Current Employment Position(s)

Partner, since 1983

Year Joined Organization: 1974

Lawyer Overview

Mark McGowan has been a partner at Plunkett Cooney since 1983 and has been engaged in the practice of business law since joining the firm in 1974. A member of the firm’s Real Estate & Transactional Practice Group, he has experience in virtually all aspects of corporate, financial, securities, tax and commercial transactional matters, as well as experience representing parties in complex business disputes.

Areas of Practice

• Business Enterprises Law
• e-Business & Internet Law
• International Law
• Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 1974
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1974

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
• Oakland County Bar Association
• State Bar of Michigan (Real Property Law Section)
• State Bar of Michigan (Taxation Section)
• State Bar of Michigan (Corporate Finance & Business Law Section)
• State Bar of Michigan, 1985 - 1987 (Chairperson, Partnership Taxation Committee)
• State Bar of Michigan, 1987 - 1990 (Tax Council)
• American Bar Association
• Computer Law Association
• University of Notre Dame Alumni Club of Detroit, 2007 - 2008 (Director and President-Elect)
• University of Detroit Alumni Club

Honors and Awards

• Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating-AV

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, Tax and Business Law, Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education
• Lecturer, Tax and Business Law, University of Detroit School of Law
• Lecturer, Tax and Business Law, International Association of Financial Planners
• Lecturer and Author, “Acquisition Agreements: Key Issues, Shortcuts and Important Strategies”, Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, 2006 - Present
• “Business Acquisition Overview from the Controller’s Perspective”, Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, 2005 - Present
• “Sale, Marketing and Negotiation Issues in Acquisitions”, Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, 2005 - Present
• “Key Negotiating Issues for Buyer and Sellers”, Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, 2004 - Present
• “Drafting Business Partnerships”, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2003 - Present
• “Architecture of Selected Transactional Documents”, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2002 - Present
• Speaker, “Fiduciary Duties of Officers”, 2000 - Present
• “The Real Estate Attorney’s Role in a Business Acquisition”, State Bar of Michigan, Real Property Law Section, 2000 - Present
• “Michigan Partnership Agreements”, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1996 - Present
• “Formation and Dissolution of Michigan Partnerships”, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1992 - Present
• “Future Issue in Taxation”, CPA-Attorney Conference, 1990 - Present
• Chairperson and moderator at Summer Tax Conference, State Bar of Michigan, Taxation Section, 1989 - Present
• “State of the Law 1988: Recent Developments in Taxation”, State Bar of Michigan Annual Meeting, Taxation Section, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1988 - Present
• “Dissolution and Termination of Partnerships”, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1987 - Present
• “Tax Shelters and Passive Losses”, University of Detroit School of Law, 1986 - Present
• “Tax Advantaged Equipment Leasing”, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1985 - Present
• Commentator, “Coping with the New Passive Loss Regulations: Pitfalls and Strategies”, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1985 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

• Catholic Lawyers Association
• Prince of Peace Parish, Member of Parish Council (2 terms) and past Council Chairperson

Education

• University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit, Michigan, 1974
  J.D.
• University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1971
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude

Published Works

• Letter of Intent - a 'Must' for Sellers
• Key Nonfinancial Elements in the Acquisition Agreement
• “Changes in the Partnership (Essential Tax Planning Considerations)”, The Monthly Digest of Tax Articles, 1988
• “Changes in the Partnership (Essential Tax Planning Considerations)”, Michigan Bar Journal, 1987
• “Annotated General Partnership Agreements”, Institute of Continuing Legal Education Online Form Bank

Address

38505 Woodward Ave.
Suite 2000
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

Phones

(248) 901-4009

Faxes

(248) 901-4040

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Websites

http://www.plunkettcooney.com/