Marc E. Thomas

Practice areas

• Tax controversies
• Pension & retirement plan disputes
• Business litigation
• Estate planning
• Probate

Admitted to practice

• 1975, Michigan-all courts, including Federal District Court (Eastern District of Michigan)
• US Tax Court
• Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
• US Supreme Court

Education

• Wayne State University, LL.M. 1994 (Taxation)
• University of Detroit, JD, 1975
• Michigan State University, BA, 1972

Member

• State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on Business Law, Litigation, Probate & Estate Planning, and Taxation)
• Detroit Bar Association
• Oakland County Bar Association
• American Bar Associations (Member, ABA sections on Litigation, Real Property, Trust & Estate Law, Taxation, and Law Practice Management)
• The American Society of IRS Problem Solvers

Biography

• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Urban Law, now University of Detroit Mercy Law Review, 1974-75
• Author: Comment, 52 U Det J Urb L 115 (1974), now "U Det Mercy L Rev"
• Clarence M. Burton Scholar, 1974-75
• Law Clerk to The Hon Lawrence Gubow, US District Court Judge, ED Mich, 1975-1977
• Pier reviewed by Martindale-Hubbell "AV"®, highest rating
• Michigan Super Lawyer, 2006
• Best Lawyers in America 2001 (Consumer Guide)
• Member, Michigan State University Varsity Alumni Club, intercollegiate baseball and lacrosse, freshman ice hockey