Julius Giarmarco, Esq. is a partner and heads up the firm's Trusts and Estates Practice Group. Julius received his law degree (J.D.) from Wayne State University, and his master of laws (LL.M.) from New York University. His primary practice areas include estate planning, business succession planning, wealth transfer planning, and life insurance applications. Julius is a former instructor in both the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Certified Financial Planner (CFP) programs. He also lectures frequently on a national basis, including speeches before the American Law Institute - American Bar Association (ALI-ABA), the International Forum, the Association for Advanced Life Underwriting (AALU), the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), and numerous life insurance companies, brokerage firms and trade associations. Julius has published a number of articles on estate planning appearing in professional journals such as the Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal (BNA), The Practical Tax Lawyer (ALI-ABA), the Journal of Practical Estate Planning (CCH) and Advisor Today. Julius is also the author of the nationally acclaimed brochure, The Five Levels of Estate Planning, and the co-author of the book, Estate Planning with Insurance. He is the author of the chapters on succession planning in Advising Closely Held Businesses in Michigan and The Michigan Business Formbook published by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE). Julius has also been selected by his peers as a Michigan "Super Lawyer" in estate planning.