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Business Succession Planning

DuPlain Law provides specialized expertise in helping you transfer the success you have built to future generations.  Our process-driven approach will provide the lasting blueprint needed to sustain your company for years to come.  This approach will also give the current organization some additional tools to continue to grow while you remain actively involved.

DuPlain Law is a long-term partner that understands every business is unique; our succession planning approach recognizes the importance of tailoring the process to meet the owner’s specific financial needs and wishes, from both a personal and business perspective. We have the capabilities to help you achieve your long-term goals for the company by providing direct advising and the ability to connect you with trusted subject matter experts.

DuPlain Law stands apart from other firms with its approach to building a customized plan for succession based on our ability to provide the technical aspects of corporate restructuring and succession. Part of this customized approach to succession planning means tapping into DuPlain’s broad spectrum of capabilities and expertise as needed throughout the process. We work closely with our clients to develop plans to minimize estate taxes upon their death while passing the business on to the next generation. We achieve these goals through various techniques, whether through lifetime gifting or designing a plan for implementation upon death. Our business planning services include counseling clients in structuring new business entities that offer business succession planning and asset protection advantages.

Attorney Profile

David R. DuPlain

Education

J.D., The University of Akron School of Law
MTax, The University of Akron College of Business Administration
B.S., Kent State University

Before opening DuPlain Law, David amassed more than 12 years’ experience as a legal accountant working in the area of estate planning and administration.  Along with handling standard estate and trust matters, David can counsel clients on:

  • gift and estate taxation
  • generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax
  • lifetime transfer planning
  • charitable endowment planning

Additionally, David can advise business owners on:

  • maintaining proper corporate record books
  • business succession planning and recapitalization

David is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association.

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