Kemp Klein is honored to announce that twenty-four of our attorneys have been recognized in the DBusiness Magazine 2026 Top Lawyers list. Inclusion is based entirely on a lawyer’s reputation, expertise, and standing within the legal community as recognized by their peers.
Kemp Klein Attorneys Joseph P. Buttiglieri and Robert S. Zawideh successfully represented the the plaintiffs in a case in which they were disinherited. This was a complex will contest involving a solitary man who died with no wife or children.
The Kemp Klein Foundation’s 4th Annual Charity Golf Outing was a tremendous success, raising $50,000.00 for First Tee – Greater Detroit, almost doubling donations raised in previous years’ outings.
In addition to being named one of the nation’s top firms, Kemp Klein Law Firm was the only Michigan law firm selected for the honor this year.

Alan A. May summarizes the latest cases in Probate.
Momma created a trust for Appellant’s deceased son. She granted him income and also granted to him a general power of appointment with a restrictive phrase stating that the instrument must have all the formalities of a deed.

Under Internal Revenue Code (”IRC”) §1014, Inherited property has a basis equal to the property’s fair market value on the date of death. The double basis step up is the brass ring of estate planning. The term double basis step up means a basis step up in all marital property on the first death of a husband and wife and a second basis step up on the death of the surviving spouse.

Momma created a trust for Appellant’s deceased son. She granted him income and also granted to him a general power of appointment with a restrictive phrase stating that the instrument must have all the formalities of a deed.

Kemp Klein Attorneys Joseph P. Buttiglieri and Robert S. Zawideh successfully represented the the plaintiffs in $4.2 Million Settlement Over Will Dispute in which they were disinherited. After hotly contested litigation, all the parties agreed to a 60/40 split of the estate, with the 40% group (who weren’t in the final will)
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