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Amanda Afton Martin is a Trusts & Estates attorney at Kemp Klein. Amanda joins Kemp Klein with over 20 years of experience in the areas of estate planning and administration, taxation, business law and real estate. She enjoys building relationships with her clients and their families through her estate planning practice.
She provides wealth management strategies for clients to manage and preserve their assets that include designing estate plans, creating business and charitable entities, and tax planning. She regularly counsels and advises clients in their estate and business fiduciary roles, while serving as agents for others.
After a death, Amanda continues to serve families through trust and estate administration, as well as providing business succession and tax guidance. She brings a unique combination of experience and education in taxation, estate planning and administration and business law, lending valuable client representation and guidance.
Amanda graduated from Michigan State University Law School, and continued her legal education at Wayne State University, where she earned a Master of Laws degree in Taxation. She also holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Economics from Eastern Michigan University.
Amanda Afton Martin was recognized by Michigan Lawyer Weekly for the 2024 Influential Women of Law award. This award honors women attorneys for their excellent work on behalf of the justice system and for their clients, their commitment to their communities and their service to the profession. honorees are inspiring and accomplished leaders, serve as mentors to others, and contribute significant time and effort to volunteerism and/or pro bono initiatives.
DBusiness Magazine recognized Ms. Martin as a 2025 DBusiness Top Lawyer for her work in Tax Law.
Amanda Martin is a contributor for The Institute of Continuing Legal Education. Ms. Martin is also a Fellow of the Oakland County Bar Foundation. The Oakland County Bar Foundation is dedicated to ensuring access to justice and an understanding of the law in our community.
IRS’s Heavy Oversight of Tax Preparers Creates Chilling Effect; Bloomberg Tax, March 2024
New Michigan Bar and Court Rules Emphasize Need for Interim Administration, Attorneys’ Succession Plans; State Bar of Michigan Negligence Law Section, Summer 2023
Drafting Estate Planning Documents; ICLE, March 2023
Estate Planning for Parents; OCBA Laches, September 2021
The Probate Process from Start to Finish; National Business Institute, May and October 2018
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