Mara Elena Kent
Ferguson Widmayer & Clark, PC • Ann Arbor, MI
TrustsAdoptionElder Law & Long-Term CareEstate PlanningProbate
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Contact
Email
Phone
(734) 821-5530
Address
538 N Division St, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, US
Professional
About
Mara Kent is an attorney who specializes in estate planning, probate, trust administration, prenuptial planning, adoption, elder law and long-term care planning, as well as business and contracts law. Mara is a 1993 graduate of the University of Michigan and a 1996 graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, where she graduated summa cum laude and second in her law school class. Mara is also a Senior Professor Emerita at Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley School of Law, and she continues to teach there as a visiting professor. Mara and her husband Tom are natives of Ann Arbor, Michigan, where they raise their two daughters. Mara enjoys running, painting, and being outside in nature.
About Trusts Law
Trust attorneys help individuals and families create and administer trusts for asset protection, tax planning, and wealth transfer. Common matters include trust creation, trust administration, trust disputes, special needs trusts.
Credentials
Education
1996 University of Detroit Mercy School of Law JD - Juris Doctor 1993 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor BFA
Languages
English
Recognition & Involvement
Awards
2006 Best Faculty Scholarship, Legal Authors Society 2006 Most Accessible Female Professor, Runner-up, Student Bar Association, Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School 2005 Law Review of the Year (awarded to entire symposium issue), Texas Bar Foundation 2004 Certificate of Dedication, Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School 2004 Certificate of Merit, Western Michigan University Black Law Students Association
Publications
2013 Wisconsin Magazine of History Wood v. Boynton and the Incredible Story of the Eagle Diamond 2013 LexisNexis Communities Michigan Law and Practice 2d Encyclopedia on Contracts- substantial revision 2011 32 Adelaide L. Rev. 333 A Contracts Love Story Gone Wrong: The Story Behind Bright V. Ganas 2005 Journal of Law and Inequality "Forced" v. Compulsory Arbitration of Civil Rights Claims 2005 LexisNexis Communities Michigan Law and Practice 2d Encyclopedia on Contracts- substantial revision
Associations
2018 - Present Washtenaw County Bar Association, Estate Planning Probate Section Co-chair 2017 - Present Washtenaw County Estate Planning Council Member 2017 - Present Washtenaw County Elder Justice Coalition Member 2014 - Present Washtenaw County Bar Association, Estate Planning Section Member 1996 - Present State Bar of Michigan Member
Speaking
2004 Gloucester, England - The Common Law of Contracts Emotional Distress Damages in Contract Claims
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Updated: May 29, 2026