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 Mr.
McCreery concentrates his practice in the areas of
estate planning and general business law with a focus
on matters pertaining to privately owned businesses
and related family wealth management and planning issues.
Mr. McCreery has combined his legal career with “front
line” business experience and currently serves
as a director of several privately owned companies, one
with more than 1200 employees, as well as serving as an officer and board chairman of a land holding
company with extensive involvement in forest and natural
resource management. A significant portion of Mr. McCreery’s
experience includes legal issues in the context of
Canadian and American business relationships.
In the personal planning area, his experience includes
income, gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer
tax planning as well as the formation and administration
of trusts, limited liability companies, and partnerships
to achieve both tax and other planning objectives such
as business succession and wealth preservation.
His education includes a B.S. in Accounting, and an M.B.A.
He received his law degree (cum laude) from Case Western
Reserve University in 1986 and practiced law with Squire,
Sanders and Dempsey and, later, with Young & Dietsch
before joining Spieth, Bell. Mr. McCreery is committed
to the role and concept of legal counselor. In building
and maintaining each advisory relationship, he seeks
a thorough understanding of the client’s concerns
and goals to provide legal, business and practical advice
to address both immediate issues and long term objectives.
Mr. McCreery is a member of the American, Ohio State
and Cleveland Bar Associations. |
