Raquel S. Sportel has joined Warner Norcross + Judd LLP as an associate.
Sportel concentrates her practice on trusts and estates with a focus on estate planning, estate settlement and trust administration. She works with individuals and families to develop estate plans, focusing on strategies for wealth preservation, tax planning, charitable giving and business succession. Sportel advises fiduciaries and families in connection with post-death estate settlement and ongoing trust administration. She handles representation in court proceedings and works closely with financial institutions, financial advisors and accountants throughout the settlement and administration process. She is based in the firm’s Grand Rapids office.
Prior to joining Warner, Sportel was a trusts and estates attorney with Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP in Chicago and with Matlin Law Group in Northbrook, Illinois.
She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a juris doctor from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, where she was production editor for the UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology and Privacy Law.
A native of Chicago, Sportel now resides in Grand Rapids with her husband and children.
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