Jeffry L. Weiler

Jeffry L. Weiler practices in the Cleveland office of Tucker Ellis & West LLP, where he focuses on Estate Planning & Probate. Mr. Weiler is well known for his estate planning work and in helping to create estate-related Ohio law. He was a proponent, originator, and Ohio State Bar Association representative to the Ohio General Assembly concerning Bills for Ohio funeral and burial arrangements (right of disposition Bill) and signing wills (conscious presence). Jeffry is a Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ rated attorney, the highest such peer review rating available to any individual lawyer.  In 2004, he received the Distinguished Estate Planner Award, presented by The Estate Planning Council of Cleveland.

Mr. Weiler is admitted to practice law in Ohio and Florida. He is an Ohio State Bar Association Certified Specialist in estate planning, trust, and probate law and a Florida Bar Board Certified Tax Specialist, CPA, and former IRS Agent. He is a prolific writer and presenter, a member of numerous bar committees and associations, and a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

A man with many interests, Jeffry has served as Chair of the Cleveland Museum of Art Planned Giving Council, is an avid skier, served as a photo journalist at the 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Association National Championships, and is First Vice-President of the Cleveland International Piano Competition.

Civic & Professional Involvement

Fellow American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
     Reporter, Ohio Developments Concerning Fees for Attorneys (1998-2007)
Certified Public Accountant, Ohio (non-practicing)
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Estate Planning Council of Cleveland
Tax Club of Cleveland
     President (1999-2000)
Cleveland Museum of Art
     Chair, Planned Giving Council (2001)
American Cancer Society, Cuyahoga County Unit
     Chair, Planned Giving Committee (2005-2007)
     Member (1996-Present)
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
     Adjunct Faculty Member (1980-1987)
Cleveland International Piano Competition
     First Vice-President (2011-present), Secretary (2010)
American Bar Association; Taxation Section; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
Ohio State Bar Association
     Member, Council of Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law Section
     Proponent, originator, and Ohio State Bar Association representative to Ohio
     General Assembly, concerning Bill for Ohio funeral and burial arrangements
     (right of disposition Bill) and signing wills (conscious presence)
Florida Bar Association
     Member, Tax Section
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
     Member (Present), Treasurer (1993-1996), Trustee (1988-1991)

Publications & Speaking Engagements

“Formula Clauses,” Estate Planning Institute (October 2010)
“Charity is Your Third Party,” Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Journal (June 2010)
“When the Rate Might Not Be 35% or The Amount Might Not Be $1,000,000,” Probate Law Journal of Ohio (May/June 2010)
“Deathbed Preservation of Income Tax Basis,” Probate Law Journal of Ohio (May/June 2009)
“There is A Silver Lining – Estate Planning Opportunities Exist” (October 2008)
“Business Succession Planning,” Ohio Region American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (April 2007)
“Business Succession Planning,” Ohio ACTEC Meeting (April 2007)
“Representing LGBT Family in Changing Environment”, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (April 2007)
“Attorney Fees for Defense of Will Contest”, Probate Law Journal of Ohio (March/April 2007)
“Revisions to Estate Planning Documents May be Appropriate,” (February 2007)
“Advanced Probate and Estate Planning,” Ohio State Bar Association (September 2006)
“General Assembly Passes Right of Disposition; Funeral Arrangements Legislation,” Ohio State Bar Association Report (August 2006)
“Annual Advance Estate Planning Seminar,” The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (July 2006)
“Circular 230 and the Estate Planner,” Estate Planning Institute (October 2005)

Awards & Professional Recognition

Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ rated attorney
Named one of the Top 50 Ohio Super Lawyers in Cleveland (2004-2009); One of the Top 100 in Ohio (2004-2008, 2011); Ohio Super Lawyers (2004-2011)
Recipient, The Estate Planning Council of Cleveland’s Distinguished Estate Planner Award (2004)
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for taxation and trusts and estates for over 20 years

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