David M. Hempstead

David M. Hempstead


Bodman PLC

Recognized since 1993

Detroit, Michigan

Practice Areas

Trusts and Estates

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Mr. Hempstead concentrates his practice primarily in the areas of income, estate and gift tax planning for high net worth individuals, estate and trust administration, trust litigation, and charitable trusts and foundations.

He is a member of the Probate and Estate Planning and Taxation sections of the State Bar of Michigan. He is also a member of the Financial and Estate Planning Council of Detroit. Mr. Hempstead was admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court in 1979.

Crain’s Detroit Business named him one of southeast Michigan’s “Most Powerful People” of 2010.

Mr. Hempstead serves as a board member for the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Detroit Institute of Arts, Henry Ford Health System, College for Creative Studies, Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan, Matilda Dodge Wilson Fund, Clarence Livingood Fund, and the Wayne Law School Board of Visitors.

Mr. Hempstead served for many years as Vice Chairman of Bodman's Executive Committee.

Location
  • Ford Field, Sixth Floor
    1901 Saint Antoine Street
    Detroit, MI 48226
Education
  • Wayne State University, J.D., graduated 1975
Bar Admissions
  • Michigan, State Bar of Michigan
Affiliations
  • Edsel & Eleanor Ford House - Member, Board of Directors
  • Henry Ford Health System - Member, Board of Directors
  • Detroit Institute of Arts - Member, Board of Directors
  • College for Creative Studies - Member, Board of Directors
  • Matilda Dodge Wilson Fund - Member, Board of Directors
  • Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan - Member, Board of Directors
  • Clarence Livingood Fund - Member, Board of Directors
  • Wayne State University Law School - Member, Board of Visitors
  • Financial and Estate Planning Council of Detroit - Member
  • State Bar of Michigan - Member, Probate and Estate Planning and Taxation sections

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Trusts and Estates
Awards:
  • 2016 “Top Lawyer” by DBusiness magazine
  • "Most Powerful People" of southeast Michigan, Crain's Detroit Business
  • Michigan Super Lawyers 2016 under Estate Planning & Probate

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