Millonig Michael

Michael Millonig, LLC is a law firm based in Dayton, Ohio, serving clients in and around Centerville, Kettering, Miamisburg, Bellbrook, Spring Valley, Franklin, Dayton, Alpha, Montgomery County, Greene and Warren County. The firm focuses on elder law and provides a wide range of legal services, including estate planning, asset protection, long-term care planning, probate and trust administration, business representation, and tax services.

The firm's principal, Michael J. Millonig, has been practicing law since 1981 and has extensive experience in elder law and estate planning. He is certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation, a designation held by fewer than 1,000 attorneys nationwide, and is an Ohio State Bar Association Board Certified Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Specialist. He is also listed in Best Lawyers in America: Elder Law.

Estate Planning

Estate planning is the process of arranging for the disposition of an individual's assets after death, while minimizing taxes and administrative expenses. The firm's estate planning services include the preparation of wills, trusts, revocable living trusts, estate planning to avoid probate, A-B trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, dynasty trusts, family limited partnerships (FLP), special needs trusts (SNT), durable powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney, and living wills. The firm also provides advanced estate tax planning for estates over five million dollars, business succession planning, and gift tax returns.

Asset Protection

Asset protection is the process of protecting assets from the risks of future lawsuits, government expropriation, and other threats. The firm's asset protection services include family limited partnerships (FLP), limited liability companies (LLC), state law exemptions for assets, offshore trusts, foreign asset protection trusts, and domestic asset protection trusts (Ohio, Alaska, Delaware, Nevada, Rhode Island, Utah, South Dakota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wyoming, and New Hampshire trusts).

Probate and Trust Administration

The firm provides probate and trust administration services, including probate administration of decedent's estates, estate tax return preparation, guardianship and accounts of trustees, and representation of trustees upon the death of the grantor of the trust.

Business Representation

The firm provides a wide range of legal services for the needs of business owners, including business formation (incorporation, partnership agreements, limited liability co. (LLC)), purchase and sale of a business, contracts, employment law, and general legal advice on business matters.

Tax Services

The firm provides income tax planning and advice incident to any business transaction, representation before the IRS in audits and tax litigation, and other advice in the areas of individual, estate, gift, corporate and partnership tax law.

Education and Admissions

Michael J. Millonig received his J.D. from Ohio State University in 1981 and his B.S. in Accounting from the University of Kentucky in 1978. He is admitted to practice in Ohio, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, the United States Tax Court, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.