GARY L. LENNARD, (RETIRED), admitted to bar, 1973, Illinois. Education: Western Michigan University (B.S., cum laude, 1970); University of Notre Dame (J.D., cum laude, 1973). Articles Editor, Notre Dame Law Review, 1973. Township Attorney: Erie Township, Erie, Michigan, 1978-1981. Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Retired October, 2000.

W. THOMAS GRAHAM, admitted to bar, 1976, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1977, Ohio; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1973); University of Toledo (J.D., 1976). Township Attorney: Erie Township, Erie, Monroe County, Michigan, 1981 - present; Bedford Township, Temperance, Monroe County, Michigan, 1985 - present; General Legal Counsel: County of Monroe, Michigan, 2003 - present; Member: Monroe County; State Bar of Michigan.

Areas of Practice: Probate, Estates and Trust Administration; Estate Planning; Trusts; Wills and Powers of Attorney; Real Estate; Receivership; Facilitation; Deeds; Mortgages and Land Contracts; Corporations; Limited Liability Companies; Partnerships and Buy-Sell Agreements; Business Transactions; Municipal, Township and County Law; Zoning Law.

Personal: W. Thomas Graham resides in Monroe Township, Monroe County, Michigan. Tom grew up in Bedford Township, Monroe County, Michigan, graduating from Bedford Senior High School (Salutatorian) in 1969, before attending college in Baltimore, Maryland at Johns Hopkins University. He returned home in 1973 to attend the University of Toledo College of Law, and while in law school began working for the Bedford Township attorney performing work for the Township of Bedford. He has worked on many municipal, estate, probate, trust, real estate, corporate, and business entity matters since 1976. Tom is a past member of the Monroe Community Foundation, Bedford Community Foundation and Monroe Golf and Country Club.

PHILIP D. GOLDSMITH, admitted to bar, 1985, Michigan; 1986, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., with high honors, 1977); University of Toledo (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Order of the Coif. Township Attorney: Bedford Township, Monroe County, Michigan; Erie Township, Monroe County, Michigan; General Legal Counsel: Monroe County, Michigan. Member: State Bar of Michigan.

Areas of Practice: Personal Injury; Municipal Law; Zoning and Land Use Law; Criminal Law; Civil Practice and Litigation; Estate Planning; Real Estate; Business Litigation; Receivership and Facilitation.

Personal: Philip D. Goldsmith is one of the firm partners. Mr. Goldsmith has been a practicing attorney for 28 years, all of which have been served with the law firm of Lennard, Graham & Goldsmith. A lifelong resident of Bedford Township, Monroe County, Michigan, Mr. Goldsmith previously served as a Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy for six years and specialized in traffic accident reconstruction. Mr. Goldsmith devotes most of his time to civil litigation and municipal law. Mr. Goldsmith also devotes substantial time to estate planning, real estate law and criminal law. He has also served as a receiver and a private facilitator for various cases and legal matters.

MARTIN J. KAMPRATH, Education: Michigan State University (B.S., 1977); University of Toledo (J.D., 1986); admitted to Michigan Bar - 1986; admitted to U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan Bar – 1991; Licensed Professional Engineer: Michigan, 1981; Ohio, 1982. Member: Monroe County Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan; Monroe County Fair Association.

Areas of Practice: General practice areas, including but not limited to: Real Estate; Probate; Wills; Trusts; Estate Planning; Corporations; Limited Liability Companies; Oil and Gas Lease Law; Partnerships; Business Transactions; Municipal, Township and County Law.

Personal: Martin J. Kamprath (Marty) is one of the firm’s partners since 1997 and has been practicing law for over 27 years, since 1986. He spends a fair amount of his time representing the firm’s various municipal clients including, but not limited to, the County of Monroe, Bedford Township, Milan Township, and Ida Township, all in Monroe County, Michigan. He also spends a substantial amount of time in the areas of Estate Planning, Real Estate and Business matters. He is a life-long resident of Ida Township, Michigan and continues to live on and operate his family’s sesquicentennial farm and represents many clients with farm-related issues. He is a life member and director of the Monroe County Fair Association and contributes volunteer time and resources to that Association. Prior to entering the legal field Mr. Kamprath worked in the areas of construction, design and industrial engineering and gained his professional engineering license in the States of Michigan and Ohio.

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ISAAC A. SKAGGS, admitted into the Michigan Bar in 2017.
Education: University of Toledo (B.S., summa cum laude, 2014), University of Toledo (J.D., cum laude, 2017).

Member: Monroe County Bar Association and State Bar of Michigan. Mr. Skaggs was raised in Erie, Michigan, and graduated from Mason Senior High School in 2010. He then attended the University of Toledo for his undergraduate studies, earning several academic accolades during his time there. After receiving his bachelor’s degree Mr. Skaggs chose to attend the University of Toledo College of Law, where in addition to being a student he was selected to be a member of the Law Review.

Personal: Mr. Skaggs has also coached basketball at Mason Senior High School for several years, first as an assistant and now as a head coach. He currently resides in Bedford Township with his family, and has been with the firm since September, 2018.



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LINO A. TAORMINA, admitted to bar, 2019, Michigan; 2020, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan.
Education: Adrian College (B.A. cum laude, 2016); University of Toledo (J.D., 2019).

Areas of Practice: Criminal Law; Civil Practice and Litigation; Business Litigation; Estate Planning; Municipal Law; Probate Law

Member: Monroe County Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan; Italian-American Bar Association of Michigan.

Personal: Mr. Taormina was raised in Monroe Township and graduated from St. Mary Catholic Central High School in 2012. Mr. Taormina graduated from Adrian College in 2016 where he played on the soccer team for four seasons. During law school at the University of Toledo College of Law, Mr. Taormina clerked for the Honorable Daniel S. White in the Monroe County Circuit Court. Mr. Taormina has been with the firm since August, 2018.

oF COUNSEL  

MICHAEL W. LaBEAU is a retired Monroe County Circuit Court Judge. He was admitted to the Michigan Bar in 1974 and to the U.S. District, Eastern District of Michigan in 1974. Education: Western Michigan University (B.B.A., 1969); Detroit College of Law, now Michigan State University (J.D., 1974)

Areas of Practice: Mediations, Facilitations, and Arbitrations.

Personal: Judge LaBeau, a lifelong resident of Monroe County, was on the bench for 29 years, 5 months. When he retired on May 31, 2014 he was the longest serving Judge in the history of Monroe County. In the last survey conducted by the Monroe Evening News, he was considered fair, demanding but professional, and knowledgeable about the law. Before becoming a Judge, he had a successful private law practice, represented Frenchtown Charter Township for 6 years, and served as the elected Monroe County Prosecutor for 8 years. He is a past President of the Monroe County Bar Association. Prior to his retirement from the bench, he was appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court to be the Monroe County Business Court Judge.  He became Of Counsel with the firm on September 1, 2014.