WILLIAM E. SIGLER is a shareholder of the firm. His practice involves business planning, structuring and formation of business entities, mergers and acquisitions, real property acquisitions and dispositions, contract drafting and review, employee benefit plans, executive compensation, and estate and business succession planning. He graduated from Michigan State University and the University of Detroit School of Law where he was an editor of the Law Review. He is a frequent lecturer and has authored many articles, including:

• "Supreme Court Declares Qualified Plan Benefits to be Exempt from Bankruptcy," Michigan Bar Journal, Volume 71, No. 10 (October 1992)
• "New Revenue Ruling Encourages Gifts of Stock in the Family Business, But Beware!" Michigan Bar Journal, Volume 72, No. 10 (October 1993)
• "Qualifying for the Annual GST Tax Exclusion," Laches, No. 387 (April 1998)
• "Innovative Retirement Plan Designs for the Small-Business Employer," Latches, No. 450 (July 2003)
• "Fifty Years of Practice Reversed By New Rules on Post-Death Events," Michigan Tax Lawyer, Volume XXXV, Issue 2 (Summer 2009)
• "Executive Compensation Trends for Emerging Growth Companies," Latches, No. 523 (November 2009)
• "Selling the Keys to the Kingdom Without Bank Financing," Michigan Tax Lawyer, Volume XXXV, Issue 3 (Fall 2009)

Mr. Sigler is a member of the Financial and Estate Planning Council of Metropolitan Detroit and is active in charitable and bar related activities. He served as chairperson of the Oakland County Bar Association Employee Benefits Committee and is a member of the Board of the Association for Corporate Growth.

Education

• UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, Detroit, Michigan, Juris Doctor, 1983
• MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, East Lansing, Michigan, B.A., 1980

Professional Memberships

• AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
• STATE BAR OF MICHIGAN
• OAKLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
• FINANCIAL AND ESTATE PLANNING COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT
• SOCIETY OF FINANCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONALS
• ASSOCIATION FOR CORPORATE GROWTH