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SUSAN S. WESTERMAN
ATTORNEY AT LAW

AREAS OF PRACTICE
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    Estate Planning, Probate, Corporate & Tax
EDUCATION
    University of Michigan (J.D. 1970), cum laude
    Michigan State University (B.A. 1964), cum laude
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
    – Fellow of the American College of Trust and
      Estate Counsel, 1981-Present
    • State Chair, 1992-1997

        Member of Executive Committee for the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
        Regent for the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
        Member of Business Planning Committee
        Member of Estate and Gift Tax Committee
        Executive Committee Liason to:
                State Laws Committee
                Technology in the Practice Committee

    – Bar Associations:
      State Bar of Michigan
        Probate and Trust Law Section
          Council Member and
            Chairperson, 1977-1986
              Taxation Section
                     Council Member, 1974-1980

           American Bar Association:
          Probate, Real Property and Trust Section
            Marital Property Committee
          Chairperson, 1989-1992
           
    • Washtenaw County Bar Association:
        •     Washtenaw County Estate Planning Council

                Board of Directors and Past President, 1977-1979
             

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

    University of Michigan Law School, 1993
      Adjunct Professor of Federal Estate and Gift Tax, 1993

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

    – Ronald McDonald House, Ann Arbor, Michigan
            Past Member, Board of Trustees
    – Board of Trustees of Ann Arbor Area Foundation
      Past President and Member of the Board
    – Washtenaw Community College Foundation
      Former Trustee
    – Mariners Inn, Inc.
      Past President and Former Trustee

HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS

    – Speaker for the American College of Probate Counsel
    – Speaker for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education
    – Speaker of the Michigan Association of CPAs
    – Speaker for the University of Michigan
    – Listed in International Who's Who of Professionals, 1996
    – Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1989-Present
    – Listed in Who's Who in America, 1987-Present
    – Listed in Who's Who in American Law, 1983-Present
    – Listed in Who's Who in American Women, 1975-Present
    – Lectured for the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
    – Lectured for the Greater St. Louis Estate Planning Council
    – Lectured for the Greater Lansing Area Estate Planning Council
    – Lectured for the Northeastern Michigan Estate Planning Council
    – Lectured for the UCLA-CEB Estate Planning Institute
    – Lectured for the Winston-Salem Estate Planning Council
    – Lectured for the Phoenix, Arizona, Estate Planning Council