Julius H. Giarmarco

Julius H. Giarmarco

Chair of Trust & Estate Planning

Julius H. Giarmarco

Curriculum vitae

EXPERIENCE
Mr. Julius H. Giarmarco, J.D., LL.M., is chair of the firm’s Trusts and Estates Practice Group. Julius received his law degree from Wayne State University, and his master of laws from New York University. He is licensed to practice law in both Michigan and New York. Julius’ primary practice areas include estate planning, business succession planning, wealth transfer planning, asset protection planning and life insurance applications. He was a former instructor in both the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Certified Financial Planner (CFP) programs.

Julius lectures frequently on a national basis, including speeches before the American Law Institute – American Bar Association (ALI-ABA), The Michigan State Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, the International Forum, the Association for Advanced Life Underwriting (AALU), the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), the Life Insurance and Market Research Association (LIMRA), the Financial Planning Association (FPA), Strafford CLE Webinars and numerous life insurance companies, financial institutions and trade associations.

Julius has published a number of articles on estate planning appearing in professional journals such as the Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal (BNA), The Practical Tax Lawyer (ALI-ABA), the Journal of Practical Estate Planning (CCH), the Journal of Financial Service Professionals, the Michigan Bar Journal and Advisor Today magazine. He is also the author of the nationally-acclaimed brochure, The Five Levels of Estate Planning, and is the author of the chapters on Succession Planning in Advising Closely Held Businesses in Michigan and The Michigan Business Formbook published by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE).

Julius has been selected by his peers as a Michigan Super Lawyer, Leading Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America and as a “Top Lawyer” by dBusiness magazine. He also enjoys the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards by Martindale-Hubbell.

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E  jhg@disinherit-irs.com

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EXPERIENCE
Mr. Julius H. Giarmarco, J.D., LL.M., is chair of the firm’s Trusts and Estates Practice Group. Julius received his law degree from Wayne State University, and his master of laws from New York University. He is licensed to practice law in both Michigan and New York. Julius’ primary practice areas include estate planning, business succession planning, wealth transfer planning, asset protection planning and life insurance applications. He was a former instructor in both the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Certified Financial Planner (CFP) programs.

Julius lectures frequently on a national basis, including speeches before the American Law Institute – American Bar Association (ALI-ABA), The Michigan State Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, the International Forum, the Association for Advanced Life Underwriting (AALU), the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), the Life Insurance and Market Research Association (LIMRA), the Financial Planning Association (FPA), Strafford CLE Webinars and numerous life insurance companies, financial institutions and trade associations.

Julius has published a number of articles on estate planning appearing in professional journals such as the Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal (BNA), The Practical Tax Lawyer (ALI-ABA), the Journal of Practical Estate Planning (CCH), the Journal of Financial Service Professionals, the Michigan Bar Journal and Advisor Today magazine. He is also the author of the nationally-acclaimed brochure, The Five Levels of Estate Planning, and is the author of the chapters on Succession Planning in Advising Closely Held Businesses in Michigan and The Michigan Business Formbook published by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE).

Julius has been selected by his peers as a Michigan Super Lawyer,  Leading Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America and as a “Top Lawyer” by dBusiness magazine. He also enjoys the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards by Martindale-Hubbell.

Practice Areas
•  Estate Planning
EDUCATION
•  Wayne State University B.A., with high distinction J.D.
•  New York University (LL.M., 1976)
Admitted to Practice
•  Michigan: 1975
•  New York: 2011
Memberships
•  State Bar of Michigan
•  Association of Advanced Life Underwriting
•  Greater Detroit Association of Life Underwriters (Associate Member)
•  Phi Beta Kappa
•  Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics)
•  Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science)

ARTICLES

Julius has published a number of articles on estate planning appearing in journals such as:

•  Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal (BNA)
•  The Practical Tax Lawyer (ALI-ABA)
•  Journal of Practical Estate Planning (CCH)
•  Michigan Bar Journal
•  Advisor Today magazine

He is the author of the nationally-acclaimed brochure, The Five Levels of Estate Planning, and is a featured columnist on estate planning topics for producersweb.com.

He is the author of the chapters on succession planning in Advising Closely Held Businesses in Michigan and The Michigan Business Formbook published by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE).

Distinctions

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Peer Reviewed

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best lawyers: 2011-2017

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2006-2015

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top lawyers: 2010-2013, 2016

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2014-2016

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