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Richard H. Harris, III Partner
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- Biography
Richard is Co-Chair of the Trusts and Estates Practice Group. He has significant experience counseling clients in the areas of business succession planning, trust and estate administration, estate planning and charitable gift planning. Richard’s practice includes Medicaid planning for the elderly and estate planning for individuals with disabilities. He has represented numerous fiduciaries in the probate administration of estates and in trust administration matters. Richard is an experienced preparer of estate and gift tax returns and fiduciary income tax returns. He has also been involved in probate litigation matters involving the construction of wills and/or trust documents, contested guardianships, and will contest actions.
Richard is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated through Martindale-Hubbell and a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
- Professional & Civic Activities
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow
- Ohio State Bar Association, Member
- Ohio State Bar Association, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section Council
- Akron Bar Association, Probate Section and Akron Tax and Estate Planning Council, Former President
- Greater Akron Musical Association (Akron Symphony), Advisory Trustee, Foundation Board
- Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust, Trust Advisor
- Akron General Development Foundation, Former President
- Albrecht, Incorporated, Board of Directors
- Akron Art Museum, Member, Board of Directors and Treasurer
- Summa Health Care System, Home Health and Hospice , Professional Advisory Board Member
- Richard is a frequent author and speaker on estate planning and probate topics
- Articles & Presentations
- “Ohio Law Compliance - Signing Documents in the Midst of the Current Pandemic,” Co-Authors Lori R. Kilpeck and Julie E. Firestone, Estate, Succession Planning and Probate Administration, Brouse McDowell Client Alert (March 24, 2020)
- "Estate plans should be updated regularly," Cleveland Jewish News (March 15, 2019)
- "Client Alert: New Bright-Line Test For Ohio Income Tax Purposes," Brouse McDowell Client Advisory (November 2018)
- "2017 Tax Act: What you Need to Know and Do" Speaker, Brouse McDowell Seminar, Akron, Ohio (June 21, 2018)
- "New Ohio Asset Protection Statute," MD News (May/June 2013)
- "New Trust Law Can Shield Against Creditors," Speaker, Brouse McDowell's Asset Protection Seminar, Akron, Ohio (April 25, 2013)
- "Asset Protection - How a New Ohio Law Will Provide a Shield Against Creditors," Smart Business News (March 2013)
- "Ohio Legislative Update," Presenter, 2010 Ohio ACTEC Meeting (2010)
- “Key Provisions of the Ohio Trust Code from the Attorney’s Perspective,” Probate Law Journal of Ohio
- “The Ohio Trust Code: The Estate Planner’s Perspective,” Presenter, OSBA Pliskin Institute
- Distinctions
- Ohio Super Lawyers® through a peer- and achievement-based review conducted by the research team at Super Lawyers, a service of Thomson Reuters legal division — 2007-2023
- The Best Lawyers in America© through a peer-review survey as listed in the Trusts and Estates section — 2006-2024
- Named Best Lawyers® Trusts & Estates Law "Lawyer of the Year" in Akron — 2015 & 2017
- Top Rated Lawyer in General Practice, and Trusts and Estates by Cleveland’s Legal Leaders™ — 2013
