Lauren Underwood

Ms. Underwood focuses her practice in a wide variety of estate and tax planning, probate and trust administration, contested probate and trust matters. Ms. Underwood is a the former Chair of the Probate and Estate Planning Council of the State Bar of Michigan, past editor of the Probate Journal, member of the Real Property, Trust Law and Taxation Sections of the American Bar Association; the Taxation Section of the State Bar of Michigan, and the Oakland County Bar Association. She has written several articles and been a contributing author for the ICLE publication Michigan Estate Planning Handbook. Ms. Underwood received her B.A. degree with high distinction from Wayne State University in 1981 and her Juris Doctor summa cum laude from the Detroit College of Law in 1991. She has lectured frequently for many groups and organizations, including the Institute for Continuing Legal Education. She is a Past President of the Wayne State University Alumni Association, Past President of the Woodbridge Citizen’s Association, past member of the Board of Visitors of the Institute of Gerontology, and past board member for St. Luke’s Health Ministries and Canterbury on the Lake.

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Michigan

Since 1991

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

Since 1991

Attorney, Owner

Lauren Underwood, Bingham Legal Group

2003 - Current

Ms. Underwood focuses her practice in a wide variety of estate and tax planning, probate and trust administration, contested probate and trust matters. Ms. Underwood is a the former Chair of the Probate and Estate Planning Council of the State Bar of Michigan, past editor of the Probate Journal, member of the Real Property, Trust Law and Taxation Sections of the American Bar Association; the Taxation Section of the State Bar of Michigan, and the Oakland County Bar Association. She has written several articles and been a contributing author for the ICLE publication Michigan Estate Planning Handbook. Ms. Underwood received her B.A. degree with high distinction from Wayne State University in 1981 and her Juris Doctor summa cum laude from the Detroit College of Law in 1991. She has lectured frequently for many groups and organizations, including the Institute for Continuing Legal Education. She is a Past President of the Wayne State University Alumni Association, Past President of the Woodbridge Citizen’s Association, past member of the Board of Visitors of the Institute of Gerontology, and past board member for St. Luke’s Health Ministries and Canterbury on the Lake.

Michigan State University

J.D. (1991) | Law

1987 - 1991

Honors: Charles H. King Award - Highest Academic Standing in Graduating Class Amy D. Bloomer Award for Academic Excellence American Natural Resources Award for Academic Excellence American Jurisprudence Book Awards for: Research, Writing and Advocacy II and Commercial Transactions I Dean's List Hornbook and Corpus Juris Secundum Awards

Wayne State University

B.A. (1980) | Psychology

1975 - 1980

Honors: State of Michigan Merit Scholarship Phi Beta Kappa Psi Chi (Honors Society in Psychology)

Peer Review Rated

Martindale-Hubbell

2017

American Bar Association - Real Property, Trust Law and Taxation Sections

Current

Oakland County Bar Association

Current

Institute for Continuing Legal Education

Probate & Estate Planning Advisory Board

2000 - Current

Oakland County Bar Association’s Inn of Court.

2006 - 2010

Financial and Estate Planning Council of Metropolitan Detroit

2002 - 2010

Michigan Estate Planning Handbook

Institute for Continuing Legal Education

"Disclaimer of Property Interests Act: Public Act 131 of 1996" - Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Journal, Volume 15, No. 3, Spring-Summer 1996.

Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Journal

1996

"Michigan's New Disclaimer of Property Interests Act"

Michigan Bar Journal

December, 1996

"Generation Skipping Transfer Tax - Here to Stay"

Michigan Tax Lawyer, Issue 4, Fourth Quarter

1992