Starting January 1, 2024, most owners of limited liability companies and corporations will be required to disclose certain information about their company to FinCEN, the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. In 2020, Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) which requires certain companies to...
On Wednesday April 8, 2020, Governor Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-41 (COVID-19) encouraging the use of electronic signatures and remote notarization, witnessing, and visitation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The order temporarily suspends the requirement that notaries and other witnesses view document signings in person and allows...
Attorney Richard R. Zmijewski presented to the Financial Planning Association of Michigan on February 13, 2020 about estate planning considerations for those entering retirement, end of life planning, and planning to support elder rights and advocacy. The event was held at Arbor Hospice in Ann...
Michigan is in the process of rolling out a new health care advanced directive called a Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (POST or MI-POST). Effective February 6, 2018, POST joins the other medical care advance directives available to Michiganders, including Patient Advocate Designations, Advance...
Turning age eighteen is a milestone. For most young adults, turning eighteen means graduating from high school and transitioning to college or beginning a career. Eighteen is also the age when, under state law, a person is no longer considered a child, but an adult...
The Mitzel Law Group PLC is pleased to announce that Paul C. Schultz has joined our legal team. Paul Schultz joined the Mitzel Law Group in September 2017. Paul earned his J.D. in 2007 from Ave Maria School of Law where he was an Associate Editor...
After nearly 18 years at our former location on Victors Way, the Mitzel Law Group has moved to a new location at 1590 Eisenhower Place in Ann Arbor. The new office is part of the larger Eisenhower Commerce Center which is a five building complex...
The month of May brings an opportunity for local attorneys to give back and help their local community with pro bono events around Washtenaw County. May 1, 2018 marked the Washtenaw County Bar Association’s 61st Law Day which is a day dedicated to celebrating and...
Attorneys Dennis Mitzel and Richard Zmijewski were again recognized as the best lawyers in Michigan. Dennis Mitzel was selected as a Super Lawyer in the practice area of Estate Planning & Probate. Dennis has been nominated and appeared on this list since 2006. Richard Zmijewski...
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 was signed by the President Obama on November 2, 2015 which changes the law involving partnership audits conducted by the IRS for tax years beginning after Dec. 31, 2017. This will affect those limited liability companies that are taxed as...