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My legal practice focuses on estate planning (including special needs planning), probate and trust administration, elder law and general business.. I served on the legislative work group to prepare the Advance Directive legislation that went into effect in 2018 and am the current chair of the  Advance Directive Adoption Committee that is tasked with revising the form.. Prior to attending law school, I served as an Associate Dean at Centralia College. As such, I directed library operations and coordinated distance and online education.. Stephanie enjoys traveling and spent one year of college studying in Sagunto, Spain, and another studying in Paris, France. Her hobbies include reading and gardening. She belongs to two book groups through the Lake Oswego Branch of AAUW.

Ms. Malek is a Cum Laude graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law and is licensed in Idaho and Oregon. Prior to joining Berg, McLaughli & Nelson, Ms. Malek was an associate at Holtey Law in Portland, Oregon. Ms. Malek believes the best outcomes are achieved when clients are empowered to make informed decisions and take an active role in working toward a resolution of their conflict.. She is also  dedicated to civic enaggement. Ms. Malek sits on the Board of Directors for OGALLA and is a long time volunteer for the Legal Aid Services of Oregon Pro Se Assistance Project. She has also volunteerd for the Veterans Justice Outreach Program and  currently serves on the YLS Pro Bono committee. Her dedication was recognized by the Multnomah Bar Association as the recipient of the MBA Michael E. Haglund award.

Mark moved his family to Idaho in 1987 and has worked in private practice ever since. While his practice has always included wills, trusts and probate work, it was in 2001 that Mark focused his practice entirely on estate planning. Mark has co-authored several manuals for attorneys and has regularly taught attorneys and other professionals on the subjects of estate and legacy planning as well as asset protection and tax planning. Mark is also a frequent lecturer to financial professionals and insurance agents on the same topics.. Mark has also been involved with volunteer work for the Court Appointed Special Advocate (“CASA”) program, representing the guardians ad litem who are appointed by the Court to represent abused or neglected children. Mark received the CASA Attorney of the Year Award in 2006. He also earned the Denise O’Donnell-Day, Pro Bono Award in 2003, for fifteen years of service in the CASA program. He has also served as a member of the Alzheimer's Idaho Board of Directors since 2010.. Mark is active with the Boys Scouts of America. He and his wife JoAnn reside in Meridian and have six children and four grandchildren.

I have been practicing in the estate planning area since 1982.  I have an undergraduate degree in accounting, so I have always been interested in the tax planning aspects of estate planning, as well as working with individuals.  I have worked in virtually all phases of estate planning, including the preparation of comperehensive (and often complex) estate plans, including working with owners of closely held businesses, nonprofit organizations, professionals, and a great variety of interesting people.  Each family situation presents unique opportunities (and often challenges) and I try to approach each client as if they were a member of my own family.. With the birth (adoption) of my two special needs children in the early 1990's, I became very interested in planning for special needs children.  This work has enabled me to not only help my clients, but to also learn from them!  Together we work to solve the individual special needs planning situation in order to maximize total resources available to the special needs individual.  This includes maximimizing government benefits such as Social Security and Medicaid, arranging appropriate Trustee and advisory roles, identifying service-providers who may be able to help the individual in his or her special situation, providing for maximum flexibility for unforseen circumstances, etc.  I prepare estate plans for clients with special needs loved ones (so called "third party" special needs trusts), as well "first party" special needs trusts for disabled individuals who may have received an unplanned inheritance, a lawuit settlement, etc.  Without the use of a special needs trust, the disabled person may lose his or her benefits and we can avoid that outcome in the vast majority of cases.. My practice if very personalized and has brought me great personal and professional satisfaction for well over 30 years.

Cheryl concentrates her practice on elder law and asset protection, combining traditional estate and gift planning with today's elder estate planning tools to minimize the financial impact of elder care, rehab, and long-term nursing home costs. Working all throughout the state of Kentucky, she prepares irrevocable asset protection trusts, revocable living trusts, wills, durable power of attorney (financial and medical surrogacy), and living wills. For many individuals and families, an asset protection trust is an essential component of an elder estate plan to preserve the tradition of passing down an inheritable asset. Cheryl also prepares gun trusts to give firearms owners peace of mind related to inheritance or transfer of their property.

I started my own practice because I wanted to help clients on my terms. I represent clients in Boone, Kenton, Gallatin, Grant, Pendleton, and Bracken Counties. I currently utilize a virtual office for the convenience of my clients, which means that I will travel to meet you.

The main areas of law that I focus on are: probate law, family law, elder law (medicaid planning and asset protection), and estate planning. Early life experiences and personal losses of loved ones led me to pursue my areas of specialization and, to this day, fuels me to provide world-class products and services to my clients.. I graduated from the University of Mary Washington with a Bachelor's in History and Political Science in 2014 and began law school at the University of Connecticut School of Law the same year. I worked for Rich, Rosenthal, Brincefield, Manitta, Dzubin, Kroeger, LLP in my first summer of law school; covering many areas of law but largely focusing on property, divorce, and estate planning. In my last year of law school I worked for Czepiga, Daily, Pope, & Perri, LLC; the premier elder law and medicaid planning firm in the Northeast.. After graduation, my wife and I moved to the Treasure Valley to start our lives and start a family.. I look forward to working with many people and working towards finding solutions to their problems or helping them achieve even the loftiest of goals.

Leslie DiPietro is the founding attorney of DiPietro Law LLC, dedicated to estate planning and administration and elder law. This dedication began when her own family faced the experience of a health crisis for which they were unprepared. Since then, Leslie has focused on providing the assistance families need to create and maintain beneficial estate plans, protect assets, qualify for long-term care, and manage estate administration as the executors of wills or trustees of various kinds of trusts. Leslie is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park and received her Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law and Beasley School of Law at Temple University. She is licensed to practice in Delaware and Maryland and a member of several professional organizations associated with her practice areas. She has also been voted a “Top Lawyer” by Delaware Today Magazine in the field of elder law