AMY N. MORRISSEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW

AREAS OF PRACTICE
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    Estate Planning    
    Estate Administration
    Tax

EDUCATION
    Michigan State University Detroit College of Law (J.D. 1995)
    University of Michigan (B.A. 1992)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
    State Bar of Michigan
      Probate and Estate Planning Section
        – Council Member, 2004 - present
        – Chair, Contested/Uncontested Probate Proceedings Comm., 2004 - present
        – Committee Member, Probate and Estate Planning Journal, 2000 - present
      Washtenaw County Bar Association
        Probate, Estate Planning and Trust Law Section
          – Chairperson, 1999 - 2000
          – Member, 1998 - present
      Washtenaw County Estate Planning Council
          – Officer, 2006 - present
          – Member, 1999 - present
      American Bar Association
        Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
      Westerman & Associates, P.C.
        Ann Arbor, Michigan
        Associate Attorney
        February 1998-present
      Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services - Senior Center
        Redford, Michigan
        Staff Attorney, 1997 - 1998
        Law Clerk, 1994 - 1995
      United Cerebral Palsy of Metropolitan Detroit
        Southfield, Michigan
        Advocate, 1995 - 1997
    HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
      ICLE Probate & Estate Planning Program - Certificate Recipient
      Rules Committee Member for Michigan Estates and Protected Individuals Code
      Speaker for Institute of Continuing Legal Education:
        – Estate Planning for Second Marriages – Technology for Probate and Estate Lawyers
        – Planning for the Small to Medium Sized Estate
        – 12th Annual Drafting Estate Planning Documents Seminar
        – Fundamentals of Estate Administration
        – The New Minimum Distribution Rules for IRAs
      Speaker for Washtenaw County Bar Association - Probate & Estate Planning Section
        – Drafting Conduit Trusts for Retirement Benefits
      Publication – EPIC and Estate Planning for the Second Marriage, 2000 L. Review M.S.U.-D.C.L. 811
    COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
      Member, St. Thomas the Apostle Church
      Advisory Board, Housing Bureau for Seniors 2004 - present