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Robert Shaver

"A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on."

Samuel Goldwyn

Key Service Areas

  • Business Planning
    organizational structure and compliance
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Tax planning and compliance

616.233.5143

legal assistant - Aleia Wright

About Robert

What types of legal issues do you help individuals and businesses resolve?

I serve as general counsel to high-net-worth families and their businesses. While responsible for the successful delivery of all of our firm’s legal services, I personally handle matters that require attention to corporate compliance, corporate governance, business acquisitions and dispositions,  shareholder-member contracts real estate, credit facilities and estate and income tax planning.

What sets you apart from other lawyers in your practice field?

What sets me apart from most other business lawyers is that I am also a Certified Public Accountant.  I studied accounting at Michigan State University and, prior to joining Rhoades McKee, was a member of the tax department of a national public accounting firm.

Education

Thomas M. Cooley Law School, J.D., 1987

Michigan State University, B.A., 1983

Q: What do you enjoy most about being a lawyer?

A:

I have the privilege of working with some of the smartest people in West Michigan – my law partners. Our clients are in the trenches daily and when things go wrong or opportunities knock, it’s exciting to experience the skill and legal talent that my law partners can deliver on a moment’s notice.

Past President of Rhoades McKee, Bob currently serves as the Chair of the Rhoades McKee Finance Committee as well as a Trustee of the Rhoades McKee Retirement Plan.

Associations

State Bar of Michigan, Business Law Section

Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants

Bar Admission

Michigan

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Awards and Recognition

Best Lawyers of America®, Corporate Law

Leading LawyersSM

Grand Rapids Magazine, Top Lawyer in Corporate Law & Mergers and Acquisitions Law

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