Karl Schettenhelm, Jr., Shareholder

Phone: 248.205.2740
Office: Bloomfield Hills
Email: kschettenhelm@stroblpc.com

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Background/Education

Mr. Schettenhelm is a Michigan native who makes his home in Rochester Hills, Michigan. He earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Michigan and is a 1976 graduate of the University of Detroit School of Law. He also holds a master's degree in taxation from Wayne State University.

He has been a frequent lecturer for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education as well as for the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants. He has an AV Best Rating by his peers as published by Martindale and Hubbell.

Expertise

Mr. Schettenhelm has served as an adjunct faculty in the Masters of Taxation program at Walsh College, teaching courses in Business Valuation as well as Tax Exempt Organizations and Charitable Giving. He has also served as an instructor in a combined program sponsored by the University of Michigan and Wayne State University leading to a "Certified Employee Benefit Specialist" designation. He has engineered and advised in the creation of and succession planning in numerous employee benefit issues, including the establishment of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) that is now in its fourth generation of succession planning. He has designed business exit strategies that have led to wealth preservation and charitable funding in business sales and he has participated in numerous IRS Rulings, including the first ever-ruling involving exit strategies for qualified plans and trusts under the Pension Protection Act.

Memberships/Associations

Member, University of Michigan Medical School MomentUM Committee, 1992-1997.
Member, University of Michigan Dental School Volunteer Leadership Convocations, 2001 to present.
Trustee, Walsh College Foundation.
Past co-chair, Walsh College Council on Planned Giving.
Mr. Schettenhelm is a member of the Michigan, American, Oakland County and Federal Bar Associations.