Miller Canfield attorney elected chair of MACPA board
The Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA), has announced that Gregory A. Nowak, CPA, JD, has been elected as the chair of its board for 2010-2011 year.
Nowak is a principal in the Detroit office of the international law firm of Miller Canfield. One of Michigan’s leading experts on state and local tax issues, he focuses his practice on structural tax planning and state tax issues. He has represented major companies on multistate tax issues and recently served as a technical advisor to the House Taxation Committee in connection with drafting the Michigan Business Tax legislation.
In addition to his current and past board positions with the MACPA, Nowak is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA); the State Bar of Michigan – Tax Section, where he is the former chair of the State and Local Tax Committee; and the American Bar Association Taxation Section. He also is the chairman of the Detroit Regional Chamber Tax Committee and an advisor to the Michigan legislature on tax policy issues.
In 2008, he received the Thomas Hoatlin Award from the MACPA. A year later, the organization presented him with a special recognition award for his contribution in the area of state and local taxation.
He also received the Detroit Regional Chamber Volunteer of the Year Award in 2007.
A resident of Oakland Township, Mich., Nowak received his Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Michigan State University and his Juris Doctor from Wayne State University Law School.
New law firm opens in Bloomfield Hills
Dalton Tomich & Pensler, PLC, a law firm specializing in providing guidance to leading businesses, religious organizations and financial institutions across the nation in the areas of complex litigation, general counsel and land use matters has opened its doors at 41000 Woodward Avenue, Suite 345, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304.
Founding partners Daniel P. Dalton, Zana Tomich and Pauline J. Pensler will focus their practice on land use and zoning, commercial real estate; business and corporate planning; employment; commercial litigation; municipal and non-profit law.
In the area of RLUIPA (religious land use) law, firm principals have been involved in landmark cases nationwide and recently authored a chapter in the West 2010 Zoning and Planning Law Handbook as well as a chapter in the recently published book, “RLUIPA Reader: Religious Uses, Zoning and the Courts.”
All three founding partners were previously attorneys with Tomkiw Dalton in Royal Oak.
Holiday Hours
The Wayne County Probate Court will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 6 and will reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 8 a.m.
The Wayne County Clerk’s Office will be closed Monday Sept. 6 in observance of Labor Day.
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