

Louis B. Geneva, Esq. **RETIRED**
Of Counsel
Lou is a Tax Consultant with emphasis on business succession, estate planning, and probate law. He has more than 40 years of tax consulting experience, working with a wide variety of clients. He has litigated tax cases before the Tax Court, the Northern Ohio Federal District Court, and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Background:
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Awarded Emeritus status at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University where he taught taxation courses for 30 years
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Former instructor in the Graduate Tax Program at New York University School of Law
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Ohio Super Lawyers, 2008 - Present
Memberships & Associations:
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Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
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Director and President, Community Fund Management Foundation
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Director and former Board President, Thea Bowman Center
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Director and Treasurer, William H. Thomas Foundation
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Director and President, George Strickland Scholarship Fund
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Director and Treasurer, Beacon Street
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American Bar Association, Section of Taxation and Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law
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Ohio Bar Association
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Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Section; Estate Planning Institute Curriculum Committee (former Chair and current member)
Presentations:
Lou speaks extensively on topics of interest in the Estate Tax area:
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Family Limited Partnerships
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Estate Planning for Closely Held Businesses
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Succession Planning
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Installment Sales, GRATs, QPRTs and Sales to Grantor Trusts
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Generation Skipping Tax Planning
Education:
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New York University, LL.M. (advanced degree in Taxation), 1974
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Suffolk University College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1973
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Miami University, B.A., with honors, 1969