Estate Planning & Probate

Cohen & Associates provides its clients with a range of estate planning services, from simple wills to complex revocable trusts, life insurance trusts and other tax-advantaged instruments.  The firm assists in the administration of trusts and probate estates and, when disputes arise, provides counsel in the litigation of will and trust claims.

Services

  • Wealth transfer planning for high net worth families and individuals

  • Asset protection and estate tax reduction

  • Trusts, wills, durable powers of attorney

  • Life insurance trusts

  • Charitable planning and trusts

  • Probate and trust administration

  • Will and trust contests

  • Breach of fiduciary duty claims

  • Conservatorship and guardianship proceedings

THE FIRM REPRESENTS THE ROSA AND RAYMOND PARKS INSTITUTE FOR SELF DEVELOPMENT, A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION CREATED BY CIVIL RIGHTS ICON ROSA PARKS.  THE FIRM REPRESENTED THE INSTITUTE IN AN APPEAL BEFORE THE MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT AND OBTAINED A REVERSAL OF PROBATE ORDERS THAT IMPROPERLY STRIPPED THE INSTITUTE OF MRS. PARKS' VALUABLE CIVIL RIGHTS ARTIFACT COLLECTION AND THE RIGHT TO LICENSE MRS PARKS' NAME, LIKENESS AND IMAGE FOR EDUCATIONAL, MEDIA AND OTHER USES.  THE FIRM NOW SERVES AS GENERAL COUNSEL TO THE INSTITUTE AND ITS CO-FOUNDER ELAINE STEELE.