Top best Estate Planning Lawyers Near me in ZIP 73118

Stephen Cortes is an Oklahoma City attorney with over 17 years of legal experience in both the public and private sectors.. Stephen is passionate about helping individuals, families, and business owners achieve peace of mind by developing and implementing creative cost effective plans tailored for each client. He believes that effective estate planning is critical to the financial and physical well-being of his clients. “I am grateful for the opportunity to be involved in the process,” he says.. As part of the estate planning process, Stephen prepares documents for clients and works to educate them on the importance of titling assets to ensure their estate planning documents work the way they intend. His goal is to make this process as accessible, efficient and streamlined as possible so that individuals are more motivated to develop and complete their plan, and families do not have to deal with the fallout from a lack of planning.. Stephen is an active member of WealthCounsel, a national community of top estate planning professionals committed to the highest standard of practice excellence.. With over 17 years of legal experience in the public and private sectors, Stephen has served in leadership roles as General Counsel for Governor Brad Henry, and Referee of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals. He is a graduate of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Citizens’ Academy, a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, Oklahoma County Bar Association and is a Leadership Oklahoma Lifetime Member.. Stephen’s commitment to helping others includes volunteering and serving as a Board Member of the Oklahoma City Rescue Mission. In addition, he hosts an annual charity event that, over the last 10 years, has raised over $200,000 for children’s charities.

Nicholas Farha was recently named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, the industry’s rating service recognizing outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. In 2016, Nicholas Farha was selected by his piers as Top 10 Under 40 years of age by the National Association of Personal Injury Attorneys.  His career began in the legal department of a Fortune 500 company. He has since shifted his focus to representing individuals and entities in his community. He is well regarded for his tenacious advocacy in his representation of personal injury clients. Mr. Farha’s versatile client base enables him to further focus on providing superior estate and business planning services. Mr. Farha’s motivation is to allow his clients to live for today while he plans for tomorrow. He is involved in several community and professional groups, including the Oklahoma Bar Association, Oklahoma County Bar Association, Oklahoma Association for Justice, American Association for Justice, Robert J. Turner Inn of Court and Rotary Club 29. He is admitted to practice law in state and federal court in Oklahoma, as well as numerous federal courts throughout the United States.

Kendra Robben is an estate planning and corporate law attorney licensed to practice in both Oklahoma and Kansas. She established Robben & Associates LLC in November 2009. Previous to the establishment of her law firm, she worked as President and CEO of The Juell Companies LLC, an Ardmore, OK company with various business holdings throughout the US and abroad, and was an associate attorney with Hartzog Conger Cason & Neville. She received her Juris Doctorate from the Oklahoma City University School of Law in 2007, where she graduated first in her class and was named the Oklahoma Bar Association Outstanding OCU Law Student. Prior to law school Kendra passed the national C.P.A. certification exam after graduating summa cum laude in 2004 from Kansas State University with degrees in both Accounting and Agricultural Economics.Kendra is an active member of the Oklahoma Bar Association presently serving on the Strategic Planning Committee, the Law Schools Committee, and the Investment Committee. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the OCU School of Law most recently teaching Wills, Trusts and Estates.. She is an occasional speaker at professional development meetings in her practice area, most recently speaking to the Oklahoma Bar Association Solo & Small Firm Conference in a presentation entitled Business Entity Choices: Why the Conventional Wisdom May Not Always Be the Right Choice for Your Clients. She has experience representing clients in all aspects of Estate Planning (Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Living Wills) and also in Family Business Succession Planning (transition planning from one family generation to the next) and a variety of Corporate Transactions (mergers & acquisitions, real estate transactions, and commercial loan agreements).

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in Jefferson City and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in Jefferson City and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in Jefferson City and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in Jefferson City and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in Jefferson City and surrounding areas.