A Biography
of
Attorney Sean O'Bryan
Sean O'Bryan
Sean O'Bryan grew up in Lapeer
County. He graduated from Almont High School
in 1981. He
attended Central Michigan
University, where he was elected
student body president in 1985, and was an active member
of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
Sean attended law school at Texas Tech
University, where he received his
Doctorate in Jurisprudence in 1991, was a member of
the Texas Tech Law Review
and the
Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity for honors
students. He has also studied at several other colleges,
including Michigan State
University, the University of Detroit Law
School, the University of Windsor
(Canada), and
the University of
Texas.
Always an active student of the law, Sean O'Bryan studies
several hours each week, and spends many days each year
attending professional conferences, including the annual
Michigan Estate Planning Institute, to gain a better
understanding of complex estate planning issues, and to
stay on top of cutting edge planning options. Sean has
worked at the well known Dallas law firm of
Fanning, Harper &
Martinson, and the Texas Attorney General's
office before
coming back to Michigan, and beginning an estate
planning law practice.
Since beginning his practice in Michigan, Sean has
personally handled over 2500 separate legal matters for
more than a thousand local families. He has drafted over
1000 trust agreements, which will allow more than $500
million dollars to pass to families without probate.
In 2005, Sean was among the first attorneys in Michigan to
complete a certificate for advanced training in the
Probate and Estate Planning
Program sponsored by the Michigan
Bar Association and the Institute for Continuing Legal
Education. Most recently, Sean was
elected as a trustee of the Four County Community
Foundation, and was appointed to
the Davison Downtown Development
Authority. He is working actively for
the revitalization of Davison’s historic downtown.
Sean is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law
Attorneys, the Federalist
Society, the probate and real
property section of the American Bar
Association, and the probate and elder
law sections of the Michigan Bar
Association. He has been an officer in
the American Bar Association. He is admitted to practice
before all the courts in the State of Michigan as well
as the U.S. District Court for the Eastern
District of Michigan and the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of
Appeals.
Sean has written several articles on law technology and
elder law and estate planning issues that have appeared in
a variety of publications.
Sean and Aimee have two children, their son Caelán Patrick
O’Bryan and daughter Teagán Riley O’Bryan. For
some family pictures, click here. They reside at
Celtic Ridge, a small farm between
Davison and Lapeer where they raise Labrador Retrievers.
They are members of the Hunters Creek Club in Metamora, Michigan, and
they attend St. John the Evangelist
church in
Davison.
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