WILLIAM B. ACKER
OF COUNSEL
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.
His articles also appear in the Wayne Law Review, and State Bar of Michigan Taxation Section’s professional journal, the Michigan Tax Lawyer.
B.B.A., with high distinction (first in class), University of Michigan, 1972
B.S., Central Michigan University
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Tax Court, 1976
Mr. Acker has extensive experience before the Internal Revenue Service
State Bar of Michigan He is a member of the sections on Taxation; Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Real Property; as well as Probate and Trust Law. He is a former multiple term member of the Council of the State of Michigan Real Property Section and continuing Chairperson of the State Bar of Michigan Real Property Section’s Tax Aspects of Real Estate Transactions Committee.
American Bar Association Mr. Acker has served as a member of the Steering Committee for Leadership Oakland and co-chair of Leadership Oakland’s Justice System Subcommittee, which provides leadership education for Oakland County business.
Oakland County Bar Association Mr. Acker has served as a member of the Steering Committee for Leadership Oakland and Co-Chair of Leadership Oakland’s Justice System Subcommittee, which provides leadership education for Oakland County business.
William Acker has maintained an “AV” Peer Review Rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, the highest peer rating awarded to attorneys, for more than 30 years.
He has been selected for inclusion in Michigan Super Lawyers, recognizing the top five percent of attorneys in Michigan, in the practice areas of Estate Planning and Probate, Business and Corporate Law, and Tax Law.
Mr. Acker has also been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 in the fields of Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates, and Real Estate Law. He was named The Best Lawyers® in America 2019 Tax Law Lawyer of the Year and has been recognized by The Best Lawyers® in America continuously since 2012.
Additionally, Mr. Acker was selected by peer vote for inclusion in DBusiness magazine’s list of Top Lawyers 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 and Estate Planning Law from 2014 to the present, a distinction awarded to the top one percent of attorneys in Michigan. Mr. Acker was also named a 2013 Top Rated Lawyer in Taxation Law by American Lawyer Media.
PRACTICE AREAS
Business and Corporate Planning
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Estate Planning
Mergers and Acquisitions
Probate and Trust Administration
Family Business Planning
