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Ms. Deveney's principal areas of practice include gift, estate and generation skipping transfer tax planning, probate and trust administration, wills and trust agreements, and retirement distribution planning.
She is a member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, the Washtenaw County Bar Association, and the State Bar of Michigan. She is also a member of the Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education's Probate & Estate Planning Advisory Board.
Ms. Deveney is past president of the Washtenaw County Estate Planning Council and formerly chaired the Washtenaw County Bar's Estate Planning Section. She is a former member of the Michigan State Bar Association Probate and Estate Planning Section Council. She writes articles and frequently lectures on estate and retirement distribution planning.
Before joining Dykema, Ms. Deveney taught at the University of Michigan School of Law. Prior to that, she clerked for Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. (United States Supreme Court) and for Harry T. Edwards (United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia). While in law school, Ms. Deveney was the managing editor of the Michigan Law Review.
Experience
Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Judicial Clerk for Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., United States Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.
Judicial Clerk for Judge Harry T. Edwards, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.
Seminars and Speeches
12/11/2007 Disclaimers and Joint Property, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Speaker at and Moderator of day-long seminar entitled "Planning Techniques for the Taxable Estate"
2/7/2007 Is Protecting Your Land Right For You?, Washtenaw Land Trust, panelist discussing estate planning issues, Jackson, Michigan
1/20/2007 Presentation to Board on charitable giving techniques, Washtenaw Community College Foundation, Ann Arbor, Michigan
12/8/2006 Disclaimers and Joint Property, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Speaker at and Moderator of day-long seminar entitled, Planning Techniques for the Taxable Estate"
10/3/2006 Is Protecting Your Land Right for You?, Washtenaw Land Trust, panelist discussing estate planning issues, Ann Arbor, Michigan
3/29/2006 Joint presentation to Endowment Boards on charitable giving techniques, Beth Israel Congregation and Temple Beth Emeth, Ann Arbor, Michigan
12/9/2005 Disclaimers and Joint Property, Planning Techniques for the Taxable Estate, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
12/9/2004 Disclaimers and Joint Property, Planning Techniques for the Taxable Estate, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
12/11/2003 Disclaimers and Joint Property, Planning Techniques for the Taxable Estate, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
10/27/2002 Probating An Estate Under EPIC, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
10/25/2002 How to Probate An Estate in Michigan, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
5/26/2002 Ways To Give To The Endowment Fund, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan
5/21/2002 Planning for Retirement Distributions Under the Final Regulations, Comerica Bank, Seminar for Private Bankers
9/6/2001 Tax Benefits Relating to Children and Education Incentives, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
10/13/2000 Probating An Estate Under EPIC, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
12/6/1999 Commentator, Grantor Trust Seminar, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
11/17/1999 Taxing Choices, Northern Trust Bank Client Presentation
11/4/1999 EPIC Drafting Before It's Too Late, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
10/14/1999 EPIC Drafting Before It's Too Late, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
4/21/1999 Estates and Protected Individuals Code Preview, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
3/18/1999 Using Trusts in Estate Planning, Jackson County Association of Certified Life Underwriters
11/12/1998 Using Trusts in Estate Planning, Washtenaw County Association of Certified Life Underwriters
11/8/1998 Planning for People - You and your Family, Temple Beth Emeth, Ann Arbor, Michigan
11/2/1998 Disclaimers and Joint Property, Washtenaw County Bar Association's Estate Planning and Probate Section
5/13/1998 Marital Deduction Planning and Valuation Discounts, Jackson County Estate Planning Council, Jackson, Michigan
3/27/1998 The Marital Deduction: Solving the Estate Planning Puzzle, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
3/13/1998 The Marital Deduction: Solving the Estate Planning Puzzle, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
6/26/1997 Making Sense of Cents, Continuing Education for Women, Ann Arbor, Michigan
6/6/1997 Advanced Marital Deduction and QTIP Planning, 37th Annual Probate and Estate Planning Seminar
5/15/1997 Advanced Marital Deduction and QTIP Planning, 37th Annual Probate and Estate Planning Seminar
1996 Keynote Speaker, Continuing Education for Women (CEW), University of Michigan, Awards Ceremony
6/19/1996 Easy Ways to Make Planned Gifts, National Kidney Foundation of Michigan
6/1996 Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust Seminar, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
4/1996 Taxing Choices, Retirement Distribution Planning Seminar
11/1995 Qualified Domestic Trusts and Qualified Subchapter S Trusts, 1995 Dykema Gossett Tax Symposium
10/11/1995 Disclaimer Planning for Joint Property, Jackson County Estate Planning Council
10/7/1995 Planning for your Future, Chinese-American Association of Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan
7/1995 Taxing Choices, Merrill Lynch - Retirement Distribution Planning Seminar, Dearborn, Michigan
1/1995 Developments in Charitable Giving Law, Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan
11/1994 Planning for Qualified Personal Residence Trusts, Institute for Continuing Legal Education
11/1994 Planning for Qualified Personal Residence Trusts and Planning for Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies, 1994 Tax Symposium
11/1994 Disclaiming Jointly Owned Property, Washtenaw County Bar Association's Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law Section
5/1994 How to Handle Joint Property, Institute of Continuing Legal Education Annual Probate and Estate Planning Seminar
Publications
Spring 1996 Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Journal, "Proving the Deaths of Missing Persons"
Professional Associations
Michigan State Bar Association
Washtenaw County Bar Association
Washtenaw Estate Planning Council
Leslie Science and Nature Center, Board of Advisors, September 2006 to April 2007; Board of Directors, April 2007 to present
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Member, Elected 2003
Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Publications Advisory Board for Estate Planning and Probate, Member October 1995 through present; Special Advisor for Estate Planning and Probate Certificate Program
Washtenaw Community College Foundation's Planned Giving Committee, September 2004 to present
Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation Professional Advisors Committee, October 2005 to present
Washtenaw County Jewish Community Foundation, Member of Board of Directors, Fall 1999 to Spring 2004
Michigan State Bar Association Probate and Estate Planning Council: Member, Fall 1998 through Spring 2001; Chair of Amicus Curiae Committee 1998-Spring 2001; Assistant Editor of Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Journal 1998-Spring 2001
Washtenaw County Estate Planning Council: President, Fall 1997-Summer 1998, Vice President Fall 1997, Member Board of Directors May 1995 to Fall 1998
Washtenaw County Bar Association's Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law Section, Chair, August 1993 to August 1995
Board of Governors of Lawyers Club, Governor University of Michigan Law School, January 1994 to 2004
University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History, Member of Board of Advisors, January 1998 to 2001
Ann Arbor Art Center, Board Member, January 1996 to February 1998.
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