Matthew Piwowar

Estate Planning Attorney – Biography

Matthew V. Piwowar is the founder of Legacy Architects PLLC. His practice focuses on Estate Planning, Trusts and Wills, Special Needs Children, Business Succession, Long-Term Care, and Probate. He has over 30 years of experience advising on estate planning, business law, mergers & acquisitions, finance, and international law. Mr. Piwowar was born in Marquette, MI and grew up in West Michigan. He provides services to his clients statewide, from Grandville and Grand Rapids, south to Three Rivers and Kalamazoo, north to Boyne City and St. Ignace.

Experience

Piwowar’s background includes such transactions as: the sale of a Polish beer brewery, and the acquisition of staffing companies in Spain, Hong Kong and India. As in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 company, he served as Vice President and Assistant Secretary and was responsible for managing legal services for its 26 country $1 billion international business.

Mr. Piwowar has extensive experience providing a wide array of legal services including: (i) estate planning and business succession, (ii) living trusts, special needs trusts, and cottage trusts (iii) corporate law and (iv) mergers and acquisitions. He has prepared living trusts for hundreds of clients and counseled them through the estate plan design process.

Education & Memberships

Piwowar received his double major Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Social Science, magna cum laude from St. Mary’s College, Orchard Lake, MI. His Juris Doctor was earned at the University of Michigan Law School. He received training as an estate planning attorney through the National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys Advanced Practice Program.

He was adjunct professor at Grand Valley State University for Business Law, and University of Phoenix for History. Piwowar is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the Michigan Forum of Estate Planners, and the National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys.

University of Michigan Law School

J.D. (1989) | Law

1987 - 1989

Founder and Principal

Legacy Architects, PLLC - Estate Planning Attorneys

2014 - Current

Estate Planning, Business Succession, Living Trusts, Special Needs Children, Long-Term Care, and Probate

Owner and Founder

Ad Hoc Websites LLC

2012 - Current

Website Design Company

Owner and Founder

MVP Global Advising PLLC

2009 - Current

Business Law

Adjunct Professor MBA Program - Business Law

Grand Valley State University

2005 - 2005

Adjunct Professor MBA Program - Business Law

Vice President & Assistant Secretary

Kelly Services

1999 - 2004

Vice President responsible for international legal services, M&A and Securities Compliance

Senior Attorney

Clifford Chance

1996 - 1999

Senior Banking and Finance Attorney

Vice President -Warsaw Office

Dickinson Wright

1994 - 1996

International Banking and Finance

Associate Attorney - Warsaw- M&A and Banking

Dickinson Wright

1992 - 1994

Warsaw Poland Office - M&A and Banking

Associate Attorney

Varnum

1990 - 1992

Tax and business attorney.

Central Europe Automotive Report

The Legal Advisor

February, 1997

Legal Report on Poland

1996 Banking Yearbook

1996

Central Europe Automotive Report

The Legal Advisor

June, 1996

Commercial Paper Market Emerges In Poland

International Financial Law Review

January, 1995

Advance Practicum Program

National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys

Michigan Forum of Estate Planners

Member

2013 - Current

Activities: Estate Planning

National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys

Member

2012 - Current

Activities: Estate Planning Attorney

Michigan State Bar  # 43540

Member

1990 - Current

Activities: Member

Michigan

Michigan

Since 1990

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