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Anthony J. Frasca Member

Areas of Practice

Bar Admissions

  • Michigan
  • New York

Education

University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2007

  • Associate Editor, Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review, 2005-2006
  • Certificate of Merit Award, Trusts and Estates II, 2006

University of Dayton, B.A., magna cum laude, 2004

Anthony Frasca is a Member in the Taxation Department of Dykema's Ann Arbor, Michigan office. Mr. Frasca focuses his practice on sophisticated estate and business succession planning for high net-worth individuals and families, with an emphasis on tax-efficient planning and philanthropic giving, and on assisting tax-exempt organizations, including with respect to nonprofit formation, governance, and various tax-related issues.

Mr. Frasca frequently assists individual’s with the creation and implementation of complex estate plans for the purpose of achieving both tax and non-tax objectives. He also has significant experience advising nonprofit clients with issues related to maintenance of tax-exempt status, unrelated business taxable income, charitable gift annuities, charitable lead trusts, charitable remainder trusts, gift acceptance policies, and gift agreements.

 Prior to joining Dykema, Mr. Frasca practiced as an estate planning attorney at AmLaw 100 firms in both Chicago, Illinois and New York City.

Experience

  • Sophisticated estate planning, including for purposes of minimizing estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes
  • Probate and trust administration
  • Probate litigation
  • Philanthropic giving
  • Foundation and nonprofit organization administration and governance
  • Webinar: Paycheck Protection Program: What You Need to Know to Secure Funding for Your Business From This SBA Program
    April 6, 2020
  • Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Planning, ICLE Seminar: Planning Techniques for the Taxable Estate
    December 1, 2016
  • Michigan Nonprofit Corporation Act: An Update, Michigan Community Action Summer Conference
    July 20, 2016
  • Quarterly Tax Updates, Washtenaw Estate Planning Council
    October 2015 to present
  • Estate Planning and Estate Tax Issues for Surgeons and Their Spouses, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress
    October 7, 2013
  • Estate Planning and Estate Tax Issues for Surgeons and Their Spouses, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress
    October 7, 2013
  • "Advanced Trust Planning,” Chapter Author
    2020
    Drafting the Michigan Trust, Institute of Continuing Legal Education

Community/Civic Activities

Leslie Science & Nature Center, Director (2016 – 2018)

Recognized in Michigan Super Lawyers® as a Rising Star for Tax: Consumer, Tax: Business, Estate Planning & Probate, and Nonprofit Organizations, 2017-Present