Thomas Pillari

Thomas Pillari

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Education: United States Air Force Academy (B.S., 1969); University of Chicago (J.D., 1972); University of Miami (LL.M. Estate Planning, 1990).

Bar Admissions: 1973, Ohio; 1982, Florida.

Certification: Certified Specialist In Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law by the Ohio State Supreme Court (effective January 1, 2003).

Member: Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; Lorain County, Cleveland Metropolitan (Member, Estate Planning Council), Ohio State (Member, Board of Governors for Estate Planning Trusts and Probate Law Section), American and The Florida Bar Associations. [Captain, JAG, U.S. Air Force, (1969-1978)].

Instructor: Assistant Professor, Department of Law, United States Air Force Academy (1976-1978); Estate and Gift Taxation, Cleveland-Marshall School of Law (1981-1982).

Lecturer: Ohio Society of Certified Public Accounts; Cleveland State University/Internal Revenue Service Conference on Wealth Transfer Tax; Ohio Judicial College (1999 Probate Judges Seminar); Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Annual Conference on Estate Planning; North Ohio Planned Giving Council; and various CPA and civic organizations.

Areas of Practice: Probate, Estate Planning, Probate Litigation, Wills and Trust Planning, Business Succession Planning