Alan C. Rudzewicz, JD
Director of Trust, Estate & Gift Planning
Mr. Rudzewicz has more than 40 years of experience in the practice of law. He has been providing legal expertise to families and businesses with a concentration on estate planning, estate tax, probate and trust administration, corporate law, business planning, and real estate. Throughout those years, Mr. Rudzewicz regularly advised businesses and executives on business formation, legal compliance, family and succession planning, and sales and acquisitions. He also represented and counseled families on various aspects of probate administration, estate planning, wills, powers of attorney, revocable and irrevocable trusts, special needs planning, gift planning, estate and gift tax, and asset protection.
Mr. Rudzewicz retired from practicing law at the end of 2020 and joined FMD in 2021 as the Director of Trust, Estate, and Gift Planning to support the firm’s clients with estate planning in collaboration with the client’s legal advisor.
Mr. Rudzewicz is on the boards of various family and private foundations and has been a member of the Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce. He is also a former trust officer at the National Bank of Detroit. He is the current President of the Financial and Estate Planning Council of Macomb. He has been active in gifting and development with De La Salle Collegiate High School of Warren, Michigan.
Memberships and Recognitions include:
Martindale-Hubbell, AV Pre-eminent rating
Martindale-Hubbell, “Top Rated” ranking 2013, Trusts & Estates and Real Estate
Best Lawyers since 2018
DBusiness Top Lawyers since 2018
State Bar of Michigan Probate/Estate Planning and Taxation Sections
Financial and Estate Planning Council of Macomb
Wayne County Probate Bar Association
Macomb County Probate Bar Association
Advocates Bar Association (PALS)
Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce, member for over 20 years
Pilot Bar Association
Top Lawyers in The Midwest 2021
Mr. Rudzewicz is a graduate of the Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State College of Law) with a Juris Doctor degree. He graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Business Administration and is also a graduate of De La Salle Collegiate High School. He is a licensed attorney in the State of Michigan and a member of the Probate and Taxation Sections.