Of Counsel
Cynthia Brazzil specializes in representing closely held business owners during the lifetime of their business in the Metropolitan Detroit area and beyond.
Ms. Brazzil is of counsel to the firm concentrating her practice in the areas of corporate law, business formation, business transactions, exit planning, elder law, estate planning, and mediation. Ms. Brazzil has developed an expertise in many types of business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, business purchases and sales, bringing a new partner into a business or getting rid of a partner (called a “corporate divorce”). With the advent of business courts, Ms. Brazzil became a certified Mediator to take advantage of her business law expertise.
Ms. Brazzil also has substantial experience in business planning concepts, including choice of entity, the formation of limited liability companies and other business entities, the negotiation of stockholder/member buy/sell agreements, and the qualification of businesses as minority business enterprises. Ms. Brazzil excels at developing creative methods to help achieve each client’s goals and objectives and because she counsels many family business owners, she has developed a particular expertise in addressing the special needs of family businesses.
In her elder law practice, Ms. Brazzil has a passion for helping seniors and their family members make informed decisions about their future and welfare. She maintains an “AV” peer review rating with Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, the highest peer review rating for attorneys and was listed by DBusiness Magazine’s 2010 Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit. She has been selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2023 in the field of Corporate Law (Copyright 2021 by Woodward/White, Inc., of SC).
B.S., Central Michigan University
Best Lawyers in America® 2024 – Corporate Law (Recognized since 2020)
OCBA Professionalism Award (June 2009)
OCBA Distinguished Service Award (June 2006)
OCBA Committee of the Year (2005, Membership Committee)
Volunteer of the Week, Detroit Free Press (week of April 2004)
OCBA Committee of the Year (2000, Ad Hoc Committee to Recreate the Foundation)
WDIV Due Process Television Show
94.7 Smooth Jazz, Motor City Review
Speaker at ICLE and NBI Seminars and MACPA Speaker
Guest on Biz Chat on Metro Chicks Radio
ADR Provisions in Business Agreements—So Many Choices—So Little Time; Michigan Bar Journal, Summer 2016
Reaching for the Sky: The Ascendency of Mediation; Commentator, Summer 2014
Don’t be “penny wise and pound foolish”; Commentator, Spring 2009
Qualify a spouse or parent for Medicaid paid nursing care; Commentator, Winter 2008
Seniors keep life-long homes in the family; Commentator, Fall 2008
Why not convert? Selecting the right business structure; Commentator, Summer 2007
The rebirth of a business; Commentator, Winter 2006
A step by step guide to selling your business; co-authored with Ralph A. Castelli, Jr., Commentator, Summer 2006
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