Shaheen I. Imami is the managing Member of Imami Law, PLLC, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mr. Imami practices solely in the trusts and estates area and assists clients with: estate planning; trust, estate, and incapacity administration; and trust, estate, and fiduciary litigation. Having significant experience in each of these areas allows him to provide better, and more practical, advice to his clients. He primarily serves clients in Tennessee and Michigan, but with colleagues can assist clients throughout the United States.
Mr. Imami holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Michigan State University. He earned his law degree from Georgia State University College of Law and has been licensed to practice law since 1995 in Michigan and since 2022 in Tennessee. He is admitted before all Tennessee and Michigan state courts and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and is certified as a Michigan civil mediator through the Institute of Continuing Legal Education.
Mr. Imami was elected a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) in 2013. He is an active member of the Fiduciary Administration Committee and the Business Planning Committee. Previously, he was a member of Fiduciary Practice and Fiduciary Litigation Committees, as well as the State Chair for Michigan. Additionally, Mr. Imami also served as the past chair of the Executive Committee and as a council member for the Probate and Estate Planning Section.
Over the course of his career, Mr. Imami has authored numerous articles and publications. He has also lectured at various continuing legal education events and conferences, including several ACTEC national meetings, and is a regular participant in the Cambridge Forums on Private Wealth Litigation and Private Wealth Law.
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Business Law
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Trust, Estate, & Probate Administration
- Trust, Estate, & Fiduciary Litigation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Michigan
- State Bar of Michigan
- ID Number: P54128
- Tennessee
- Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
- ID Number: 040047
- Georgia State University College of Law
- J.D. (1995)
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- Michigan State University
- B.A. (1991) | Accounting
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- State Bar of Tennessee  # 040047
- Member
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- State Bar of Michigan  # P54128
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- Breach of Fiduciary Duties, Michigan Probate Litigation – A Guide to Contested Matters
- Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- Revocable Grantor Trusts & the Taxable Estate, Michigan Revocable Grantor Trusts, 2nd Ed.
- Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- Revocable Grantor Trusts & the Taxable Estate, Michigan Revocable Grantor Trusts, 2nd Ed.
- Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- Trustee Duties & Liabilities, Trust Administration in Michigan, 2nd Ed
- Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- Completing the Federal Fiduciary Income Tax Forms of the Deceased
- Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- Preparing for Evidentiary Hearings and Discovery of Medical, Health, and Pharmacy Records, 48th Annual Probate and Estate Planning Institute
- Malpractice Traps for the Unwary Estate Planner, 48th Annual Probate and Estate Planning Institute
- Fundamentals of Estate Administration – Claims Against the Estate & the Personal Representative’s Role in Litigation
- Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- Administration of Trusts Under the Michigan Trust Code – Judicial Proceedings During Trust Administration
- Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- Website
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