Neil L. Kimball
Grand Rapids, Michigan
phone: (616) 632-8000
fax: (616) 632-8002
email: moc.waljbmm@llabmikn
Please feel free to contact this attorney's secretary, Lydia.
Neil L. Kimball received his bachelor's degree in business administration with distinction from the University of Arizona and his law degree from Arizona State University. He specializes in business, estate and gift tax planning, estate planning, probate and real estate law, representing numerous individuals and businesses with their planning and business issues since 1984. Neil is a member of the estate planning, probate, real property and business and taxation sections of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Michigan, and the Grand Rapids Bar Association. Neil chairs the Trusts and Estates Practice Group for the firm and is also a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Western Michigan Estate Planning Council and the West Michigan Planned Giving Group. He is also a member of a number of non-profit boards in the Grand Rapids area and is a frequent speaker on estate planning, real estate and business issues to attorneys and other professionals, community groups and businesses.
Areas of Practice:
Estate Planning
Estate and Gift Tax Planning
Probate
Business Planning
Real Estate
Bar Admissions:
Michigan, 1984
Education:
Arizona State University, College of Law, Tempe, Arizona, 1984
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1981
B.S., Bachelor of Science
Honors: With Distinction
Published Works:
Understand Estate Planning: It's For Your Own Good, Focus on Small Business, February, 2006
Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Estate Planning Issues, Cornerstone University
- Estate Planning Issues, Central Michigan University
- Estate Planning Issues, Butterworth-Blodgett Foundation
- Estate Planning and Real Estate, Caledonia Community Education
- Estate Planning Issues, Kent County Dental Society
- Tax Planning Issues, West Michigan Planned Giving Group
- Estate Planning Issues, West Michigan United Way
- Probate Administration, Grand Rapids Bar Association
- Estate Planning Issues, National Business Institute
Honors and Awards:
Selected as a Michigan Super Lawyer
Fraternities:
Beta Gamma Sigma
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Emily's Big Picture Project, 2006 - Present
Member of Board of Directors (2006-present)
Camp Blodgett, 2006 - Present
Secretary and member of Board of Directors (2006-Present)
Arbor Circle Corporation, 1996 - 2006
Chairman of Board (2003-2004); Member of Board (1996-2006 )
Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids, Inc., 1994 - 2004
President - 2003-2004
Holland Arts Council, 1985 - 1990
President - 1989 - 1990
Grand Rapids Child Guidance Clinic, 1991 - 1995
Vice-President - 1993 - 1995
Western Michigan Estate Planning Council, 1988 - Present
Member
American Bar Association, Estate Planning, Probate, Business and Taxation Sections
Member
State Bar of Michigan
Member
Grand Rapids Bar Association
Member
Grand Rapids Bar Association, Real Estate Section
Chair - 2004-2005, Executive Committee - 2003-present
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
Member
West Michigan Planned Giving Group
Member
Michigan Hospice and Palliative Care
Legal Aid Volunteer
Phi Alpha Delta