Stephen Gariepy

Practice Areas

Business Law

Trusts & Estates

Middle Market

Fiduciary Litigation

Estate Planning

Professional Memberships

• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow; Faculty Member.

• Estate Planning Council of Cleveland, Past President; Program Chair; Monthly Developments Reporter.

• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Estate Planning Institute, Past Chair; Continuing Legal Education Committee; Faculty Member.

• Cleveland-Marshall Law School/IRS Conference on Federal Wealth Transfer Taxation, Faculty Member.

• Attorneys for Family Held Enterprises, Member and Faculty Member.

• Family Firm Institute, Member.

• National Business Institute, Faculty Member.

• Ohio State Bar Association, Sections on Probate and Trust Law and Corporations.

• The Florida Bar, Sections on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law and Tax Law.

• Arizona Bar, Section on Probate and Trust Law.

Publications

• A Plandemic of Wealth Transfer Opportunities, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal and Thomson/West.

• New Tax Act Presents Planning Opportunities and Pitfalls, Thomson/West.

• Debunking Eight Gift Tax Myths, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal and Thompson/West.

• Estate Planning Opportunities and Pitfalls, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal and Thomson/West.

• A Charitable Giving Toolbox, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal.

• A Safari Through the Land of Estate Tax Payments, Thomson/West.

• Tax Planning Strategies for Credit Shelter Trusts, CCH.