Andrew W. Potere

Associate Attorney

Phone: (734) 432-3132
Fax: (844) 777-8159
Email: andrew@formyplan.com
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When clients sit down with Andrew Potere, they arrive carrying more than paperwork. They bring questions, uncertainty, and a deep desire to protect the people they love. Andrew understands all of it.

When his wife was young, her father was diagnosed with scleroderma and given a short life expectancy. He defied the odds and lived for more than thirty years but he never put a plan in place. When he was finally dying, his family had to pursue guardianship through the courts just to help him. It was slow, expensive, and emotionally brutal. He passed away shortly after guardianship was granted. His family never got the chance to help him the way they wanted to.

Years later, Andrew’s mother-in-law was diagnosed with dementia. This time the family was prepared. Andrew had put a plan in place that named his wife as her mother’s decision-maker and gave her the legal authority to act when it mattered most. When the time came, his wife could step in immediately, manage her mother’s care, and make decisions without court involvement or delay. It was still an incredibly difficult time. But because of that plan, she could actually be there for her mother in the way her family had always hoped for her father.

That experience confirmed what Andrew already knew in law school: this was the work he was meant to do. A graduate of Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Ann Arbor, Andrew holds a Probate and Estate Planning Certificate from the Institute of Continuing Legal Education and is a member of the Probate and Estate Planning section and the Elder Law section of the State Bar of Michigan. He pursued estate planning and elder law from the start of his career, knowing it was where he could make a real difference in people’s lives.

Andrew guides clients through some of the hardest conversations families ever have: what happens to the people you love, who steps in when you can’t, and how you make sure the life you built actually protects them. His experience spans the full range of estate planning and elder law work. He guides fiduciaries and families through probate and trust administration with clarity and compassion. For families caring for a loved one with a disability, he brings focused experience in special needs trust planning. Clients who want their legacy to extend beyond their family work with Andrew on charitable giving strategies. And for those who want to keep their families out of court entirely, he designs careful probate avoidance plans. He believes estate planning is about more than transferring assets. It’s about making sure the people you love are protected, and that what you built in your lifetime means something after you’re gone. He shows up for clients the same way he wished someone had shown up for his father-in-law.

Outside the office Andrew is a husband and father of two. He enjoys cycling and spending as much time as possible with his kids. He understands firsthand that the people sitting across from him are not just clients. They are parents, spouses, and caregivers who love their families deeply and want to protect them.

Andrew knows what it looks like when a family has a plan and he knows what it looks like when they don’t.