Donald F. Carney Jr.

Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 47 years of experience

Real Estate, Estate Planning, Alternative Dispute Resolution

255 E. Brown Street Suite 320, Birmingham, MI 48009

About Donald F. Carney Jr.

Practice Areas

Education

Detroit College of Law, Detroit, Michigan, 1976
J.D.
- Honors: American Jurisprudence Award in Evidence
Michigan State University, 1970
B.A.
- Honors: cum laude

Classes and Seminars

Lecturer, University of Michigan's Institute of Continuing Legal Education
Speaker, "Pre and Post Mortem Steps To Protect Clients' Estate Plans Against Will and Trust Contests", ICLE 1992 Advanced Estate Planning Institute
"Testamentary Capacity - The Legal Test", Macomb County Bar Association's Probate Seminar, February 23, 1995
"Fiduciary Liability", Macomb County Probate Bar Association, February 26, 1999
"Fiduciary Liability", The Financial and Estate Planning Council of Macomb, February 26, 1999
"Fiduciary Liability", Oakland County Bar Association Probate, Estate and Trust Committee, April 26, 1999
"Mean What You Say, Say What You Mean: Litigating Document Construction", 42nd Annual Probate and Estate Planning Institute, ICLE, 2002
"Estate Administration: Dollars and Sense", American Bar Association Committee, Continuing Professional Education
"Estate Planning for the Elderly", American Bar Association Committee, Continuing Professional Education
"Will Drafting Techniques", American Bar Association Committee, Continuing Professional Education

Bar Admissions

Other Affiliations

American Bar Association (Member)
State Bar of Michigan (Member)
Oakland County Bar Association (Member)
Macomb County Bar Association (Member)
Wayne County Probate Bar Association (Member)
Macomb County Probate Bar Association (Member)
American Bar Association, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Sections (Member)
American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Sections (Member)
American Bar Association, Litigation Section (Member)
American Bar Association (Member, Estate and Trust Litigation Committee)
State Bar of Michigan, Corporation, Finance and Business Law Sections (Member)
State Bar of Michigan, Probate, Trust Law Sections (Member)
State Bar of Michigan, Real Property Law, Taxation Sections (Member)
Oakland County Bar Association (Past Chairman, Probate, Estate and Trust Committee)
The Financial and Estate Planning Council of Metropolitan Detroit, Inc. (Member)
City of Birmingham, 2001 - Present (Commissioner)
City of Birmingham, 2003 (Mayor Pro Tem)
City of Birmingham, 2004 (Mayor)

Donald F. Carney Jr.

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