Partner
Email: GNeed@ANAfirm.com
Phone: (248) 540-7400
Fax: (248) 540-7401
Practice Areas
- Estate Planning
- Probate Litigation
- Land Use & Zoning
- Condominium and Homeowners Associations
- Municipal Law
- Real Estate Litigation
- Business Formation & Transactions
- Business Litigation
Education & Alumni Associations
- The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan - J.D.
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan - B.A., Honors: With Distinction
- University of Michigan Alumni Association
- Wayne State University Alumni Association
Memberships, Admissions & Associations
- State Bar of Michigan
- United States District Court
- United States Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) - Past Legal Counsel, Past Member, National Executive Committee
- President, Deer Lake Farms Homeowners Association (2003-2015)
- Past member-Oakland County Republican Executive Committee, and Ninth Congressional District executive Committee.
- Past chairman (three terms); Oakland County Bar Association Municipal Law Committee
- President of the Clarkston Community School Board of Education (2023-Present)
- Board Member, Clarkston Community Schools (2015-Present)
Awards & Honors
- Peer-Selected to Michigan Super Lawyers since 2008
- Named as one of DBusiness Magazine's Top Lawyers for 2018
- Certificate Recipient: Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Probate and Estate Planning
Publications & Speaking Engagements
- Adjunct Professor, Zoning and Land Use Law, Thomas M. Cooley Law School (2008-2013)
- Michigan Zoning, Planning and Land Use, (Contributing Editor and Co-Author), Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2008 (revised 2024)
- Freedom of Information Act, Laches, June, 2006
- Land Use and Development, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2007 - 2009
- Conditional Rezoning, Michigan Association of Planning, 2005
- Legal Foundations of Planning and Zoning, Michigan State University Citizen Planner Program, 2004 - 2007
- Land Use and Development, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2003 - 2004
- Law of Nonconforming Uses, Laches, October, 2001
- Numerous Seminars on Zoning and Municipal Law, National Business Institute and Lorman, 2000 – Present
- Nuts and Bolts of Zoning, Laches, November, 1999
- Appearing Before the Municipal Board, Laches, November, 1996
- Design Standards, The Michigan Planner, 1992
- Quarterly Update on Federal Decisions of Interest, Public Corporation Law Quarterly, 1992 – 2001
Background
Greg Need is a partner in the law firm of Adkison, Need, Allen & Rentrop, PLLC, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He specializes in municipal law, real estate, and probate and estate planning.
Mr. Need is an active member of the Oakland County Bar Association, having previously served as Chair of its Municipal Law Committee for three years. He has authored several articles and publications, including Michigan Zoning, Planning and Land Use, (Contributing Editor and Co-Author), Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2008 (revised 2024). He has also been a speaker at numerous programs presented by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, the Michigan Townships Association, the Michigan Association of Planning, and the Michigan State University Citizen Planner Program, and served as an Adjunct Professor, Zoning and Land Use Law, at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
Mr. Need has a long history of community involvement. He has almost 10 years of service on the Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education, three as its vice president, and currently serves as its president. He served the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) as Past Legal Counsel, Past Member, National Executive Committee, and the Michigan Jaycees in numerous capacities including President. He also served as President of Deer Lake Farms Homeowners Association for thirteen years.
Mr. Need lives in Clarkston with his wife, Wendy. They have two children: Samantha and Miguel and two goldendoodles (Duke and Tucker).