GEORGE V. CASSAR, Jr. is a shareholder in the firm who concentrates his practice in the areas of estate and business succession planning, taxation and probate. As a graduate of the University of Michigan in 1993, he went on to receive his law degree from Drake University, with honors, in 1996 and his Masters of Law in Taxation from Wayne State in 1997. He frequently speaks before professional organizations as well as to their clients regarding estate planning, tax and probate matters. Mr. Cassar has also been accepted as a Life Member of the National Registry of Who's Who in American Law and is active in several charitable and other community organizations. He also serves as the current Committee Chair of the Estates and Trusts Committee of the Tax Section of the State Bar of Michigan and on the Finance Committee for Inforum.

Education

• WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, Detroit, Michigan, LL.M., 1997
• DRAKE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, Des Moines, Iowa, Juris Doctor, with honors, 1996
• UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Michigan, B.A., with honors, 1993

Professional Memberships

• AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION - Member, Taxation, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Sections
• STATE BAR OF MICHIGAN - Member, Taxation and Probate and Estate Planning Sections
• STATE BAR OF IOWA
• STATE BAR OF NEW YORK (applied for 2009)
• NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ELDER LAW ATTORNEYS (NAELA)
• EXECUTIVE MEMBER OF INFORUM
• OAKLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
• MEMBER OF THE FINANCIAL AND ESTATE PLANNING COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT
• MEMBER OF THE DETROIT METROPOLITAN BAR ASSOCIATION
• MEMBER OF THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE OF INFORUM (f/k/a The Women's Economic Club of Detroit)