Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has announced the appointment of Theresa J. Cypher as the new Van Buren County Public Administrator.
Nessel’s office says a public administrator is someone with powers and duties related to estates where there are no known heirs. The public administrator’s job involves managing the determination, collection, liquidation, and/or distribution of any assets in the estate.
Attorneys who serve in the capacity of a public administrator often also have private practices that are separate and unrelated to their appointment as a county public administrator.
Nessel says Cypher “brings a wealth of experience to this role” with a background in estate administration. She’s a graduate with honors from Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology and has been in private practice since 1999. She currently practices at Laaksonen Law Offices in Paw Paw, specializing in estate planning.
