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
Seminars & Speeches
- April 6, 2020
- Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Planning, ICLE Seminar: Planning Techniques for the Taxable EstateDecember 1, 2016
- Michigan Nonprofit Corporation Act: An Update, Michigan Community Action Summer ConferenceJuly 20, 2016
- Quarterly Tax Updates, Washtenaw Estate Planning CouncilOctober 2015 to present
- Estate Planning and Estate Tax Issues for Surgeons and Their Spouses, American College of Surgeons Clinical CongressOctober 7, 2013
- Estate Planning and Estate Tax Issues for Surgeons and Their Spouses, American College of Surgeons Clinical CongressOctober 7, 2013
Publications
- "Advanced Trust Planning,” Chapter Author2020Drafting the Michigan Trust, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
Alerts
- April 23, 2020
- April 17, 2020
- April 13, 2020
- April 10, 2020
- March 31, 2020
- March 30, 2020
- March 23, 2020
- March 20, 2020
- December 23, 2019
- December 9, 2019
- July 1, 2019
- December 19, 2018
- June 22, 2018
- September 7, 2017
- December 14, 2016
- August 11, 2016
- April 19, 2016
- July 14, 2015
- April 13, 2015
- March 10, 2015
- October 30, 2014
Press Releases
- September 18, 2020
- August 22, 2019
- September 7, 2018
- February 13, 2018
- September 5, 2017
Community/Civic Activities
Leslie Science & Nature Center, Director (2016 – 2018)
Awards & Recognition
Recognized in Michigan Super Lawyers® as a Rising Star for Tax: Consumer, Tax: Business, Estate Planning & Probate, and Nonprofit Organizations, 2017-Present