Farm Succession and Farmland Issues
Date: Thursday, May 7, 2026
Time: 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Location: Traverse City Country Club
Speaker: Danelle Harrington, Warner Norcross + Judd
Join us to learn about the primary considerations and challenges to keep in mind as you're supporting clients with farmland or other real estate related assets. Refreshments will include light appetizers, non-alcoholic drinks, and drink tickets for purchase of alcoholic beverages.
Topics will include considerations such as farm succession, distribution/equalization ideas for distributing the estate among farm and non-farm children, sale of development rights, purchasing development rights on properties that were once farms, and other agriculture land use topics including solar agreements, agritourism and ancillary uses.
Event Schedule:
- 4:30pm - Doors open for networking and refreshments
- 5:00pm - 6:00pm - Program and Q+A
- 6:00pm - 6:30pm - Additional networking time
Cost to attend $75
About the Speaker
Danelle Harrington is a Warner Norcross + Judd partner and estate planning attorney who focuses her practice on trusts and estates ─ assisting individuals, families and businesses in planning for today and generations to come. Within her practice, Danelle helps clients develop and fine tune their estate plans and manage probate and trust administration after the death of a loved one – a daunting area of law where she excels. She drafts and prepares power of attorney, health patient advocate documents, wills, trusts and all other compilations necessary to estate planning packages.
In addition to trusts, estates and post-death administration, Danelle counsels businesses on entity formation, succession planning and real estate issues involving farmland. A particular area of specialty includes farmland transactions involving real estate and drafting and reviewing solar energy agreements and other alternative energy agreements.
Having grown up on her family’s farm, Danelle understands her clients’ mindset and attachment to farmland, including the assets they’ve worked so hard to protect. That’s why she’s at her finest in every interaction – providing sound advice and advocacy to achieve the best results. And, she offers this advice in a down-to-earth and comprehensive manner, omitting complicated legalese that can often confuse and distract from the task at hand.
