekly and dbusiness
November 3, 2017
Kerr Russell launches new advertising in upcoming issues of dbusiness and Crain's Detroit
November 1, 2017
Kerr Russell ranked in the 2018 U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" list nationally in 1 practice area and regionally in 17 practice areas
October 30, 2017
Kerr Russell sponsors, members attend 36th Detroit International Wine Auction to support College for Creative Studies
October 23, 2017
John Gatti named Vice Chair of the Program Curriculum Task Force for MICPA
October 21, 2017
Kudos to new associate Stephen Reaume on his Michigan Bar admission
September 27, 2017
business Magazine covers Kerr Russell's participation in Detroit Chinese Business Association International Golf Outing
November 1, 2016