Cynthia Brazzil is a shareholder of the firm concentrating her practice in the areas of exit planning, elder law, estate planning, business transactions, and corporate law. Ms. Brazzil has developed an expertise in many types of 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”).
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 was also instrumental in setting up the Kemp Klein Elder Law Practice Group.
She maintains an “AV” peer review rating with Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, the highest peer review rating for attorneys. She is also listed by DBusiness Magazine’s Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit for 2010.
Education:
J.D., Wayne State University, 1984
Member Wayne State University Moot Court Board (1983-1984)
Semi-finalist in the Dayton Administrative Law Competition (1983)
B.A., University of Michigan, 1981
Bar Admissions:
State Bar of Michigan, 1984
Memberships:
State Bar of Michigan – Fellow (since 2003)
Elder Law Section
Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section
Committee Member of Unincorporated Enterprises (2006)
District I Character and Fitness Committee (2002-2007)
Oakland County Bar Association – Sustaining Member (since 2003)
Member of Membership Committee (Vice Chair 2007)
Previously served on the Ad Hoc Committee on Due Process (2006)
Circuit Court Committee (2003)
Oakland County Bar Foundation – Life Fellow
Current Trustee (serving since 1996)
Served as President 2000-2001
Co-chair of Event Committee (2006-2007)
Member of Planning and Finance Committees
Awards:
OCBA Professionalism Award (June 2009)
OCBA Distinguished Service Award (2006)
OCBA Committee of the Year (2005, Membership Committee)
Volunteer of the Week, Detroit Free Press (April 2004)
OCBA Committee of the Year (2000, Ad Hoc Committee to Recreate the Foundation)
Appearances/Lectures:
WDIV Due Process Television Show
94.7 Smooth Jazz, Motor City Review
Speaker at ICLE and NBI Seminars
Guest on Biz Chat on Metro Chicks Radio
The Academy of Strategic Business Solutions –
Webinar Seminar Series
Women Business Owner Seminar Series
Family Business Owner Seminar Series
Elder Law Series
Charitable/Civic Activities:
Volunteer Mediator, Civil Early Intervention at Oakland County Circuit Court
Kemp Klein Foundation, Board Member (1994-2005)
2006 Fashion Justice Committee, Child Abuse & Neglect Council
2001 Merry Go Round Committee of the Child Abuse and Neglect Council
Franklin Family Business Awards, Judge (October 2000)
Articles:
Caring for Elders: 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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