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Danielle B. Mayoras

Partner and Director of Education, CPG
dmayoras@brmmlaw.com
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Phone: 248-641-7070
 Fax: 248-641-7073

1301 West Long Lake Rd
Suite 340
Troy, Michigan 48098

Danielle B. Mayoras is a shareholder of the law firm Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras. In 2001, she helped found three special divisions of the firm: The Center for Elder Law, The Center for Special Needs Planning and The Center for Probate Litigation. She also serves as the Director of Community Education.

Education

Juris Doctor, University of Michigan Law School

Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of Michigan
With High Distinction

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc and listed in the Academy's Experience Registry.
Listed in the Academy’s Experience Registry

National Academy of Special Needs Planners.

Senior Coordinating Aging Network (SCAN) of Oakland County
Former Board Member

Smart Women's Coaching and Designated Daughter
Advisory Board Member & Contributing Expert

The Michigan Dementia Coalition

National Council on Aging
Member Since: 2009

National Association of Professional Gerontologists
Member Since: 2009
Credentialed Professional Gerontologist

Partner of Working Caregiver Initiative

Appointed to the Institute of Gerontolgy's Elder Law and Finance Committee

Brief Compilation of Publications and Quotations

  • Quoted in ABCNews.com, “Dennis Hopper Funeral Today; Estate Battle Looms,” June 2010
  • Authored “Celebrity Death and Divorce Train Wrecks,” Forbes, June 2010
  • Co-author of Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights! 2009
  • Quoted in The Detroit Free Press, “Celebrity estate fights can offer lessons for us,” May 2010
  • Quoted in the feature of Insurance NewsNet Magazine, “The Lessons of Famously Bad Estate Planning,” May 2010
  • Featured in The Detroit Free Press’s “Names & Faces,” May 2010
  • Quoted in Senior Living Magazine (Detroit Free Press), “Estate Planning 101,” April 2010
  • Quoted in The Sacramento Bee, “Personal Finance: Estate Planning Prevents Family Feud,” April 2010
  • Quoted in Kiplinger, “Cut the lawyer out of your will?,” April 2010
  • Quoted in Los Angeles Times, “Time to prepare your will. Changes in tax rules for this year and next make estate planning tricky – and crucial,” March 2010
  • American Bankers Journal conducts book review on Trial & Heirs February 2010
  • Quoted in Motion Magazine, “Conversation Starter: New book offers lessons from estates on fallen stars” February 2010
  • Authored “Get Them Jamming on Estate Planning,” Forbes, February 2010
  • The Huffington Post, “Whitney Houston Leaves Stepmom in The Cold: Excerpt from ‘Trial & Heirs,’” January 2010
  • Quoted in The Detroit Free Press, “Plundered by her own children? Feud rages over estate. It’s a she said, on wealth, elderly mom’s missing money,” January 2010
  • Minding our Elders conducts book review “Trial & Heirs: How Famous Fortune Fights Affect the Rest of Us,” December 2009
  • The Washington Post conducts book review on “‘Trial & Heirs,’ The rich and the dead,” December 2009 – this article was posted by numerous other publications
  • Forbes.com conducts book review on Trial & Heirs, “Estate Mistakes: Where Heath Ledger and Princess Di Went Wrong,” January 2010
  • WowOWow, “The 6 Most Controversial Celebrity Wills: Michael Jackson, Leona Helmsley, Princess Di and More, January 2010
  • Exceptional Parent, “Planning Strategies for Individuals with Special Needs from Mid-life and Beyond,” November issue 2008
  • Crain's Detroit Business, “Solving the Retirement Home Puzzle” 2008
  • Contributing author of Michigan Contract Law 1998 through present published by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education
  • Profiled in the Detroit Free Press, as well as the Detroit News in December of 2006

Radio/Television Appearances

  • Interviewed on CBS Radio -1270 AM WXYT, May 2010
  • Interviewed on “Real Wealth Radio,” May 2010
  • Appeared on Fox 2 News Detroit, April, 2010
  • Interviewed on 970 AM The Apple (New York City), January 2010
  • Appeared on the Rachael Ray Show, December 2009
  • Appeared on WGN – Chicago, December, 2009
  • Appeared on Forbes.com, November 2009
  • Channel 4 (WDIV) interview by business editor Rod Meloni, 2007
  • Guest attorney on Channel 4 (WDIV)’s television show Due Process
  • Guest on the Dick Purtan show and “Metro Magazine” with Ron T. on WOMC (104.3 FM) and guest on 950 AM’s “Ask the Attorney”

Brief Selection of Consulting, Training and Educational Workshops

  • Presented at State Farm Agent University in Illinois, 2010
  • Presented at Area Agency on Aging Regional Conference, 2010
  • Keynote speaker for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney’s Platinum Client Event, 2010
  • Keynote speaker for Merrill Lynch client appreciation event, 2010
  • Conducted Midwest Quarterly Training for State Farm in Illinois, 2008
  • Keynote speaker at Michigan Guardianship Conference October, 2008
  • Smith Barney’s Investor University, 2007
  • Michigan Directors of Services to the Aging October, 2008