Susan L. Kreis

Kreis@HillDevendorf.com

Areas of Practice: Health Law, Employee Benefits,
Estate Planning, Corporate Law

Ms. Kreis was born in Detroit, Michigan. She earned a B.S. in nursing from the University of Michigan in 1969 and later turned her attention to the practice of law, earning a J.D. from Wayne State University in 1988, graduating summa cum laude. She was admitted to the Michigan Bar in 1989, including all courts of the State of Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan.

Ms. Kreis concentrates her practice in the areas of health law, employee benefits, estate planning and corporate law. She represents health care providers and medical practices both in the community and other counties in Michigan. Ms. Kreis provides counsel for the ever increasing amount of regulations governing the provision of and reimbursement for medical services. She provides counsel for the full spectrum of corporate governance and employment related issues involved in running a medical practice.

Ms. Kreis also devotes a substantial amount of her practice to helping individuals with estate planning. Because of her background in employee benefits, she is able to help clients with specific retirement planning related to distributions of IRAs and qualified plans. She advises clients on the use of various techniques to minimize estate taxes and handles the preparation of estate tax returns following death.

In the employee benefits area, Ms. Kreis assists employers in designing and administering appropriate plans, including pension, profit sharing, 401(k), employee stock ownership plans and nonqualified deferred compensation plans. She counsels clients regarding ERISA compliance and reporting issues for all types of plans.

Ms. Kreis has lived in Port Huron for more than 25 years and been active in a variety of community services. In law school, she served as the Survey Editor of the Wayne Law Review and is a member of the Wayne State Chapter of the Order of the Coif.

Ms. Kreis is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the National Health Lawyers Association, the Port Huron Area Estate Planning Council, and the St. Clair County Bar Association, where she serves on its Board of Directors.