Cynthia Brazzil is a director and shareholder of the firm concentrating her practice in the areas of business transactions, corporate law, estate and exit planning. She has also recently expanded her practice to include elder law and disability planning. Ms. Brazzil has developed an expertise in many types of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, business purchases and sales, bringing a new partner into a business or getting rid of a partner (called a “corporate divorce”).
Ms. Brazzil also has substantial experience in business planning concepts, including choice of entity, the formation of limited liability companies and other business entities, the negotiation of stockholder/member buy/sell agreements, and the qualification of businesses as minority business enterprises. Ms. Brazzil excels at developing creative methods to help achieve each client’s goals and objectives and because she counsels many family business owners, she has developed a particular expertise in addressing the special needs of family businesses.
Education:
B.A., University of Michigan, 1981
J.D., Wayne State University, 1984
Member Wayne State University Moot Court Board (1983-1984)
Semi-finalist in the Dayton Administrative Law Competition (1983)
Bar Admissions:
State Bar of Michigan, 1984
Memberships:
State Bar of Michigan – Fellow (since 2003)
Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section
Committee Member of Unincorporated Enterprises (2006)
District I Character and Fitness Committee (2002-2007)
Named a Fellow of Michigan State Bar Foundation (2003)
Oakland County Bar Association – Sustaining Member (since 2003)
Member of Membership Committee (Vice Chair 2007)
Ad Hoc Committee on Due Process (since 2006)
Previously served on the Circuit Court Committee (2003)
Oakland County Bar Foundation – Life Fellow
Current Trustee (serving since 1996)
Served as President 2000-2001
Co-chair of Event Committee (2006-2007)
Member of Planning Committee
Awards:
OCBA Distinguished Service Award (2006)
OCBA Committee of the Year (2005, Membership Committee)
Volunteer of the Week, Detroit Free Press (April 2004)
OCBA Committee of the Year (2000, Ad Hoc Committee to Recreate the Foundation)
Appearances/Lectures:
WDIV Due Process Television Show
94.7 Smooth Jazz, Motor City Review
Speaker at ICLE and NBI Seminars
Guest on Biz Chat on Metro Chicks Radio
The Academy of Strategic Business Solutions –
Webinar Seminar Series
Women Business Owner Seminar Series
Family Business Owner Seminar Series
(all sponsored by NAWBO and CEED)
Charitable/Civic Activities:
Volunteer Mediator, Civil Early Intervention at Oakland County Circuit Court
Kemp Klein Foundation, Board Member (1994-2005)
2006 Fashion Justice Committee, Child Abuse & Neglect Council
2001 Merry Go Round Committee of the Child Abuse and Neglect Council
Franklin Family Business Awards, Judge (October 2000)
Articles:
Seniors keep life-long homes in the family; Commentator, Fall 2008
Why not convert?
Selecting the right business structure; Commentator, Summer 2007
The rebirth of a business; Commentator, Winter 2006
A step by step guide to selling your business; co-authored with Ralph A. Castelli, Jr., Commentator, Summer 2006
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