Paul G. Wakefield, Esq. is the owner of Wakefield Law, PC.

Paul graduated with distinction from Walsh College where he studied finance with the intent to become a Certified Financial Planner. To gain experience, he worked as a financial paraplanner during his last two years of college and became interested in becoming an estate planning attorney. Paul graduated Cum Laude from the Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University Law School) within the school’s tax curriculum. He was the founder and president of the DCL Tax and Estate Planning Society and a co-founder of the law school’s first Tax Moot Court team. After law school, Paul spent twelve years working as an estate planning attorney for a large Michigan law firm before leaving to start his own firm in 2004.

Paul has been an estate planning attorney for over 30 years now and is licensed to practice in both Michigan and Florida. Over his career, he has drafted thousands of estate plans and has performed hundreds of presentations on estate planning topics. Paul has made several guest appearances on various radio, television and cable programs in the Detroit metropolitan area. He also served as a speaker for numerous training meetings with some of the largest brokerage firms, insurance companies and accounting firms in the area.

Paul is married and has three adult children. He splits his time between his home in Oakland County and his home on Torch Lake in northern Michigan. Paul has numerous hobbies which include mountain biking, off-road motorcycles, boating, hunting and land management for wildlife.

Areas of Practice

• Estate Planning
• Business Planning
• Irrevocable Trusts
• Wills
• Trusts
• Powers of Attorney
• Deeds
• Tax Planning
• Trust Administration
• Probate
• Elder Law

Education

• Central Michigan University 
• Walsh College
• Detroit College of Law
  • Founder and President of Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State College of Law) Tax and Estate Planning Society
  • Co-founder of Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State College of Law) Tax Moot Court team

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of Michigan, 1994
• State Bar of Florida, 1996

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Michigan, Member
• Institute of Continued Legal Education, Member
• State Bar of Florida, Member
• State Bar of Michigan, Probate and Estate Planning Section, Member
• State Bar of Michigan, Tax Section, Member
• State Bar of Michigan, Elder Law and Disability Rights Section, Member
• Probate & Estate Planning Institute, 64th Annual, Attendee
• Estate and Distribution Planning for Retirement Benefits, Attendee
• Drafting Estate Planning Documents, Attendee
• Advising Elderly Clients and Those With Disabilities, Attendee

Seminars and Achievements

• Estate Planning Seminar, Michigan State University, 2025
• Estate Planning Seminar, Detroit Golf Club, 2025 
• Your Money Matters, Click on Detroit, Speaker, Various Times
• Money Wise, Radio AM 1400 “The Patriot”, Speaker, Various Times
• Estate and Financial Planning Seminar, Large Financial Planning Firm, 2021
• Estate Planning Red Flags, Large Investment Firm, 2021
• Lunch & Learn regarding Estate Planning, Wealth Management Firm, 2019
• Estate Planning Seminar, Sheffield Plaza, 2019
• Differences Between Wills, Trusts and Estates, Skyline Club, 2019
• Issues with Dealing with Blended Families, Large Insurance Firm, 2017
• Lunch and Learn, Basics of Estate Planning, 2017
• Important Estate Planning Topics, Del Webb, 2016
• Estate Planning and Common Mistakes, Lutheran Church, 2016
• Wills, Trusts, Asset titling…Who Needs to Deal with This?, Rochester, 2016
• Basic Estate Planning and Retirement Plan Beneficiary Designations, Large Investment Firm, 2016
• Common Estate & Retirement Planning Mistakes – What Every Investor Needs To Know, Oakland University, 2016
• Common Estate and Succession Planning Issues to Look for When Dealing with Business Owners, Large Financial Planning Firm, 2016
• Common Estate Planning Issues to Look for When Working with a Prospect or Client, Large Insurance Firm, 2016
• Asset Protection Seminar, 2015
• Estate Planning Seminar, 2014
• And many more!