Robert Tiplady practices in the areas of estate planning, asset protection planning, wealth preservation, business succession, and probate, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, probate and trust administration, and probate litigation. He regularly advises business owners, executives and professionals regarding family/business succession, asset protection, tax, wills and trusts. Mr. Tiplady also advises families, family offices and fiduciaries regarding will and trust disputes, will and trust interpretation issues, disgruntled beneficiaries and tax issues.

Wealth preservation techniques include wills, trusts, retirement account planning, irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs), dynasty trusts, trust protectors, grantor retain annuity trusts (GRATs), spousal lifetime access trusts (SLATs), grantor trusts, charitable remainder trusts (CRATs/CRUTs), and charitable lead trusts (CLATs/CLUTs).

Asset protection techniques include domestic asset protection trusts (DAPTs), limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and tenancy by the entirety.

Bar Admissions

Michigan, 1997

Education
Wayne State University, JD., summa cum laude Eastern Michigan University, M.A. University of Michigan, B.A.

• State Bar of Michigan, Probate and Estate Planning Section, Councilmember, Fall 2006 to present
• Washtenaw County Bar Association, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law Section, Co-chair, August 2006 to present

• 2007 - 47th Annual Estate Planning Institute, Institute of Continuing Legal Education - "Attacking or Defending Fiduciary Fees"
• 2007 - Michigan Supreme Court Judicial Institute, Annual Judicial Conference - "Fiduciary Fees"
• 2006 - Institute of Continuing Legal Education - "The Estate Planning Process, Fundamentals of Estate Planning"
• 2005 - Washtenaw County Probate, Estate Planning and Trust Law Section - "Update on the Uniform Trust Code"
• Mr. Tiplady has made several presentations to financial institutions on reducing risk in fiduciary administration

• The Ins and Outs of the Income Tax Deadline Extension—Which Returns, Deadlines Are Affected, and Which Aren’t?

  By Robert Tiplady |April 2021

• Michigan Department of Treasury Further Extends State Income Tax Relief

  By Robert Tiplady |April 2020

• Michigan Temporarily Embraces 21st Century Virtual Technology Document Signing

  By Robert Tiplady |April 2020

• Wayne Law Review v.50 no.2 "Annual Survey of Michigan Law - Trusts and Estates"
• Wayne Law Review v.48 no.2 "Annual Survey of Michigan Law - Trusts and Estates"
• Wayne Law Review v.47 no.2 "Annual Survey of Michigan Law - Trusts and Estates"
• Wayne Law Review v.46 no.2 "Annual Survey of Michigan Law - Trusts and Estates"