Category: Firm News & Announcements
Edward Nahhat visits Clawson Middle School's Plan for Success Class
Kemp Klein Attorney Edward Nahhat recently visited Clawson Middle School’s Plan for Success Class and shared the story of how he is able to find a way to keep his passions as part of his life. He shared his dream of bringing outdoor theatre to his community, and twenty-some years later, Shakespeare Royal Oak is still going strong at Starr Park each summer.
Everyone from the class wrote him this kind letter.
We are proud of the commitment our team has to community involvement.
Learn more about Mr. Nahhat: https://kkue.com/edward-m-nahhat/
Ed Nahhat Involved with Shakespeare Royal Oak's A Labor of LOVE!
Kemp Klein Attorney Edward Nahhat founded Shakespeare Royal Oak in 2001. Shakespeare Royal Oak was originally founded to fill an educational niche by offering professional Shakespeare performance training to K through 8th-grade students. In 2010 they began offering high school students the chance to create their own Shakespeare-based show. Throughout the years, Shakespeare Royal Oak has entertained thousands, and employed hundreds of local artists, many of whom have gone on to succeed in theater, television and film. Edward Nahhat has maintained a leadership role with this community-based organization for the past 23 years. We are proud of the work our team does in the community.
Celebrate Shakespeare Royal Oak’s 23 years as Michigan’s premier outdoor Shakespeare festival! Gather with the artists of Love’s Labors Lost while enjoying a cash bar and some tasty food at the beloved Royal Oak Farmers Market!
Shakespeare Royal Oak’s “A Labor of LOVE!” annual fundraiser is taking place on Thursday, June 29th, from 6-9 pm at Royal Oak Farmers Market located at 316 E. 11 Mile Road in Royal Oak.
For tickets and information: https://shakespeareroyaloak.com/
Brian Jenney Sponsors The Community House of Birmingham's 90 & Beyond Celebration Luncheon
On behalf of Kemp Klein, Brian Jenney is supporting the 2023 90 & Beyond Celebration Luncheon by The Community House Birmingham. Mr. Jenney has sponsored this event in the past and remains an active supporter of the Community House Foundation.
The 90 & Beyond Celebration Luncheon celebrates, honors and thanks citizens who have reached 90 years of age and beyond for their personal and professional contributions to the community.
For more information about the event: https://www.communityhouse.com/social-events/
Kemp Klein Sponsored The Learning Experience's
Annual Top Golf Outing to Benefit The Make-A-Wish Foundation
The Learning Experience hosted their First Annual Top Golf Outing on April 23rd 2023. The event took place at Top Golf of Auburn Hills, and is an annual fundraiser to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
The Kemp Klein Foundation sponsored the Make-A-Wish Top Golf Outing. Kemp Klein was proud to help our partner Cynthia Umphrey on this opportunity.
This event featured a Hole in One Contest sponsored by the Kemp Klein Foundation, raffle baskets, and so much more!
In total the outing raised $15,565 that will help grant wishes to children with critical illnesses.
Thank you to The Learning Experience for putting on this event!
The Learning Experience of South Lyon
The Kemp Klein Foundation will celebrate its 30th anniversary next year. The Foundation has donated over half a million dollars to local and national nonprofit organizations since its inception and has hosted charitable activities like golf outings, blanket making and holiday gift collections for families in need.
Kemp Klein Donates No-Sew Fleece Blankets to Common Ground
The attorneys and staff of Kemp Klein have come together to craft hand-tied fleece blankets for Common Ground’s clients. This is the fourth blanket making event that Kemp Klein has held. Common Ground distributes these as comfort items for children, victims of trauma, homeless, and other families and individuals in need of assistance.
The Kemp Klein Foundation is a proud Legacy Society Benefactor for Common Ground. We have provided more than $200,000 in pro bono work to Common Ground. In addition to the pro bono work and financial contributions, we have hosted joint events for staff and clients of Common Ground, participated in Common Ground’s Adopt-A-Family initiative and we have held blanket making and other events to help those in need.
Eighteen Kemp Klein Attorneys Recognized by U.S. News Best Lawyers in America
William B. Acker – Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Real Estate Law, Tax Law, and Trusts & Estates
C. Leslie Banas – Corporate Law and Real Estate Law
Cynthia E. Brazzil – Corporate Law
Richard C. Bruder – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Joseph P. Buttiglieri – Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Ralph A. Castelli, Jr. – Corporate Law and Real Estate Law
Mark R. Filipp – Litigation – Labor and Employment
Brian R. Jenney – Elder Law and Trusts & Estates
David D. Marsh – Real Estate Law
Alan A. May – Litigation – Trusts & Estates and Trusts & Estates
Norman D. Orr – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Corporate Law
Thomas C. Rauch – Real Estate Law
Brian H. Rolfe – Commercial Litigation
Stuart Sinai – Securities Regulation
Amy A. Stawski – Family Law
Thomas V. Trainer – Elder Law and Trusts & Estates
Michael D. Umphrey – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) and Trusts & Estates
Robert S. Zawideh – Arbitration and Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Neal Nusholtz Featured on the Institute of Continuing Legal Education’s Website
Kemp Klein Attorney Neal Nusholtz was featured on the Institute of Continuing Legal Education’s website for his expertise in Tax Law.
Tax Law Basics for Probate and Estate Planning Attorneys
Help build your estate planning practice by mastering key tax law concepts. Our expert explains the unified credit, unlimited marital deduction, general powers of appointment, disclaimers, and more.
Neal Nusholtz explains the unified credit:
“Unified Credit is a dollar amount that determines if you pay estate and gift taxes. It’s used for both and any amount of gifts that are made will reduce the remaining amount of the unified credits. For example, If the unified credits were ten million dollars and you made a million dollars of gifts your remaining unified credit would be nine million dollars. It’s the number over which you pay over 40% estate or gift tax if you exceed that number”.
Mr. Nusholtz’s seminar Tax Law Basics for Probate and Estate Planning Attorneys can be viewed via the following link: https://www.icle.org/modules/seminars/video.aspx?ID=1_vmhdxuap&SEQN=702
Kemp Klein is Moving to Electronic Billing
If we have your email address in our billing system, you will receive your future invoices via email. If you need additional individuals to also receive a copy of the invoice (ie accts payable) please provide us with those additoinal email addresses. Some clients may have already received invoices via email.
The invoices are sent from our billing software, LAWSPRO.COM. So be sure to include lawspro.com in your list of safe senders, so the invoice is not redirected to your junk mail by your security settings in error.
If you do not wish to receive your invoices via email, please let us know. We can continue to mail your invoices.
If we don’t have your email address in our billing system and you would like to receive your invoices via email in the future, please let us know your email address.
Please direct any additions, corrections or deletions of your email address in our billing system to Diane Szalkiewicz.
Thank you for your cooperation as we make the transition.
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Detroit Legal News Recognizes Kemp Klein for 2023 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” Awards
We are grateful that Detroit Legal News has recently recognized Kemp Klein for our rankings in the 2023 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms”. Kemp Klein has been ranked in 14 practice areas, including 6 Tier 1 ratings.
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Kemp Klein Ranked in 2023 “Best Law Firms”
Troy, MI, United States, November 3, 2022 — U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®, for the 13th consecutive year, announce the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings.
Kemp Klein has been ranked in the 2023 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list regionally in 14 practice areas.
Firms included in the 2023 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.
The 2023 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”; includes rankings in 75 national practice areas and 127 metropolitan – based practice areas. Additionally, one “Law Firm of the Year” was named in each nationally-ranked practice area.
Ranked firms, presented in tiers, are listed on a national and/or metropolitan scale. Receiving a tier designation reflects the high level of respect a firm has earned among other leading lawyers and clients in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity. Kemp Klein received the following rankings in the 2023 U.S. News –
Best Lawyers®“Best Law Firms”:
- Regional Tier 1
- Regional Tier 2
- Regional Tier 3
About Kemp Klein
About Kemp Klein: Kemp Klein is a full-service law firm dedicated to providing a comprehensive range of legal services, for both individuals and businesses, with the highest professional standards of excellence, integrity and efficiency. Spanning more than 50 years in business, its Midwest based practice has grown to serve clients locally, nationally, and internationally in areas such as estate planning, business/corporate law and litigation, probate and trust law and litigation, family law, bankruptcy and collections, employment, real estate, landlord/tenant, and tax law. For more information, please visit https://kkue.com/.
ABOUT “BEST LAW FIRMS”
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Lawyers who are nominated for consideration are voted on by currently recognized Best Lawyers working in the same practice area and located in the same geographic region. Our awards and recognitions are based purely on the feedback we receive from these top lawyers. Those who receive high peer reviews undergo a thorough verification process to make sure they are currently still in private practice. Only then can these top lawyers be recognized by Best Lawyers.