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West Legal Directory Profile - Firmsite Lee A. Sartori 
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
phone (248) 723-0338
fax (248) 645-1568
email
lsartori@howardandhoward.com
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Mr. Sartori concentrates his practice in general corporate, commercial transactions, real estate, and tax law.  He represents and counsels a number of individuals, and closely-held and publicly-traded businesses, engaged in a diverse array of industries on a wide variety of legal and business matters including contract negotiations and drafting, mergers and acquisitions, transaction structuring, licensing, financing, entity structuring, succession planning, estate and tax planning, and general corporate matters.  Mr. Sartori has made appearances on his clients' behalf in various federal and state courts and has acted as an arbitrator in complex business dispute matters. 

Mr. Sartori received a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Oakland University in 1983, a Master of Business Administration from the Oakland University in 1986, and a Master of Science in taxation from Walsh College in 1993.  In January 1998, he received a Juris Doctor degree, summa cum laude, from the Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University where he was the recipient of Jurisprudence Awards in Arbitration, Commercial Transactions, Constitutional Law, and Estate Planning & Drafting and other honors.  Mr. Sartori has been licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Michigan since 1989 and practices from the unique perspective of having owned and operated his own business prior to becoming an attorney or CPA. 

Mr. Sartori is a member of the American Bar Association and its sections on Business Law and Taxation, and the State Bar of Michigan and its sections on Business Law, Real Property, and Taxation. Mr. Sartori is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and its Division of Taxation, the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, and the American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants.  For the latter organization, Mr. Sartori acts as liaison to the Internal Revenue Service for the State of Michigan. 

Since 2001, Mr. Sartori has been an Adjunct Professor of Business Law and Taxation for Walsh College's graduate school teaching two to three semesters per annum.  Mr. Sartori is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Michigan State University College of Law.  His publications include: Communications Made to Tax Advisors for Tax Planning or Defending Tax Controversy Purposes:  When What You Say May Be Used Against You," CCH State Tax Review, Vol. 60, Issue No. 31 (1999).  Mr. Sartori is also acknowledged by the authors of Federal Tax Research 7th Edition (Raabe, Whittenburg, and Sanders, Thomson South-Western Publishing, 2005) for his contributions to their text. 

Mr. Sartori is admitted to practice in the state courts of Michigan, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and the U.S. Tax Court.

Areas of Practice:
Business & Corporate Law
Real Estate
Tax
Estate Planning
Financial Services
Bar Admissions:
Michigan, 1998
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1998
U.S. Tax Court, 1998
Education:
Detroit College of Law, Detroit, MI, 1998
J.D.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude


Walsh College, Troy, MI, 1993
M.S.
Major:  Taxation


Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 1986
M.B.A.


Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 1983
B.S.
Major:  Accounting


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
Member


State Bar of Michigan
Member


American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Member


Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants
Member


American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants
Member


Birth Information:
1959, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America


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