WILLIAM B. ACKER

An expert in business and taxation matters, Mr. Acker has authored numerous articles on tax and estate planning strategies for owners of real property; workouts and debt restructuring; tax deferred like-kind exchanges of property; partnership; state property tax and other tax matters for the Journal of Taxation, and the State Bar of Michigan Real Property Section’s professional journal, The Real Property Review.

William Acker has maintained an “AV” peer review rating with Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, the highest peer review rating for attorneys for more than 30 years.

He was also selected for inclusion in Michigan Super Lawyers magazine featuring the top 5% of attorneys in Michigan in the practice areas of Estate Planning & Probate, Business & Corprate Law and Tax Law.

Mr. Acker has also been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 in the fields of Litigation & Controversy – Tax; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates; and Real Estate Law and was named The Best Lawyers® in America 2019 Tax Law Lawyer of the Year. He has been recognized by The Best Lawyers® in America since 2012.

Additionally, Mr. Acker was selected by a vote of his peers to be included in DBusiness magazine’s list of Top Lawyers in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2024 in the practice area of Tax Law. He has also been designated a “Leading Lawyer” in Tax Law: Individual, Tax Law: Business, and Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law for the years 2014 to the present (granted to the top 1% of attorneys in Michigan). Mr. Acker was also selected as a 2013 Top Rated Lawyer in Taxation Law by American Lawyer Media.