Upon graduation from The University of Michigan Law School in 1971, Howard joined the law firm of Dahlberg, Mallender & Gawne, which later became Vestevich, Mallender, DuBois & Dritsas, P.C. He remained with Vestevich, Mallender until leaving at the end of 2005 to join The Serlin Group, PLLC.
Howard's practice covers the full range of services in the areas of tax law, probate law and estate planning. He is experienced in handling standard and non-standard estate planning situations, including the utilization of revocable and irrevocable trusts, and the probating of decedents' estates. A significant portion of Howard's tax and estate planning practice involves advising and representing clients in matters regarding federal gift and estate taxes and income taxes applicable to estates and trusts and their beneficiaries.
Howard is a long-standing member of the Board of Directors of Kadima, an organization providing residential and support services for adults with mental illness, and a member of Kadima's Finance Committee. He is also a member of the Grants and Distributions Committee of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.
Howard has lived his entire life in the metropolitan Detroit area. Howard’s wife, Nancy, is a parenting specialist and can be heard Wednesday mornings on WNIC sharing her wisdom on parenting and child rearing questions. Together, they have two sons with whom Howard shares his passion for University of Michigan Sports. Howard and Nancy reside in Farmington Hills.
DANIEL H. SERLIN, ESQ.
Dan brings a combination of law firm and corporate experience with him to The Serlin Group, PLLC. Dan concentrates his practice in estate planning, general business law, and probate administration, as well as the burgeoning area of elder law. Elder law is an area of interest and provides a nice synergy with Dan’s wife, Miry, who is a geriatric social worker and is available for counseling and facilitating elder law issues.
Prior to starting The Serlin Group, PLLC, Dan practiced at two of Michigan's larger law firms; Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer and Weiss, PC and Clark Hill, PLC. Dan's practice began in general corporate and securities law and slowly evolved into tax law & estate planning over time. After 5 years, Dan left large law firm practice to enter the legal publishing arena for four years, first managing Thomson West’s publishing, education and training relationships with the University of Michigan Law School, Notre Dame Law School, Ave Maria School of Law and Wayne State University Law School, and more recently as the National Manager of Sales & Account Management for West Law School Publishing. Dan and his staff were responsible for interacting with law professors across the country and increasing the use of West published case books and study aids in the law school market.
Dan received his bachelor's degree in Biopsychology from the University of Michigan and continued on to University of Michigan Law School for his law degree. During law school he was an associate editor and later on the editorial board of the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform. After seven years in Ann Arbor, Dan bleeds maize & blue and has attended seven Rose Bowls and numerous NCAA tournament games in feeding his Wolverine fanaticism. Dan and his family live in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Upon graduation from The University of Michigan Law School in 1971, Howard joined the law firm of Dahlberg, Mallender & Gawne, which later became Vestevich, Mallender, DuBois & Dritsas, P.C. He remained with Vestevich, Mallender until leaving at the end of 2005 to join The Serlin Group, PLLC. 
Dan brings a combination of law firm and corporate experience with him to The Serlin Group, PLLC. Dan concentrates his practice in estate planning, general business law, and probate administration, as well as the burgeoning area of elder law. Elder law is an area of interest and provides a nice synergy with Dan’s wife, Miry, who is a geriatric social worker and is available for counseling and facilitating elder law issues. 
