INTRODUCTION
PRACTICE AREA: Estate Planning & Probate
Mr. Gibbs serves on the Firm's Board of Directors, is a member of the Executive Committee, and the Chairperson of the Estate Planning and Probate Department. Licensed to practice in Ohio and Florida, he is certified by the Ohio State Bar Association as a specialist in Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law. Mr. Gibbs focuses his practice on providing creative and sophisticated estate, tax, and business planning advice to business owners and wealthy individuals.
Mr. Gibbs' estate planning practice includes estate, gift, business succession, and family tax planning; drafting of Wills, Trust Agreements, Powers of Attorney, and associated documents; life insurance planning, including the design of life insurance trusts; education planning; and post-mortem tax planning.
Additionally, Mr. Gibbs guides owners of closely-held businesses through the options and steps of succession planning, including buy-sell agreements, stock transfer restriction agreements, buy-outs, voting control arrangements, close corporation agreements, multi-generational transfers of business interests, and operating agreements for limited liability companies.
Mr. Gibbs has been recognized in the 2010 through 2016 and 2018 through 2021 editions of The Best Lawyers in America© (Trusts & Estates and Litigation-Trusts & Estates), has been selected to the 2011 through 2021 Ohio Super Lawyers© List, and the 2009 Super Lawyers Ohio Rising Stars List.
Contact:
p: 440.695.8039
f: 440.695.8098
AGibbs@WickensLaw.com

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1996 - Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., cum laude)
1991 - Fordham University (B.A., cum laude)
Lorain County Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
Estate Planning Council of Cleveland
National Association of Estate Planners & Councils
The Humanitarian Society of the United Way of Greater Cleveland (2008-Present)
Southern Cuyahoga United Way (Co-Chair, Humanitarian Section, 2008)
St. Ignatius Class Agent
The First Tee of Cleveland (Former Board Member and Committee Chair)
John Carroll University Entrepreneurs Association (Former Board Member and Committee Chair)
State of Ohio
State of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
U.S. Tax Court
Ohio State Bar Association Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law (2016)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© (2010-2016, 2018-2021)
Selected to the Ohio Super Lawyers© List (2011-2021)
Selected to the Super Lawyers Ohio Rising Stars List (2009)
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