About
Provided by Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
For decades, Warner Norcross + Judd attorneys have provided family offices with a full complement of legal services, including tax strategy, estate planning, entity formation and governance, private equity and transaction evaluations, asset protection, risk management, real estate and corporate services and related dispute resolution and litigation.
Our family office clients range from multimillion-dollar organizations with little or no full-time staff to complex and multi-faceted organizations with a large number of employees and billions in net worth. We build relationships with our family office clients so we can understand their priorities and expectations. Sometimes, through legacy planning, we even help them define their missions, visions, goals and values, which create their priorities and expectations. And because we have specialists in so many different areas, we often can find quick answers to complicated questions.
The Private Client and Family Office Group can provide very specific and limited services or serve as a one-stop-shopping alternative for family offices. For many family offices we not only counsel our clients on their day-to-day business decisions and issues, but we also proactively help identify and achieve long-term goals and strategies. We offer to assist with all legal decisions and we are open to providing these and all our other services under alternative or fixed fee arrangements.
Chambers Review
The team at Warner Norcross + Judd advises on a range of private client matters, including business succession planning and estate litigation. It has private client attorneys active across seven cities in Michigan.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"It is an absolutely outstanding firm, with impressive bench strength and handling top work."
"Their level of service and responsiveness is why we continue to work with them year after year."
"The entire team at Warner Norcross + Judd is very technical and I have a high degree of confidence in their ability to handle my most significant client matters."
"It is an absolutely outstanding firm, with impressive bench strength and handling top work."
"Their level of service and responsiveness is why we continue to work with them year after year."
"The entire team at Warner Norcross + Judd is very technical and I have a high degree of confidence in their ability to handle my most significant client matters."
Notable Practitioners
David Skidmore represents high net worth clients in trust and probate litigation.
"He is an extremely effective litigator, you do not want to come up against him, which is always the sign of a top litigator."
"David is active in probate litigation and is well respected here. I like his work product."
Susan Meyers advises on estate planning and business succession planning. She continues to be acknowledged by sources as a leading professional in the Michigan market.
"Susie has outstanding client relationships and is very proactive and responsive. She collaborates well with the team and is highly entrenched with her clients."
"We collaborate frequently, her practice is very focused on estate planning and she is a great attorney with extensive knowledge."
Jennifer Remondino provides expert counsel to wealthy clients in trusts and estates administration and planning issues. She relies upon her tax expertise to guide clients through often complex matters and structures.
"Jennifer is a leader in her practice and always comes to the table with the best and brightest ideas for clients. She is a fantastic individual to work with."
"Her tax background gives her a real leg up, her bedside manner in trying times is invaluable too. She has a calm, cool, collected personality and she always delivers."
Laura Jeltema is a highly experienced estate and business planning specialist. She routinely advises high net worth clients and their closely held businesses.
"Laura provides excellent client service and is very responsive. She comes up with creative and practical solutions and is a very well-respected attorney."
"She truly is a tax planning expert, Laura integrates family business needs brilliantly."
Mark Harder offers particular experience in estate, business succession and trust matters, having acted for ultra high net worth clients for over three decades.
"Mark is entrepreneurial, he has drafted our trust code and has continued to be very active in legislation and lecturing. He has built a very successful and lucrative practice and constantly gives back to the profession."
"Mark is an outstanding planner with a high degree of technical skills. He is often sought out as a leading provider of sophisticated estate planning services."
Michael Van Haren has considerable expertise in trusts and estates. He handles tax, charitable and business succession planning matters, among others.
"I cannot say enough good about Mike Van Haren. Our companies and family would not be where we are today without his guidance, expertise, and help in estate planning."
Ranked Individuals at
Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
Michigan
Members
Provided by Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
Bruce Young
Gregory Demers
James Steffel
Jennifer Remondino
Laura Jeltema
Loren Andrulis
Head of Department
Mark Harder
Matthew Johnson
Stephen Waterbury