Erica L. Berezny

Senior Attorney


Erica provides her clients with comprehensive estate plans. She listens and patiently develops a deep understanding of her clients’ goals, and uses her legal acumen to craft creative and tax advantageous solutions to her clients’ estate planning needs. 

Erica is a senior attorney and her practice involves estate planning, trust administration, business succession planning, and sophisticated tax strategies. Erica’s clients include high net worth individuals, family offices, and those who seek to preserve wealth and minimize taxes.

She frequently assists in creating and implementing sophisticated estate plans to accomplish minimization of estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes and to facilitate business succession planning for individuals and families.

Prior to joining Dykema, Erica was on staff in the tax department of a "Big Four" accounting firm, completed a clerkship with a circuit court judge, and served estate planning clients at a boutique law firm.

While mastery of the law is important, it is only part of the equation. My ability to explain complicated concepts in a way that others understand is truly my strong suit. My focus and attention to each client’s personal story allows me to tailor strategies to each client’s unique circumstances.
      • Michigan State University College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, Second in class, Michigan State Law Review, Associate Editor
    • Michigan State University, B.S., with high honors

     

  • Bar Admissions

    • Michigan, 2012
    • Named to Best Lawyers' "Ones to Watch" list for Tax Law; Trusts and Estates, 2024

      • State Bar of Michigan, Probate and Estate Planning Section, Taxation Section, and Business Law Section

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