Top best Estate Lawyers in Fort Wayne near me

Zach’s practice areas include:• Elder Law, Estate Planning & Wills• Long term care planning, medicaid & veterans benefits• Real Estate Transactions (residential & commercial)• Business formation• Probate & non-probate transfers

Thomas Niezer focuses his practice on real estate law, land use planning, and real estate finance law, with a dual emphasis in commercial transactions and residential real estate development, sales, and purchases. He also focuses on eminent domain actions representing municipalities and individual property owners on public roadway and utility projects and business transactions for small to medium sized businesses.

Patrick is a former land use planner and regularly represents clients with zoning and development issues.  While representing primarily developers, Patrick will also represent opponents of certain large, complex development proposals such as wind farms and confined feeding operations.  Areas of practice include commmercial and industrial development, single family residential development with a concentration on issues involving condominium development and organization.  Patrick also represents the public entities involved in planning and zoning such as plan commissions, boards of zoning appeals and redevelopment commissions.  He regularly handles commercial transactions and leasing for various clients.  Patrick also represents a large number of neighborhood and condominium associations, including amending and updating restrictive covenants and condominium declarations.

My law practice focuses broadly on trust and estate matters in both the planning and administration stages.  My practice includes income tax, in addition to, transfer tax planning.  I represent corporate and individual fiduciaries outside of court and also before the court for various matters including petitions for instruction, modifications, approval of accounts or termination and discharge.  I also represent beneficiaries of trusts or estates to assert beneficial interests in property and damages for breaches of trust.  I represent petitioners in guardianship proceedings to obtain court authority to help an incapacitated person.  I am licensed to practice law in both Indiana and Ohio and before the United States Tax Court.  I am board certified as an Indiana trust and estate lawyer by the Trust and Estate Specialty Board.  I am AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.. I have extensive accounting and tax background from my education and work experience more than a dozen years before I became a licensed attorney.  A natural progression of my passion for problem solving continues today in helping individuals plan their estates, helping with administration issues and effectively avoiding (or efficiently resolving) disputes or disagreements along the way.

Mark Bains focuses his practice in the areas of real estate law and civil litigation. Mark’s real estate practice involves representing buyers and sellers in negotiating and drafting agreements in connection with commercial and residential real estate transactions and representing clients in the redevelopment and rezoning of real estate. His litigation practice includes representing clients in a wide variety of commercial, real estate, construction, and insurance defense litigation.

Logan is an attorney with Carson LLP's business group. Logan primarily focuses on real estate matters, including the representation of buyers and sellers in commercial and residential real estate transactions; preparation and negotiation of commercial and residential leases; preparation of restrictive covenants and creation of homeowners’ associations; facilitation of real estate development projects; and related matters such as licensing, zoning, permitting, and easements.. Logan also works alongside Carson’s business clients, assisting with a wide variety of management/governance, transactional, employment, and taxation matters, spanning numerous industries such construction, retail, aviation, medical, and automotive. Logan is also involved in Carson’s municipal law practice. He often assists with a wide assortment of legal issues impacting regional economic redevelopment entities, regional sewer districts, political subdivisions, and town and county government entities. From time to time, Logan also assists Carson’s family law team through his legal research and writing skills.. Originally from Goshen, Indiana, Logan attended Ball State University to obtain his undergraduate degree and Michigan State University College of Law for law school. During law school, Logan worked as a teaching assistant for legal research and writing classes. He also worked in the law school’s tax clinic, assisting low-income clients navigate their way through complex tax disputes with the IRS. Prior to and through law school, Logan enlisted and served in the US Air Force, with the 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne.. During his time in the Air National Guard, Logan gained a love for the Fort Wayne community and decided to make the cultural and economic center of northeastern Indiana his home. Outside of work, Logan enjoys spending time exploring the area with his fiancé, Jaren, and his two dogs, Nyx and Nina.

Located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, I focus on getting to know my clients and their families to create thoughtful estate plans that address circumstances unique to each client. This collaboration helps me to spot potential issues and identify estate planning opportunities. Estate planning is my passion and to me it is more than preparing documents; it is getting to know people to develop an estate plan crafted specifically for them.. I also work with personal representatives and trustees during the administration process after an individual passes away. My goal is to tailor my representation to provide the level of support the personal representative or trustee may need during what can be a difficult transitional time.

I have nearly twelve years of experience and familiarity with complex real estate transactions. This experience includes representing businesses and individuals in connection with the acquisition, disposition, leasing, financing, and development of real estate, including drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, leases, loan documents, easements, construction contracts, and development agreements. My experience also includes (i) representing and advising real estate investors in connection with tax-deferred exchanges of real estate; (ii) representing businesses and individuals in appeals of assessed value of real estate, including proceedings before local property tax assessment boards of appeal, the Indiana Board of Tax Review, and the Indiana Tax Court; (iii) representing real estate developers before city and county boards of zoning appeals and plan commissions, including rezoning requests, development plan approvals, and variances; and (iv) the litigation of real estate matters, including foreclosures, annexations, utility matters, quiet title actions, contract disputes and evictions.

I am the anti-attorney.  I buck the system at every turn because I believe the system is broken.  I have seen the old way of dictating to families and business owners how their plans should work.  I've seen how attorneys run roughshod over clients.  Enough is enough.. I want to protect my family.  I want to know the rules and the options.  I want to decide what is best and understand the documents I sign.  I want to work with my advisors, not be a victim.  I want things to be as easy as possible on my family when I can no longer take care of them.. I believe most people feel the same way.  That's why I started Grunden Law Office.  My goal is to make the estate planning process easy and comfortable by explaining the rules of the road; offering advice; empowering my clients to protect their families; deliverying a complete plan that accomplishes their goals; and follow-up to be there as things change.. No fluff.  No confusing legal jargon.  My passion is to building lasting client relationships with clients who feel they have real choices and understand how their plan works.  Help when it's needed and periodic reviews to ensure a lasting legacy.  Security and comfort in knowing it's taken care of.  That's my passion and my promise.

I am a business lawyer with the Fort Wayne, Indiana law firm Barnes & Thornburg, LLP. My practice consists of counseling businesses — in legal and business issues — in the growth and success of their ventures. There is really no area of business law I don’t do (with the exception of patent prosecution), but my passion is for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, real estate transactions and other transactions involving the buying, selling and expansion or winding down of business. Within those types of transactions are many areas of law — including, tax, employment, real estate, trademark, copyright, licensing, franchising and nonprofit law.

Highly experienced in estate planning, Trisha’s practice encompasses wills and trusts, the avoidance or reduction of estate, inheritance, and generation-skipping taxes, various techniques for making gifts to individuals and charities, life insurance, disability, and distributions from retirement accounts. She also consults business owners regarding choice of entity issues, valuation issues, buy-sell agreements, and business succession issues.

Dan is a native of Fort Wayne. With almost 30 years of experience, he has developed a diverse practice. He has extensive experience in family law, estate planning and probate, real estate, personal injury, business formation contract drafting, civil litigation and creditor’s rights. Dan is a registered family law mediator and has received training in collaborative law.. Bar Admissions. Professional Affiliations. Section memberships: Trial Lawyers, Family Law, Probate, Trust and Tax, Alternative Dispute Resolution. Education. Areas of Practice. ·        Civil Litigation. ·        Divorce. ·        Child Support. ·        Paternity. ·        Adoptions. ·        Mediation. ·        Guardianship. ·        Wills & Trusts. ·        Estate Administration. ·        Business Formation. ·        Corporate Law. ·        Business Litigation. ·        Real Estate. ·        Homeowners Association Law. ·        Personal Injury. ·        Criminal - Misdemeanor & Traffic. ·        Collection Law. Creditors Rights

Bose Mckinney Evans LLP attorney Ronald J. Ehinger practices out of the Fort Wayne office of the Indianapolis based firm. He  focuses his practice in the areas of business and commercial law, including business acquisitions and dispositions, contracts, commercial transactions, and real estate. Ron’s practice also includes intellectual property law with a concentration on trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and licenses.

An associate attorney at Barrett McNagny, Philip Wagler focuses his practice on business transactions, business succession planning, federal and state taxation, estate planning, probate matters, and estate administration. Philip also advises business owners regarding choice of entity issues, valuation issues, buy-sell agreements, and business succession issues.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Fort Wayne and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Fort Wayne and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Fort Wayne and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Fort Wayne and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Fort Wayne and surrounding areas.