Biographical Information
Warren J. Widmayer (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, March 20, 1956.
Admitted to bar, 1983, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1986, U.S. Tax Court.
Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with high distinction, 1978; J.D., 1982).
Co-Author: "Qualified Plan Distributions After TRA '86 I.C.L.E., Oct. 1987. Author: "Advantages for Closely-Held Businesses: Target Benefit and 401 (k) Plan Combinations," Michigan Tax Lawyer, 1989. Co-Author: "Fringe Benefits," M.A.C.P.A., September, 1991; "Distributions From Retirement Plans," State Bar of Michigan Joint Meeting of Estate Planning and Employee Benefits Committees of Section on Taxation October, 1991; "ERISA § 404(c) Plans: Separating Illusion From Reality," State Bar of Michigan Tax Section Employee Benefits Committee, May 1994; "Estate Planning Issues for Qualified Retirement Plan Benefits," Joint Meeting of the State Bar of Michigan, Tax Section Employee Benefits and Estate Planning Committees, April, 1998; "Safe Harbor 401 (k) Plans," State Bar of Michigan Tax Section, Employee Benefits Committee, March, 1999; "Required Retirement Distributions Made Simple," Michigan Bar Journal, Vol. 8 No. 6, June, 2001; "'Comparability' Cash Balance: New Life for Small Business Defined Benefit Plans," Michigan Tax Lawyer, 2005. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2001 for Employee Benefits Law. Director, Ann Arbor School for the Performing Arts, 2005—.
Member, Chelsea Community Foundation Committee, 2006—. Member: Washtenaw County (Chairman, Tax Law Section, 1991-1993; Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section, Taxation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section; Chairman, Taxation Section Employee Benefits Committee, 2004-2005; Council Member, Taxation Section, 2005—; Member, Great Lakes Area TE/GE Council, 2006—); Washtenaw County Estate Planning Council (Member, Board of Directors, 1986-1987); ESOP Association; National Center for Employee Ownership; International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Reported Cases: Detroit Diesel Corp. v. Lane-Smith, 39 F. Supp. 2d 852 (E.D. Mich, 1999).
Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Estate Planning; Employment Law; Taft-Hartley Plans; ERISA; Employee Stock Ownership Trusts.
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