Marie R. Deveney's principal areas of practice include gift, estate and generation skipping transfer tax planning, probate and trust administration, wills and trust agreements, and retirement distribution planning.

She is a member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, the Washtenaw County Bar Association, and the State Bar of Michigan.

Ms. Deveney is past president of the Washtenaw County Estate Planning Council and formerly chaired the Washtenaw County Bar's Estate Planning Section. She is a former member of the State Bar of Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Section Council. She frequently lectures on estate and retirement distribution planning.

Before joining Dykema, Ms. Deveney taught at the University of Michigan School of Law. Prior to that, she clerked for Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. (United States Supreme Court) and for Judge Harry T. Edwards (United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia). While in law school, Ms. Deveney was the managing editor of the Michigan Law Review.

Bar Admissions

Michigan, 1991

Education
University of Michigan, J.D., summa cum laude

• First in class
• Order of the Coif

University of Michigan, M.A. University of Missouri at Kansas City

• With distinction

Significant Accomplishments
Named "Lawyer of the Year" for Trusts and Estates by Best Lawyers® 2011
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007-2014. Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC
Named a Top Lawyer by dbusiness Magazine, 2011-2013 Recognized in Michigan Super Lawyers® for Estate Planning & Probate, and Tax 2007-2013
Recipient of an AV® Preeminent™ Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
Named one of Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in Michigan 2009-2012
Named a Michigan Leading Lawyer in the areas of Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law by the Leading Lawyers Network, 2014. Law Bulletin Publishing Company


Professional Associations
State Bar of Michigan
Washtenaw County Bar Association
Washtenaw Estate Planning Council
Ann Arbor Public Schools Education Foundation, August 2009-2012; Attorney; Member, Board of Directors
Leslie Science and Nature Center, Attorney; Board of Directors, September 2006-through 2013; Chair, Board of Directors, April 2007-2013
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Member, Elected 2003
Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Publications Advisory Board for Estate Planning and Probate, Member October 1995-present; Special Advisor for Estate Planning and Probate Certificate Program
Washtenaw Community College Foundation's Planned Giving Committee, September 2004-present
Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation Professional Advisors Committee, October 2005-present


Seminars/ Presentation

Disclaimers and Joint Property, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Speaker at and Moderator of day-long seminar entitled, "Planning Techniques for the Taxable Estate"
December, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013

Is Protecting Your Land Right For You?, Washtenaw Land Trust, panelist discussing estate planning issues, Jackson, MI
February, 2007 and October, 2006

Presentation to Board on charitable giving techniques, Washtenaw Community College Foundation, Ann Arbor, MI
January 20, 2007

Joint presentation to Endowment Boards on charitable giving techniques, Beth Israel Congregation and Temple Beth Emeth, Ann Arbor, MI
March 29, 2006

• The Ins and Outs of the Income Tax Deadline Extension—Which Returns, Deadlines Are Affected, and Which Aren’t?

  By Marie Deveney |April 2021

• Michigan Department of Treasury Further Extends State Income Tax Relief

  By Marie Deveney |April 2020

• Michigan Temporarily Embraces 21st Century Virtual Technology Document Signing

  By Marie Deveney |April 2020

Additional Articles

• 1996 - Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Journal "Proving the Deaths of Missing Persons"