Bodman PLC

77 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Trusts and Estates

Biography

Mr. Cracchiolo is an adviser to high net worth individuals and families on a variety of personal, business and tax matters, including estate planning, estate, gift and generation-skipping tax issues, closely-held business transactions and succession, family office formation and operation, private trust companies, real estate transactions and philanthropic strategies.

He also represents professional and individual trustees on trust and estate administration matters and works closely with family offices in coordinating and providing the highest quality of service to his clients.

Mr. Cracchiolo belongs to the Financial and Estate Planning Council of Metropolitan Detroit and the State Bar of Michigan's Taxation and Probate & Estate Planning Sections. He is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

He is active in the community, currently serving on the Executive Committee of the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit, and as a Member at Large for both the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit and the YMCA Foundation. He also serves as Chairman of the Risk Management Committee for the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit.

Mr. Cracchiolo is listed in Chambers HNW as one of Michigan's leading lawyers for Private Wealth Law. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2021 under Trusts and estates. He is listed in Michigan Super Lawyers 2019 under Estate & Probate. He is listed as a 2020 "Top Lawyer" for Trusts and Estates and Tax Law by Metro Detroit business magazine DBusiness.

Bodman PLC

77 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • Wayne State University, J.D., graduated 2001
  • Michigan State University, B.A.

  • Michigan, Bar of Michigan

  • U.S. District Ct., E.D. Mich.
  • Michigan, Bar of Michigan
  • Wayne State University, J.D., graduated 2001
  • Michigan State University, B.A.
  • U.S. District Ct., E.D. Mich.

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Trusts and Estates
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
  • Litigation and Controversy - Tax

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