Frederick H. Hoops, III

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Phone: (313) 965-8323
Fax: (313) 965-8252
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Areas of Practice
Trusts & Estates
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Corporate Law
Estate Planning
Mergers & Acquisitions
Probate, Trusts & Estates Litigation
Tax Exempt Organizations
Tax Services
Trusts & Estates Litigation

Bar Admissions
Admitted to practice in State of Florida, State of Michigan, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Education
J.D., cum laude, University of Miami, 1993
LL.M. in Estate Planning, University of Miami, 1994
B.M., University of Michigan, 1988

Memberships
Financial and Estate Planning Council of Greater Detroit
Oakland County Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan, Business Law Section, Probate and Estate Planning Section, Real Property Law Section, Taxation Section
The Florida Bar, Business Law Section, Probate and Trust Law Section, Real Property Law Section, Taxation Section

Frederick H. Hoops, III is a member of the firm’s Probate and Estate Planning Group. His experience includes all aspects of estate planning, tax minimization, asset protection, family partnerships, limited liability companies and the probate and non-probate administration of trusts, decedents' estates, guardianships and conservatorships, and includes the preparation of estate and fiduciary tax returns for trusts and estates, and organizing and answering questions concerning charitable and other tax-exempt organizations. He has also settled and litigated various will and trust contests.

Mr. Hoops is the co-author of Family Estate Planning Guide, 4th Edition, 1995, West Group; Planning for Estates and Administration in Michigan, 1995, West Group; How to Build a Successful Estate Practice, 1996, West Group; Estate and Elder Law Advisor CD-ROM, 1998, West Group; and “Bringing and Defending a Will Contest in Michigan,” Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law Law Review, 1997. Mr. Hoops has also spoken for the National Business Institute and Lorman Education Services on several occasions. Mr. Hoops teaches Business Planning at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School at the Oakland University campus.  Mr. Hoops also teaches Advanced Estate Planning at the University of Detroit-Mercy Law School.  Mr. Hoops has also been named in The Best Lawyers in America.

Mr. Hoops is an active freelance musician in the Detroit area and is a member of the Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra.