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Michigan Asset Protection Law Firm

Shield Your Legacy with Strategic Asset Protection

At Rutkowski Law Firm, we help Michigan families protect what matters most—their homes, savings, and businesses—through customized, forward-thinking asset protection planning.

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Protect What You've Worked Hard to Build

Comprehensive Asset Protection in Michigan

Asset protection planning helps shield your wealth from unexpected threats like lawsuits, creditors, and long-term care costs. We design proactive strategies tailored to your unique situation—so you can move forward with peace of mind.
Protect Against Lawsuits and Creditors
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Set up legal structures to shield your assets from potential lawsuits or creditor claims.
Minimize Long-Term Care Risks
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Protect your wealth from being spent down on nursing home or assisted living costs.
Safeguard Family Businesses and Real Estate
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Ensure your business, rental properties, or family cabin stays in the family, protected from external threats.
Proactive, Customized Strategies
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Every plan we build is tailored to your assets, your goals, and your family’s future.
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Estate Planning and Asset Protection

Understanding the key differences between estate planning and asset protection and why they're better together helps you secure your legacy and shield your wealth.

Asset Protection

  • Irrevocable Trusts
  • Long-Term Care Planning
  • Probate Avoidance
  • Lady Bird Deed
  • Business Succession Plan
  • Life Insurance

Estate Planning

  • Business Succession Plan
  • Life Insurance
  • Last Will and Testament
  • Revocable Living Trust
  • Living Will
  • Beneficiary Designations
  • Durable Power of Attorney (POA)
  • Healthcare Power of Attorney
  • Guardianship Designations
  • Letter of Intent
  • HIPAA Authorization
  • Gifting Strategies
  • Estate Tax Planning
  • Funeral Arrangements
  • Digital Estate Planning
  • Special Needs Planning

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Our Process for Protecting Your Assets

We guide you from first call to full protection—ensuring your plan is effective, legally sound, and built around your goals.

Discovery Consultation

  • Understand your financial landscape and concerns
  • Identify risks to your home, savings, and business
  • Begin designing a custom protection strategy

Strategic Planning and Implementation

  • We create trusts, LLCs, and other tools as needed
  • Coordinate asset transfers and legal filings

Ongoing Support and Guidance

  • Periodic reviews to adjust protection plans if laws or life circumstances change
  • Always a trusted advisor in your corner

Estate Planning Guide

Estate Planning is an essential process that will protect your assets and ensure you’re your estate is distributed according to your wishes after your death.

Many people make mistakes when creating their estate plan, which can lead to unnecessary stress, confusion, and costly legal battles for their loved ones. Below, our estate planning team put together the top 10 and most common mistakes we see in estate planning.

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Common Questions About Asset Protection

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Meet Your Leadership Team

Whether you need a will, trust, asset protection plan or are in need of medicaid crisis planning, our team is here to help! We are dedicated to providing you with the best legal representation possible. Call us today to book your consultation.

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With offices in Rochester and Bloomfield Hills, we’re proud to serve families throughout Michigan. Prefer virtual? We offer video consultations for estate planning, so you can plan from the comfort of home.

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“Their whole team was amazing to work with! The attorneys were very knowledgeable and made it easy to understand. We chose virtual planning process option because it was so much more convenient with my work schedule but they offered to meet in person too of we didn't do zoom. Highly Recommended!”

Whitney Ollila