Mike advised clients throughout the west on estate planning, business planning and related tax planning.

His tax planning practice covered estate and gift tax and generation-skipping transfer tax, charitable planned giving and charitable foundation planning, and business and personal income tax planning, with a particular emphasis on estate and income tax issues relating to clients moving into and out of Washington.

Mike worked with owners of closely held businesses and served as outside counsel for private companies. He advised regional and national financial institutions regarding fiduciary administration, merger and litigation issues. He also advised business owners on general business planning and family wealth succession strategies, including buy-sell agreements, family limited partnerships and limited liability companies and subchapter S corporation planning. Additionally, he advised executors of probate estates and trustees of revocable living trusts and irrevocable trusts.