William A. Penner is Counsel to the firm practicing in Butzel Long’s Bloomfield Hills office. Mr. Penner enjoyed a twenty-nine year career in the Trust Department of Comerica Bank. He managed River Place Financial Corp., the Stroh Family Office, from 1994 to 2005. As a result of the sale of River Place Financial to Community Central Bank in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, Mr. Penner now is the CEO of River Place Trust, a division of Community Central Bank.
Mr. Penner holds a B.A. from The University of Michigan (1959) and a J.D. from Wayne State University Law School (1966). Mr. Penner is a member of the Financial and Estate Planning Council of Metropolitan Detroit.