About Stacey N.
Stacey N. Brancheau earned her bachelor’s diploma in enterprise management from the University of Michigan–Flint in 1986 and finished her law degree at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School in 1993. She mixed enterprise and legal training early, a background that has formed a career spanning personal practice, financial institution trust services and monetary making plans.
After law program, Brancheau established a solo practice in 1995, running as Stacey N. Brancheau, Lawyer at Law. She built that practice around estate planning and probate work, representing people and families on things that frequently intersect with financial and fiduciary problems. In 2014 she became principal of The Brancheau Law Office, persevering with the solo practice beneath that name while maintaining her emphasis on client-facing property matters.
Between and along her personal-practice roles, Brancheau spent numerous years in institutional confidence and wealth-advisory positions. In 2005 she joined KeyBank as senior vice president and senior fiduciary advisor, the place she advised fiduciaries and controlled trust relationships. In 2013 she served as senior wealth planner at Greystone Financial Group. Those positions knowledgeable her courtroom and consulting work, and expanded her familiarity with institutional trust administration and monetary planning techniques.
Brancheau holds expert credentials in each legal and financial geographical regions. She is a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor (CTFA), accredited by the American Bankers Association, and she is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) through the Certified Financial Planner Board. Those certifications mirror education in fiduciary practice, funding matters and complete monetary making plans.
Her involvement in the local legal network includes leadership in probate and property planning circles. She served as co-chair of the Washtenaw County Bar Association’s Probate and Estate Planning Section from 2010 to 2012 and used to be on the board of the Washtenaw County Estate Planning Council from 2010 to 2011. She additionally held a membership in WealthCounsel from 2014 to 2015 and has participated in expert organizations since the mid-1990s.
Brancheau is licensed to practice in Michigan and divides her time among advising families, appearing as counsel for estates and trusts, and consulting on fiduciary things. Her practice centers on probate, estate planning and fiduciary matters.
