Our practice areas

Estate planning means deciding now who gets your property and who can act for you if you can’t. It’s for any adult, not just the wealthy.

• Wills: say who gets your property, who settles your estate, and who should raise your young children.
• Powers of Attorney: choose a trusted person to handle your money or medical care if you can’t.
• Living Trusts: hold your property during your life and pass it to your family without probate, once the trust is funded.
• Asset Protection: honest, early planning to lower the risk of losing property to a future claim.
• How our fees work: how flat fees, hourly billing, and written quotes work, before you commit.

Has someone you love died?

Probate help is for families settling a loved one’s estate or trust. We go at a pace that respects your grief.

• Estate Administration: guide a personal representative through probate, from first filing to closing.
• Trust Administration: help a successor trustee carry out the trust, usually without court.
• Will and Trust Disputes: calm, clear advice when a will or trust is challenged.

Does someone need a guardian or conservator?

Guardianship and conservatorship is the court process for naming someone to make decisions or manage money for another person. It may be needed for an adult who can no longer decide safely, such as a parent with dementia. It may also be needed for a child whose parents have died and who inherits money. The probate court handles these cases.

Are you caring for an aging parent?

Elder law helps families plan for aging, from powers of attorney to paying for long-term care. Much of this work is for adult children helping a mom or dad.

Does someone you love have a disability?

Special Needs Trusts provide for a loved one with a disability while protecting their public benefits, like SSI and Medicaid.

Do you own a small business?

Business law helps small-business owners form their company, put agreements in writing, and plan who takes over. We connect it to your estate plan, so your family is cared for too.

• Business Law: forming an LLC or corporation, agreements between owners, everyday contracts, buying or selling a business, and succession planning.

Are you planning to marry?

A prenuptial agreement puts in writing, before you marry, how you’ll handle property and debts. It can work with your estate plan, too.

Not sure which service you need?

That’s fine. Here are some things people often tell us, and where to start:

• “Mom can’t keep up with her bills.” Start with powers of attorney, or guardianship and conservatorship if she can no longer sign.
• “Dad died, and I’m named in his will.” Start with estate administration.
• “I’m the trustee of my parents’ trust.” Start with trust administration.
• “We have homes in two states.” Start with living trusts.
• “Our son has a disability and gets benefits.” Start with special needs trusts.

If none of these fit, tell us what’s happening in your own words, and we’ll sort it out together.