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Alan May is a shareholder who is sought after for his experience in guardianships and conservatorships. He has written and lectured extensively and has taught classes at Wayne State University and Oakland University on these topics.
He was selected for inclusion in the 2007 through 2011 issues of Michigan Super Lawyers magazine featuring the top 5% of attorneys in Michigan and has been called by courts as an expert witness on issues of fees and by both plaintiffs and defendants as an expert witness in the area of probate and trust law. Mr. May maintains an “AV” peer review rating with Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, the highest peer review rating for attorneys and he is listed in the area of Probate Law among Martindale-Hubbell’s Preeminent Lawyers. He has also been selected for inclusion in the 2011 and 2012 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of Trusts and Estates and Litigation – Trusts and Estates.
Mr. May was acting public administrator in Wayne County from 1979 to 1980 and has been a Wayne County public administrator since 1980. He has been a mediator in Oakland County Circuit Court since 1981, a court appointed referee in Wayne and Oakland County Probate Courts since 1969, and Special Assistant Attorney General in Michigan since 1971.
In addition, Mr. May was a commissioner of the Michigan Civil Services Commission from 1985 to 1990 and chairperson of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission in 1984. He has been a member and president of the board of directors and executive board of the Detroit Regional National Conference for Community and Justice since 1979 and is a life member of the N.A.A.C.P.
Education:
J.D., cum laude, University of Michigan Law School, 1966
B.A., University of Michigan, 1963
Bar and Court Admissions:
State Bar of Michigan,1967
District of Columbia Bar, 1976
Memberships:
State Bar of Michigan
(member, Probate and Trust Law Section)
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
Oakland County Bar Association
Wayne County Probate Bar Association
The District of Columbia Bar Association
Other Activities:
The National Conference for Community and Justice (trustee and member of the executive board and vice chair; past president of the national organization); Michigan Health Maintenance Organization (member 1979-1981); licensed nursing home administrator in Michigan (1975-1980); president of Medical-Legal Seminars, Inc.; Founders Society, Detroit Institute of Arts (member since 1970); L. S. Charfoos Charitable Foundation (trustee); May Family Foundation (trustee); National Conference of Christians and Jews (trustee at large 1981-1983); American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (member of the Detroit executive committee 1982-1983); Temple Beth El (past president).
Articles:
“Determination of Paternity for a Child of Unwed Parents Born Subsequent
to the Father’s Death,” Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Journal, Vol. 29,
Spring, 2010, No. 3
“The Enforcing of a ‘No Gifts’ Policy by Voiding a Will,”
Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Journal, Vol. 28, Summer, 2009, No. 3
“The Doctrine of Equitable Deviation,”
Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Journal, Vol. 27, Summer, 2008, No. 3
“Appeals from the Probate Court – Stay of Proceeding,”
Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Journal, Vol. 27, Winter, 2007, No. 1
“The Slayer’s Statute and Slayer’s Rule” [with contributors’ acknowledgements],
Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Journal, Vol. 25, Spring, 2006, No. 2
“Guardian Ad Litem Immunity Revisited: Recent History,” co-authored with
Lawrence G. Snyder, Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Journal,
Vol. 24, Summer, 2005, No. 3
“The Causal Nexus Between the Laws of Inheritance and Wrongful Death:
A Bar to ‘Deadbeat Parents’ as a matter of law,” co-authored with Debra Nance,
Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Journal, Vol. 24, Spring, 2005, No. 2
“Determination of Heirs,” co-authored with Barbara P. Andruccioli,
Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Journal, Vol. 24, Winter, 2004, No. 1
“Termination of Parental Rights, Adoption, and Inheritance,” co-authored with
Shannon N. Scheloske, Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Journal,
Vol. 23, Summer 2004, No. 3
“Tortious Interference with the Right of Inheritance,” co-authored with
Shannon N. Scheloske, Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Journal,
Vol. 22, Summer 2003, No. 4
“The Impact of Crystal v. Hubbard,”
Michigan Bar Journal, August 1984
“1982 Annual Survey of Michigan Law – Trusts and Succession,”
Wayne Law Review, August 1983
“1980 Annual Survey of Michigan Law – Trusts and Succession,”
Wayne Law Review, August 1981
“Divestment of Property to Achieve Social Services Indigency,”
Michigan Bar Journal, September 1980
“1978 Annual Survey of Michigan Law – Trusts and Succession,”
Wayne Law Review, January 1979
“Proof of Paternity,”
The Detroit Lawyer, January 1979
“The Right to Marry,”
Michigan Bar Journal, April 1977
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