Estate Planning Law
From my law office in Chagrin Falls, I work closely with Northeast Ohio individuals and families, along with their financial advisors, to plan for death and incapacity.
The majority of my services are provided with a simple, flat fee rate. My clients enjoy the strength of a big law firm without the high hourly rate.
Working closely with my clients, I structure Estate Plans and prepare:
- Wills
- Trusts
- Powers of Attorney
- Living Wills
- Deeds
- Other legal documents deemed necessary
My mission is to help my clients to achieve their goals while protecting assets from creditors, taxes, squandering or unsound management.
I also available to assist in retitling assets and naming beneficiaries directly on accounts, policies or property titles.
Probate Law
Through my probate practice, I can also help families following a death to ensure that assets are transferred to the rightful beneficiaries as cost efficiently as possible. Learn more here.
“Probate” or estate administration ensures that your property goes to the right people in the right way after your passing. Probate also ensures that your debts or taxes are wrapped up and do not become a burden on the family.
When someone dies, the grieving family can easily be overwhelmed by the probate process. As an experienced lawyer with over a decade of probate experience and a good relationship with the courts, I shepherd the probate process for your family with both organization and compassion.
The amount of work and cost will be based on:
- Size of estate
- Organization of decedent and executor
- Relationship of family
- Was there a written estate plan (Will or Trust)
- Number of assets
- Types of assets and how they were titled
- Responsiveness of everyone involved
- I will always take the practical approach with your probate case and will never “over-lawyer” your case.
Have an estate planning or probate need? Contact me today.