Terrence G Quinn, Esq. | Michigan & Georgia Estate Planning Attorney
Terrence G. Quinn, Esq. is the Founder and President of The TGQ Law Firm and an experienced estate planning attorney licensed in both Michigan and Georgia. For more than two decades, he has helped individuals and families make thoughtful decisions about their property, their families, incapacity, and the legacies they want to leave behind.
From the firm’s roots in Ann Arbor, Michigan to its growing presence in Atlanta, Georgia, Terrence’s mission is straightforward: make sophisticated estate planning understandable, personal, and purposeful. His work
focuses on helping clients use wills, revocable living trusts, powers of attorney, healthcare planning documents, beneficiary planning, and other estate-planning strategies to protect what matters and reduce unnecessary confusion for the people they love.
Estate Planning Built Around Real Life
Terrence believes estate planning begins with two practical questions: What happens to the people and property you care about if you die? And who will make financial and medical decisions for you if you cannot make them yourself?
Those questions drive his approach to estate planning in Michigan and Georgia. Rather than treating a will or trust as a stack of documents, Terrence helps clients think through the people, decisions, assets, risks, and family dynamics behind the documents. The goal is a plan designed to work when the family actually needs it.
For many clients, that means creating a coordinated trust-based estate plan designed to address probate exposure, incapacity planning, asset distribution, beneficiary protection, and the orderly transfer of wealth. Every client’s circumstances are different, and the appropriate strategy depends on the client’s goals and applicable law.
More Than 20 Years of Trusts & Estates Experience
Terrence graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 2002 and spent the next six years practicing in the Trusts and Estates Practice Group of a major Michigan law firm. In 2008, he founded the practice now known as The TGQ Law Firm.
His career has given him a front-row view of what happens both when families plan well and when important decisions are left unresolved. That experience shapes the firm’s emphasis on clarity, thoughtful counseling, and proactive planning.
Terrence is admitted to practice in Michigan and Georgia, allowing his practice and educational work to serve families in two important markets while continuing his broader national work as a speaker and educator.
A Leader Who Teaches Other Lawyers
Terrence’s work extends beyond serving individual clients. He serves as Chair of the National Bar Association’s Real Property, Trusts and Estates Section, a national organization of attorneys working in real property, probate, trusts, and estate planning.
He has also served as a contributor, speaker, and faculty member for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), including programming involving probate, estate planning, and elder law, and has served on ICLE’s executive committee. Terrence has also served on the State Bar of Michigan Character and Fitness Committee.
Since 2015, The National Black Lawyers has recognized Terrence among its Top 100 Black Attorneys in Michigan, and he was previously recognized among its Top 40 Under 40.
Attorney. Pastor. Teacher. Community Advocate.
Born and raised in Flint, Michigan, Terrence’s approach to law has always been connected to service. He is an ordained pastor and has spent years teaching in churches and community settings about estate planning, biblical stewardship, generational legacy, family preparation, and the importance of putting a plan in place before a crisis occurs.
Through workshops and speaking engagements, Terrence has worked to make estate planning accessible to communities that have historically been underserved or have viewed estate planning as something reserved for the wealthy. His message is different: estate planning is about more than wealth. It is about control, preparation, family, stewardship, and peace of mind.
He also advises and educates church leaders regarding church succession planning and long-term ministry continuity, helping leaders think intentionally about transitions before a crisis forces the conversation.
The Heart of a Champion
Long before becoming an attorney, Terrence dreamed of playing football at the University of Michigan. He joined the program as a walk-on, earned a scholarship, and was a member of the 1997 University of Michigan National Championship football team.
The discipline required to pursue that goal still influences how he approaches leadership and client service:
prepare thoroughly, do the work, take care of the people depending on you, and finish well.
The TGQ Law Firm Experience
Terrence built The TGQ Law Firm around three core commitments: Treat People Well. Provide Sound Counsel. Make the Process Enjoyable.
Today, Terrence works alongside a team of estate planning attorneys and professionals committed to helping clients understand their options and move from uncertainty to an intentional plan. The firm’s estate-planning work includes revocable living trusts, wills, powers of attorney, healthcare planning, beneficiary planning, special-needs considerations, trust funding and coordination, estate-plan reviews and updates, and related legacy-planning strategies.
Whether a client is looking for an estate planning attorney in Ann Arbor or elsewhere in Michigan, or seeking estate planning services in Atlanta and Georgia, TGQ’s goal is the same: help the client create a plan that reflects what matters most to them and gives the people they love a clearer path forward.
Planning for the People and Legacy You Love
Terrence often reminds audiences that the best time to make these decisions is while you are healthy, capable, and able to choose for yourself. A properly designed estate plan can help families prepare for incapacity, identify trusted decision makers, coordinate the transfer of assets, and reduce uncertainty at some of life’s most difficult moments.
If you are ready to create or review an estate plan in Michigan or Georgia, contact The TGQ Law Firm to learn more about the firm’s estate-planning process and determine the appropriate next step for your family.
