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Jennifer L.
Remondino

  • Executive Partner

Trusts and estates is the perfect practice for me. I chose it because to be successful you must be skilled at forging strong personal connections and crafting strategic often creative approaches to achieve clients’ goals. I truly enjoy meeting with and listening closely to clients, discovering what they need and helping them with long-term plans. Although the subjects we’re dealing with are often emotionally challenging, we still have a positive, enjoyable experience when we get together.

Helping clients with some of life’s most difficult situations, highly regarded and nationally recognized estate planning attorney Jennifer Remondino is dedicated to building close relationships with her clients and their families. She finds it rewarding to assist families in navigating complex scenarios and to give them peace of mind about scenarios involving daunting issues of death and disability. Jennifer works with clients living in both Michigan and Florida and carefully structures inheritances that fit each family’s unique circumstances and preferences.

Estate Planning and Settlement

Provides sophisticated wealth transfer and tax planning for high net worth and ultra high net worth individuals.

  • Design and implementation of custom estate plans, including plans for families with unique dynamics, complicated tax positions and sophisticated wealth preservation needs.
  • Design and implementation of sophisticated gifting plans, including generational trusts created with flexibility for control and ongoing tax treatment.
  • Creation, modification and decanting of generational trusts that own family business holdings, to ensure harmony in the family business.
  • Design and implementation of customizable wealth education programs with unique trust and financial education experience

Estate Planning and Settlement

Provides sophisticated wealth transfer and tax planning for high net worth and ultra high net worth individuals.

  • Design and implementation of custom estate plans, including plans for families with unique dynamics, complicated tax positions and sophisticated wealth preservation needs.
  • Design and implementation of sophisticated gifting plans, including generational trusts created with flexibility for control and ongoing tax treatment.
  • Creation, modification and decanting of generational trusts that own family business holdings, to ensure harmony in the family business.
  • Design and implementation of customizable wealth education programs with unique trust and financial education experiences, and activities and games that help prepare children in their teens and twenties to manage wealth and that help family generations manage wealth together.
  • Administration and settlement of estates including estates for closely held business owners.
  • Defense of estate and tax planning in an audit.

Family Business and Succession Planning

Prepares families to transfer wealth held in family or closely held businesses.

  • Design and implementation of succession plans for family and closely held businesses.
  • Counseling families on family and business governance and governance structures.
  • Assisting families in recapitalizing operating entities and restructuring business units to facilitate transfer of business ownership after the current leader’s death.
  • Assisting families in planning family meetings, and facilitating educational sessions at meetings.

Charitable & Planned Giving

Provides practical advice to donors, private foundations and public charities. Examples of services in this area include:

  • Design and implementation of planned giving strategies, including use of charitable trusts and planning for large gifts.
  • Advice to donors regarding charitable gifts and handling of unusual gifts such as closely held stock, partnership and LLC interests, real estate, art and collectibles.
  • Advice to donors on entities, structures and vehicles for charitable giving, including the use of private foundations, donor-advised funds and supporting organizations.
  • Creation of private foundations and other nonprofit entities including obtaining tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service.
  • Counsel to private foundations regarding program-related investments and making properly documented grants.
  • Counsel to private foundations regarding governance best practices, identifying “disqualified persons” and avoiding “self-dealing” and other prohibited transactions.
  • Unwinding private foundations and creation of new charitable entities.
  • Preparation of annual state and federal tax returns (Forms 990, 990PF and 990T) and any required reports.
  • “Planning for the Spouse,” ICLE’s Fundamentals of Estate Administration Program, November 2, 2022
  • Approaching Prenuptial Agreements Positively, Family Office Exchange Webinar, September 18, 2019
  • “In Trust, or Not in Trust: An Overview on When Trusts Should Hold Retirement Assets,” Michigan Bankers’ Association, Lansing, Michigan, May 15, 2017
  • “Financial Wellness: How to Create Peace of Mind Through Estate Planning,” 2015 Women’s Business Forum, Royal Oak, Michigan, March 18, 2015
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  • “Planning for the Spouse,” ICLE’s Fundamentals of Estate Administration Program, November 2, 2022
  • Approaching Prenuptial Agreements Positively, Family Office Exchange Webinar, September 18, 2019
  • “In Trust, or Not in Trust: An Overview on When Trusts Should Hold Retirement Assets,” Michigan Bankers’ Association, Lansing, Michigan, May 15, 2017
  • “Financial Wellness: How to Create Peace of Mind Through Estate Planning,” 2015 Women’s Business Forum, Royal Oak, Michigan, March 18, 2015
  • “Powers of Appointment and Decanting,” Midwest Trust and Wealth Management Conference, Michigan Bankers Association, Plymouth, Michigan, October 7, 2014
  • Jennifer is a regular speaker for the Institute of Continuing Education
  • Jennifer taught at the following ICLE seminars:
    • June 17, 2016 – “Fixing Trusts: Modifying, Reforming, Termination and Decanting Irrevocable Trusts,” Plymouth, Michigan
    • May 12, 2016 – “Fixing Trusts: Modifying, Reforming, Termination and Decanting Irrevocable Trusts,” Acme, Michigan
    • May 10, 2014 – 54th Annual Probate & Estate Planning Institute, “Intersection of Powers of Appointment and Decanting,” Traverse City/Acme, Michigan
    • December 6, 2012 – Administration of Trusts under the Michigan Trust Code; “Trustee Duties & Liabilities”; Plymouth, Michigan
    • June 15, 2012 – 52nd Annual Probate & Estate Planning Institute; “Michigan Trust Code Update”; Plymouth, Michigan
    • May 18, 2012 – 52nd Annual Probate & Estate Planning Institute; “Michigan Trust Code Update”; Traverse City/Acme, Michigan
    • November 29, 2011 – Simple Planning Techniques for the Taxable Estate; “Overview of Estate and Generation Skipping Transfer Taxes”; Plymouth, Michigan
    • October 5, 2010 – Administration of Trusts under the Michigan Trust Code; “Trustee Duties & Liabilities”; Plymouth, Michigan
    • February 16, 2010 – 19th Annual Drafting Estate Planning Documents; “A Drafting Perspective on the Michigan Trust Code, Part II”; Plymouth, Michigan
    • January 21, 2010 – 19th Annual Drafting Estate Planning Documents; “A Drafting Perspective on the Michigan Trust Code, Part II”; Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • How to Draft an Irrevocable Trust with an Exit Strategy,” Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Journal, Summer 2017
  • “Implementing the Estate Plan,” Chapter 27, Michigan Estate Planning Handbook, an ICLE publication, 2016
  • “Trustee Administrative Powers,” Chapter 17, Michigan Estate Planning Handbook, an ICLE publication, 2016
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Jennifer L.
Remondino

  • Executive Partner
HollandGrand Rapids

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Trusts and estates is the perfect practice for me. I chose it because to be successful you must be skilled at forging strong personal connections and crafting strategic often creative approaches to achieve clients’ goals. I truly enjoy meeting with and listening closely to clients, discovering what they need and helping them with long-term plans. Although the subjects we’re dealing with are often emotionally challenging, we still have a positive, enjoyable experience when we get together.

Helping clients with some of life’s most difficult situations, highly regarded and nationally recognized estate planning attorney Jennifer Remondino is dedicated to building close relationships with her clients and their families. She finds it rewarding to assist families in navigating complex scenarios and to give them peace of mind about scenarios involving daunting issues of death and disability. Jennifer works with clients living in both Michigan and Florida and carefully structures inheritances that fit each family’s unique circumstances and preferences.

  • “Planning for the Spouse,” ICLE’s Fundamentals of Estate Administration Program, November 2, 2022
  • Approaching Prenuptial Agreements Positively, Family Office Exchange Webinar, September 18, 2019
  • “In Trust, or Not in Trust: An Overview on When Trusts Should Hold Retirement Assets,” Michigan Bankers’ Association, Lansing, Michigan, May 15, 2017
  • “Financial Wellness: How to Create Peace of Mind Through Estate Planning,” 2015 Women’s Business Forum, Royal Oak, Michigan, March 18, 2015
  • “P
  • “Planning for the Spouse,” ICLE’s Fundamentals of Estate Administration Program, November 2, 2022
  • Approaching Prenuptial Agreements Positively, Family Office Exchange Webinar, September 18, 2019
  • “In Trust, or Not in Trust: An Overview on When Trusts Should Hold Retirement Assets,” Michigan Bankers’ Association, Lansing, Michigan, May 15, 2017
  • “Financial Wellness: How to Create Peace of Mind Through Estate Planning,” 2015 Women’s Business Forum, Royal Oak, Michigan, March 18, 2015
  • “Powers of Appointment and Decanting,” Midwest Trust and Wealth Management Conference, Michigan Bankers Association, Plymouth, Michigan, October 7, 2014
  • Jennifer is a regular speaker for the Institute of Continuing Education
  • Jennifer taught at the following ICLE seminars:
    • June 17, 2016 – “Fixing Trusts: Modifying, Reforming, Termination and Decanting Irrevocable Trusts,” Plymouth, Michigan
    • May 12, 2016 – “Fixing Trusts: Modifying, Reforming, Termination and Decanting Irrevocable Trusts,” Acme, Michigan
    • May 10, 2014 – 54th Annual Probate & Estate Planning Institute, “Intersection of Powers of Appointment and Decanting,” Traverse City/Acme, Michigan
    • December 6, 2012 – Administration of Trusts under the Michigan Trust Code; “Trustee Duties & Liabilities”; Plymouth, Michigan
    • June 15, 2012 – 52nd Annual Probate & Estate Planning Institute; “Michigan Trust Code Update”; Plymouth, Michigan
    • May 18, 2012 – 52nd Annual Probate & Estate Planning Institute; “Michigan Trust Code Update”; Traverse City/Acme, Michigan
    • November 29, 2011 – Simple Planning Techniques for the Taxable Estate; “Overview of Estate and Generation Skipping Transfer Taxes”; Plymouth, Michigan
    • October 5, 2010 – Administration of Trusts under the Michigan Trust Code; “Trustee Duties & Liabilities”; Plymouth, Michigan
    • February 16, 2010 – 19th Annual Drafting Estate Planning Documents; “A Drafting Perspective on the Michigan Trust Code, Part II”; Plymouth, Michigan
    • January 21, 2010 – 19th Annual Drafting Estate Planning Documents; “A Drafting Perspective on the Michigan Trust Code, Part II”; Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • How to Draft an Irrevocable Trust with an Exit Strategy,” Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Journal, Summer 2017
  • “Implementing the Estate Plan,” Chapter 27, Michigan Estate Planning Handbook, an ICLE publication, 2016
  • “Trustee Administrative Powers,” Chapter 17, Michigan Estate Planning Handbook, an ICLE publication, 2016