Firm: Murphy Brenton & Spagnuolo PC
4572 South Hagadorn Road Suite 1A , East Lansing , Michigan 48823
Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Civil , Municipal , Taxation - State & Federal, Litigation, Litigation
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Firm: Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
Practice Areas: Labor
Contact: 313-465-7000
Firm: Legacy Architects, PLLC - Estate Planning Attorneys
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Estate Planning Attorney – Biography. Matthew V. Piwowar is a metro Grand Rapids based Estate Planning Attorney. He is also the principal and founder of Legacy Architects PLLC. His practice focuses on Estate Planning, Trusts and Wills, Planning for Special Needs Children, Business Succession Planning, Long-Term Care Planning, and Probate. He has over 27 years of experience advising on estate planning, business law, mergers & acquisitions, finance, and international law. While practicing international law he traveled to and advised clients in over 25 countries. Mr. Piwowar was born in Marquette, Michigan, and grew up in West Michigan. He provides services to his clients statewide, from Grandville and Grand Rapids, south to Three Rivers and Kalamazoo, north to Boyne City and St. Ignace, and east to Ann Arbor.. Experience. Piwowar’s career started in Grand Rapids where he practiced business and tax law. After assisting in the establishment of a Polish Sister City with Grand Rapids, he stayed in Poland for seven years. While there, he assisted with the privatization of government companies and the development of new financial products in Central Europe.. His diverse background includes such transactions as: the sale of a Polish beer brewery, the purchase of a Minnesota software company, the acquisition of staffing companies in Spain, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, India and Indonesia, and the financing of a 40-story office building in Central Europe. He co-developed the first commercial paper program in Poland after the fall of Communism, for an American auto makers’ $40 million offering. While living in Europe, he acted on behalf of two American mutual funds in Central Europe.. He assisted numerous companies open offices and start new businesses in the US and in a variety of countries. As in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 company, Piwowar served as Vice President and Assistant Secretary. While in that capacity he was responsible for managing all legal services for its 26 country $1 billion international business. In addition, his responsibilities included all foreign and domestic acquisitions. He has been a speaker on such topics as business startups, estate planning, living trusts, and special needs trusts.. Piwowar has extensive experience providing a wide array of legal services including: (i) estate planning, and business succession planning, (ii) living trusts, special needs trusts, and cottage trusts (iii) corporate legal service (iv) mergers and acquisitions, and (v) business plans and startup services. Especially relevant, Mr. Piwowar has prepared living trusts for hundreds of clients and counseled them through the estate plan design process. Additionally, he has spoken at numerous workshops teaching the public about estate planning.. Education, Memberships & Publications. Piwowar received his double major Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Social Science, magna cum laude from St. Mary’s College, Orchard Lake, Michigan. His Juris Doctor degree was earned from the University of Michigan Law School. Subsequently, he received training as an estate planning attorney through the National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys Advanced Practice Program.. Mr. Piwowar has authored articles in the Legal Advisor’s Automotive Report. In addition, he was a co-author of articles for the International Financial Law Review, and the Banking Yearbook. After returning to America, he was an adjunct professor at Grand Valley State University for Business Law, and University of Phoenix for History of the U.S. Constitution. Piwowar is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the Michigan Forum of Estate Planners, and a full member of the National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys.
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Firm: Tucker, Davidson, Stutesman & Hines, P.C.
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
Contact: (616) 273-1685
Firm: The Law Offices of Barton Morris
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
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Firm: Reyes & Bauer Atty At Law
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
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Practice Areas: General Practice
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Firm: Matthew A. Romashko, PLLC
Practice Areas: Corporate , Criminal Defense , Estate Planning, Probate , Agriculture
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Firm: Ti Automotive
1272 Doris Rd , Auburn Hills , Michigan 48326
Practice Areas: Corporate & Incorporation
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Firm: Bellgowan Robert B
Practice Areas: Insurance , Commercial
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Firm: Matthew G. Reens PLLC
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
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Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice
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Firm: Brooks Kushman P.C.
Practice Areas: Copyrights,Intellectual Property ,Internet ,Patents,Trademarks
Contact: 248-358-4400
Firm: Barris, Sott, Denn and Driker, P.L.L.C.
Practice Areas: Civil ,Election Campaign & Political
Contact: 313-965-9725
Firm: Schuitmaker, Cooper & Schuitmaker
Practice Areas: Contracts
Contact: (269) 657-3177
Practice Areas: Agriculture
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Firm: Wayne County Prosecutor's Office
5301 Russell St Ste 200 , Detroit , Michigan 48211
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Firm: Rhoades McKee
1106 Lake Grove Ave SE , Grand Rapids , Michigan 49506
Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Corporate , Taxation - State & Federal, Business
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