Estate Planning Lawyers in Vicksburg

How will your real estate, business interests or assets be preserved, managed, and distributed after you are gone?  The estate planning lawyers in Vicksburg at Grossman Horne & Cannizzaro, PC can help.   Estate planning isn’t fun but it doesn’t need to be complicated either.   And it can be particularly reassuring to know a plan is in  place. Our team has years of experience in drafting both simple and complex estate plans.   We try to explain legalities in plain English.   Concepts like probate avoidance, beneficiary designations and proactive problem solving don’t need to be convoluted.  We will walk you through planning options, draft estate planning documents and, importantly, ensure your assets are positioned for administration consistent with those same documents.   We also pride ourselves in working with our clients’ Certified Public Accountants and Financial Advisors, creating a team-based approach.    Our estate planning services include:

  • Wills
  • Trusts
  • Powers of attorney
  • Goals of avoiding probate
  • Business transfers
  • Real estate transfers
Brett A. Grossman
Brett A. Grossman
Attorney

Brett Grossman has been a licensed attorney in the State of Michigan for over twenty (20) years. He brings diverse and practical legal experience to Grossman Horne & Cannizzaro, PC. Prior to moving to the Vicksburg area, Brett was employed by large law firms in Lansing and metro Detroit, gaining valuable experience in the areas in which he now focuses his practice. In July 2008 Brett was one of the founders of Grossman & Moldovan, PLLC – a wide-ranging community-based law office in Vicksburg, Michigan.

Brett expanded his practice from Grossman Law, PC to Grossman Horne & Cannizzaro, PC in January 2019. He now concentrates his practice almost exclusively in real estate law (transactions, land divisions, and boundary adjustments), agricultural law and estate planning with an emphasis in trust formation and administration. Brett represents a number of large farming operations and their families in southwestern Michigan and prides himself in working as a team with his clients’ financial advisors and certified public accountants to provide long-term succession planning in a collaborative fashion.

From 2010-2012 and 2014-2016, he was named to the Michigan Rising Stars list in “Super Lawyers” Magazine in the area of real estate law based upon peer recognition and professional achievement.

Brett prides himself in providing “large firm” results with the attention and detail orientation found in a small-town office.

Brett is licensed to practice in trial courts throughout the State of Michigan. When not practicing law, Brett is the active and proud parent of two daughters in the Vicksburg Community Schools system. He enjoys being involved in their various athletic and academic activities as well as his own interests in fishing, golfing, and playing basketball.

Annelore Cannizzaro
Annelore M. Cannizzaro
Attorney

Annelore is an attorney in Vicksburg at Grossman Horne & Cannizzaro, PC. Annelore practiced law with Cannizzaro Legal, PLC, where her practice focused primarily on family law and probate matters, for seven years.

Annelore joined attorneys Brett Grossman and Andrew Horne in Vicksburg, Michigan, in January 2019, at Grossman, Horne & Cannizzaro, PC. Annelore’s practice focuses on guardianships and conservatorships, decedent estates and trust administrations, estate planning, special needs trusts, and mental health commitment matters. Annelore works closely with both the Kalamazoo County and Calhoun County probate courts and is frequently appointed in the role of Guardian ad Litem with these courts to advocate for disabled individuals’ best interests.

Annelore is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and the Kalamazoo County Bar Association and is licensed to practice law in all state courts in the State of Michigan. Annelore holds a certificate of completion from the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Probate and Estate Planning, as well as in Family Law. Annelore is a member of the Vicksburg Rotary Club, and former board member of South County Community Services (2012-2017).  She participates with the Kalamazoo County Pro Bono Probate Clinic regularly and volunteers her time with other local community charities and youth organizations to assist with legal matters.

Annelore has lived in the Vicksburg area for the past twenty years, with her husband Charlie, their three children, and an assortment of horses, dogs, cats, and goats. Annelore’s hobbies include horseback riding, travelling camping, and gardening.

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