Matthew S. Fedor

Matt Fedor focuses his practice on helping business owners, individuals, and families in business law, estate planning, probate, trust and estate administration, elder law, and litigation in these areas. This combination of practice areas allows him to counsel clients on wealth strategies for their business and personal assets as well as create various limited liability companies and ancillary trusts for this purpose.

Matt has extensive and wide-ranging experience in business and corporate law, acting as general counsel for many clients. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, commercial contract negotiations, complex corporate transactions, corporate governance matters, banking and finance agreements, shareholder agreements, joint ventures, and vendor agreements. Matt advises employers on how to best approach employee related matters such as discipline, hiring and firing, as well as severance agreements.

His practice covers a broad range of business clients handling complex business transactions between privately held companies, private equity firms, investors, and financial institutions. Matt has represented clients in a wide variety of industries including automotive, heath care, environmental, insurance, SaaS, and information technology and network solutions. He provides strategic planning for clients, advises boards of directors and committees, and acts as their in-house counsel and trusted advisor.

Matt has a unique perspective due to his experience in representing both families and business owners and can counsel clients regarding protecting their assets and planning for the transfer of those assets to the next generation. Matt advises business clients in various aspects of the business cycle from choice of entity at start up, buy-sell agreements, real estate transactions, contract review and negotiation, acquisitions, through the eventual sale or dissolution.

Matt has served in various capacities on behalf of clients including corporate officer, board member, trustee, and general legal counsel, and is able to bring this perspective in counseling clients to achieve their goals.

Elder law and the areas related to an aging population are becoming more important in the way Matt counsels individual clients. Estate planning is an important and vital part of that process and Matt takes the time to gather the personal information and histories of clients, recommending a plan that can include tax planning, asset protection, Medicaid planning, guardianships and conservatorships, specifically tailored to clients’ needs. Matt is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA).

Matt is a frequent speaker on various topics related to his practice and is a Probate and Estate Planning Certificate recipient from the Institute of Continuing Legal Education. He earned his law degree, Cum Laude, from Michigan State University College of Law with a concentration in taxation, and his Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University. He also attended Father Gabriel Richard High School in Ann Arbor.

Michigan Lawyers Weekly, "Go-To Lawyer" in Business Transactions, 2024

• Represented business owner in buyout of a joint venture partner.
• Represented business in obtaining a credit facility in excess of $100M.
• Represented business owner in acquisition of a competitor with the resulting entity having a $180M enterprise value.
• Represented business owner in sale to a multi-national foreign-owned competitor with an acquisition value of over $60M.
• Won an arbitration involving a business partner break up claiming over a million dollars in damages with the result of zero damages.
• Represented business owners in sale of business to multi-million dollar insurance agency.
• Corporate counsel for a facilities management company operating in all 50 states.
• Corporate Counsel for a Federally Qualified Healthcare Center
• Defended the Trustee of a deceased business owner’s estate in administering a multi-million dollar trust against multiple lawsuits from family members.
• Created family LLC to hold family cottage with specific provisions providing for details of maintenance, expense sharing, and use schedules.

Legal Affiliations:

• State Bar of Michigan
  • Member, Client Protection Fund Committee
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)
• Michigan State Bar Foundation
  • Fellow
• Veterans Administration (VA) Accredited, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Indiana University Alumni Association

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Community Involvement:

• MSU College of Law Alumni Board
  • Member - 2003-2009; President - 2008-2009
• Michigan State University
  • Presidents Club
• Birmingham Little League
  • Coach and Sponsor
• Holy Name Catholic Youth Organization
  • Volunteer
• Project 2
  • Board Member