Don H. Twietmeyer (Ret.)

Don H. Twietmeyer (Ret.)

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Don practices in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, taxation of trusts, estates individuals and corporations, pension valuations and qualified domestic relations orders, and general business formation and development. He has earned his reputation as an exemplary attorney in all areas of his practice because of his extensive knowledge, individualized approach to client service, and collaborative work style.

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Don H. Twietmeyer (Ret.)

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Professional Excellence

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Trusts and Estates
Taxation
General Corporate
Pension Valuations
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders

Recipient of 2008 Raymond J. Pauley Award of the Center for Education of the Monroe County Bar Association
Trusts and Estates Section of The Best Lawyers in America since 2007
Estate Planning and Probate Section of New York Super Lawyers, Upstate Edition since 2007
Phi Beta Kappa
Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Honor Society in Economics)
Phi Eta Sigma (Freshman Honor Society)
National Honor Society
Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, and other Who’s Who publications

American Association of Attorneys-Certified Public Accountants, Inc.
American Bar Association (member of Tax Section)
Estate Planning Council of Rochester (former member of Executive Committee, former member and past Chair of Continuing Education Committee, and former member of Program Committee
Florida Bar (member of Out-of-State Practitioners Division, Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section and Tax Section)
Monroe County Bar Association (member and past Chair of Tax Section, member of Tax Institute Planning Committee, member of Trusts & Estates Section and member, past Secretary and past Chair of its Executive Council
New York State Bar Association (member of Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section, Tax Section and Trusts and Estates Law Section)
New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (former member of Relations with the Legal Community Committee)
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity International

“Rochester Rotary Club – A Century of Community Service”, written on behalf of, and published by, Rochester Rotary Club History Committee (2012)
“Best Practice Considerations for Trusts and Estates Practitioners in a Changing Environment” chapter in the book Strategies for Trusts and Estates in New York, an Inside the Minds™ series of Thomson Reuters (2011)
“Is Income from Business Entity Formations Worth It? . . . Issues Include the Unauthorized Practice of Law”, The CPA Journal (New York State Society of CPAs, June 2006)

Rochester Institute of Technology, M.B.A. in Accounting (1983)
University of Miami School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation (1980)
Albany Law School (Union University), J.D. (1979)
State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A. cum laude (1976)

Community Involvement and Civic Work:
American Bar Foundation: New York Fellow
Volunteer Legal Services Project: volunteer attorney
Rochester General Healthcare Services/Rochester General Hospital: former member of Board of Directors, Campaign Cabinet Advisory Committee and Investment Committee
Rochester General Hospital Foundation: member and past Chair of Board of Directors, member and past Chair of Nominating Committee, past member of Executive Committee, Planned Giving Committee, and Prospect Review Committee of Capital Campaign
Rochester Institute of Technology, member of Accounting Advisory Board
Rotary Club of Rochester: member and Treasurer of Board of Directors, member of History Committee and Program Committee, former member of Club Centennial Committee, Planned Giving Ad Hoc Committee and Rochester Rotary Golf Tournament Committee, former member and past Chair of World Community Service Committee and Rotary International Foundation Committee
Bethlehem Lutheran Church: former member and past President of Church Council, former member and past Chair of Missions & Social Concerns Committee, former member of Facilities Committee, Board of Deacons and Selection Committee, Usher and former lector

Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, Rochester, NY, Of Counsel and Partner, 1998 – 2012
Various Law Firms, 1982 – 1998
Davie, Kaplan & Braverman, P.C., CPA’s 1980-1982