Archive: January 2022

• Overview of Estate Planning Documents

  January 25, 2022

  The Rhoades McKee Estate Planning and Administration Team assists clients in preserving, administering, and transferring wealth for future generations. We begin with a discussion to understand your family and long-term goals to identify the best vehicles to secure the future you intend. Trusts are often of long-term benefit to a family, and proper administration of […]

• Top Five Reasons Why You Should Have an Estate Plan

  January 19, 2022

  Did you make a New Year’s Resolution this year? Only about half of Americans keep some of their New Year’s Resolutions, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t set goals for yourself in the new year. One important and achievable goal is to get your estate planning in order. Here are five reasons to have an […]

• Supreme Court Stays OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Mandate

  January 13, 2022

  Today, January 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court stayed enforcement of the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). As written, the ETS would require roughly 84 million workers in the private sector to either become vaccinated or submit to weekly testing at their own expense and wear […]

• Hulst Elected to Rhoades McKee’s Executive Committee

  January 5, 2022

  Stephen Hulst has been elected to serve as Vice-President on the Executive Committee at Rhoades McKee for a three-year term. Grand Rapids’ fourth-largest law firm, Rhoades McKee provides transaction and litigation legal services to corporate institutions and family-run businesses, as well as individuals with personal and family issues. As a member of the Executive Committee, […]

• Peter Veldkamp Joins Rhoades McKee as an Associate

  January 4, 2022

  A recent graduate of Michigan State University College of Law, Peter Veldkamp joins the Business and Corporate Services Team. He will assist business owners in navigating matters involving but not limited to corporate governance and formation, tax and succession issues, and mergers and acquisitions. Veldkamp is also a Certified Public Accountant. Before becoming a lawyer, […]

• Michigan Supreme Court to Reconsider Scarsella v Pollak

  January 3, 2022

  Continuing a recent trend of granting leave in medical malpractice cases, the Michigan Supreme Court recently granted the plaintiff’s application for leave in Ottgen v Katranji to address whether its 2000 opinion in Scarsella v Pollak, 461 Mich 547 (2000) was “correctly decided.”  In Scarsella, the Michigan Supreme Court held that a timely complaint filed […]