John S. Seich

John S. Seich is a principal at McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., L.P.A. Mr. Seich specializes in tax law, estate planning, corporate law and health law. He focuses the majority of his practice on the minimization of income and estate taxes and regularly counsels his clients on wills and trusts, and estate, probate and trust administration. Mr. Seich has extensive experience in estate planning for closely-held business owners with the goal of minimizing estate taxes through the establishment of family limited partnerships, LLCs, trusts and GRATS or sales, and planning for the successful transfer of the family business to the next generation.

Mr. Seich is one of the first 11 attorneys in the State of Ohio to be distinguished as an Ohio State Bar Association Board Certified Specialist in Federal Taxation Law. He has handled complex estate and income tax matters, as well as appeals before the IRS and the U.S. Tax Court. Mr. Seich also drafted the winning brief in the tax case of O'Neill v. Commissioner, 994 F.2d (6th Cir. 1993).

Mr. Seich is a frequent guest lecturer and has spoken before the Cleveland Estate Planning Institute, the Estate Planning Council, Cleveland State University, KeyBank National Association, the Cleveland Bar Association and the Ohio Society of CPAs. In addition, his article on estate planning appeared in the January, 2002 Ohio CPA Journal.

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