Background
LoPrete, James Hugh was born on September 17, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of James Victor and Effie Hannah (Brown) LoP.
LoPrete, James Hugh was born on September 17, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of James Victor and Effie Hannah (Brown) LoP.
AB, University of Michigan, 1951; Juris Doctor with Distinction, University of Michigan, 1953.
Comerica Bank vs City of Adrian, 179 Mich A 712; 446 NW2d 553 (1989) In re Traub Estate 354 Mich 263; 92 Northwest 2d 480 (1958).Worked at Monaghan, LoPrete, McDonald, Yakima & Grenke, A Professional, Corporation (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) specializing in Corporate and Business Law, Estate Planning Law, Estate and Trust Administration Law, Taxation, Fiduciary Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1954, Michigan. Editor, Michigan Law Review, 1952-1953.
Instructor, Legal Writing, Wayne State University School of Law, 1957-1960.
Member, Supreme Court Subcommittee on Probate Court Standard Jury Instructions. Member: Oakland County and American [Member, Sections on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law.
(Litigation Committee). Taxation and Anti-Trust Sections] Bar Associations.
State Bar of Michigan (Chairman, Probate and Estate Planning Law Section, 1982-1983).
International Academy of Estate and Trust Law. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Member, Litigation Committee).
Trustee scholarship fund University Michigan Club of Detroit, 1961, president, since 1982. Trustee Samuel Westerman Foundation, since 1971, president, 1984. Trustee John R. and M. Margrite Davis Foundation.
President, director Louis and Nellie Sieg Fund., since 2000, Frank G. and Gertrude Dunlap Fund., since 2001. Fellow American College Trust and Estate Counsel (litigation committee since 1997, state chair 2006-2008), International Academy Estate and Trust Law. Member American Bar Association, Oakland County Bar Association, State Bar Michigan (chairman probate and estate planning section 1977), Detroit Athletic Club (director 1983-1988, secretary 1986-1988), Orchard Lake Country Club, University Michigan of Greater Detroit (president 1966).
Married Marion Ann Garrison, September 11, 1952. Children: James Scott, Kimberly Anne, Kent Garrison, Robert Drew.
