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Marc E. Seyburn, Esq. (“Marc”) is a highly experienced attorney with more than twenty-five years of practice, distinguished by a rare and powerful combination of legal and financial expertise.  He holds degrees in both law and taxation accounting, allowing him to approach complex legal matters with a depth of insight that integrates legal strategy, tax efficiency, and long-term planning.

Marc’s practice is centered on structural planning and transactional design, with a strong emphasis on flow-through taxation, estate planning, cash-flow modeling, and the analysis and structuring of investment opportunities.  He advises clients across a wide range of industries, helping them navigate complex regulatory and tax environments while building durable, tax-efficient legal structures.

Throughout his career, Marc has worked closely with entrepreneurs and business owners at every stage of growth—from capital formation and business formation, through operations and expansion, and ultimately to strategic exits.  His primary tax expertise lies in flow-through taxation, particularly partnership taxation, and in the design of estate plans that maintain a lifetime focus on both income tax minimization and estate tax efficiency.

Marc has also developed specialized expertise in aviation transactions, particularly private jet acquisitions.  In this niche area, he integrates FAA regulatory compliance with IRS tax rules to maximize operational and tax efficiencies for clients.  This highly technical experience laid the groundwork for another significant specialty: advising clients in the marijuana industry, where Marc skillfully integrates federal tax authority with evolving state and local licensing laws.  Beginning in 2018, he became a trusted advisor to cannabis entrepreneurs, helping them structure compliant, tax-aware business operations in a highly regulated space.

In addition, Marc was a pioneer in the use of Michigan’s Film and Digital Media Incentive program, successfully securing state incentives for innovative digital projects.  His work resulted in the only state-approved incentives awarded for digital applications, including motion comics, interactive websites, and a console game—demonstrating his ability to apply complex statutory frameworks to emerging industries.

Marc’s depth of experience directly defines and strengthens Seyburn Law’s practice in taxation law, corporate law, and estate planning. His ability to integrate sophisticated tax planning with business structuring and estate design allows the firm to deliver comprehensive, forward-looking legal solutions. Clients rely on Marc for strategic guidance that aligns legal structure, tax efficiency, and long-term financial objectives in an increasingly complex regulatory landscape.

• Tax Planning, Compliance and Structuring
• Corporate Planning, Structuring and Consulting
• Cannabis Planning, Structuring and Consulting
• Aviation Planning, Structuring and Consulting
• Estate Planning

Juris Doctorate – Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, MI – 1997

Master’s of Accounting Tax with High Honors – University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA – 1991

Bachelor’s of General Studies – Accounting, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI – 1990

• Formed numerous limited liability companies and prepared Operating Agreements for multi-million dollar transactions ranging from real estate developments, apartment ownership and/or acquisitions, manufacturing business, service business, holding companies, technology companies and family-owned entities
• Prepared comprehensive estate planning documents for high net worth clients involving generation-skipping transfer tax planning and implementation of gifting programs involving family limited liability companies and leveraged transactions, including, without limitation, sales to DGTS, GRATS, and charitable trusts, as well as the integration of asset protection strategies utilizing foreign jurisdictions, such as Nevada and Delaware
• Working with Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Film and Digital Media Office to work within laws and regulations to develop an implementation strategy that would allow digital media projects to benefit from the incentive when all the focus was on live action productions.
• Structuring of all facets of jet acquisitions, including fractional interests, charter management, flight departments, excise tax planning and most importantly, Part 91 v. Part 135 compliance to maximize tax efficiencies
• Structuring of global expansion of Part 145 Heavy Maintenance MRO and related industries such as cargo conversions and scrapping of aircraft
• Prepared and filed numerous Michigan Film and Digital Media Incentive Applications and negotiated Incentive Agreements and several matters of first impression with the Michigan Film Office
• Prepared cash flow modeling, along with investment/syndication structuring for raising capital on several multi-million dollar transactions
• Prepared documentation and filings needed to obtain recognition of tax-exempt status for private foundations and other charitable and civic organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
• Achieved favorable outcomes in United States Tax Court for all cases presented
• Creating charitable entities for public advancements and working for such causes
• Researching and analyzing both the legislation. regulations, the IRS Manual and the Taxpayer Advocate’s Office’s reports to create a self-help software program to assist taxpayers who owe the federal treasury taxes.