Lawyer Profile

Email:
jmiclat@spiethbell.com

Phone:
216-535-1025

Position:
Associate

Admitted:
1997, Ohio
1998, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
2001,Massachusetts
2003, U.S. Tax Court
2003, U.S. District Court for Massachusetts

Law School:
Case Western Reserve
University School of Law
(J.D., 1997); Boston University School of Law (LL.M., Taxation 2002); University of Miami School of Law (LL.M., Estate Planning 2003)

College:
Boston College (B.A. 1994)

Member:
Cleveland Bar Association, Estate Planning Council of Cleveland, Ohio State Bar Association, and American Bar Association.

Joseph F. Miclat
 

Mr. Miclat focuses his practice on estate planning, transfer tax planning and business succession for closely held entities. He also represents individual clients and tax-exempt entities in charitable giving matters.

Mr. Miclat has implemented many estate planning techniques, ranging from marital deduction trusts to sophisticated planning involving family limited partnerships, limited liability companies, split-interest trusts and private foundations.

Mr. Miclat received his B.A. from Boston College (1994), a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law (1997), an LL.M. in Taxation from the Boston University School of Law (2002) and an LL.M. in Estate Planning from the University of Miami School of Law (2003). He is licensed to practice in Ohio (1997) and Massachusetts (2001), and is a member of the American, Cleveland, and Ohio Bar Associations.

He has given Continuing Legal Education presentations before the Cleveland Bar Association and the Society of Financial Service Professionals, and is a former adjunct faculty member at Anna Maria College, in Paxton, Massachusetts, where he taught an undergraduate course in probate and estate planning matters.

 

Practice Areas
Estate Planning and Personal   Tax