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I have been practicing business, estate and tax law, both planning and litigation, with this firm in my hometown of Fayetteville for over 30 years.  I am honored and fortunate to have loyal clients and high peer approval. Peer Ratings include Martindale Hubbell "AV/5.0 Pre-eminent" since 1995; Best Lawyers in America, Trusts and Estates, since 2003; Mid-South Super Lawyers, Commercial Litigation, since 2006;  Ten Best Business Lawyers in Arkansas, Arkansas Times Polls 2000 and 2005; and Arkansas Bar Association Outstanding Lawyer-Citizen, 2000.

I am a Tulsa, Oklahoma attorney who focuses on estate planning, probate, guardianships, business law, and real estate.. I would like to hear from you, and I always return phone calls.

Ms. Smith is an attorney admitted in Arkansas, Colorado and Mississippi and has been practicing law since 2004.  She attended the University of Arkansas both for her undergraduate studies and law school. She received her degree in Philosophy from the U of A in three years.  She was the the Student Honor Council President in law school and thinks she recalls being on the Dean’s List once or twice. She has practiced a wide gamut of law, including criminal defense, family law, personal injury, medical malpractice, worker’s compensation and consumer rights.  Currently, she is dedicating her expertise to those in need of estate planning. Having lost both of her parents in 2014 and her grandfather in 2013, she has acquired the real world life experience that comes from the death of loved ones.Ms. Smith is also an avid world traveler, having visited Asia, Europe, Mexico, South America and a large part of the United States. She studied creative writing one summer in college in Galway, Ireland. She is also an honorary princess in an Iban Indian tribe in the jungles of northern Borneo. She is an empathetic listener and a big sister.  She has an eye towards the holistic, collaborative practice of law, but maintains a strong sense of justice.  She is technologically saavy, but also maintains that there is no substitute for the art of conversation.

I am an experienced Corporate Lawyer with a demonstrated history of results, and am excited about combining wisdom, skill and experience to add value to businesses, individuals and families in the area of business law, property law and estate planning. I am a trusted counselor valued for my attention to detail and consistent commitment to excellence, and I am passionate about people, purpose, cross cultural transactions, and working together to solve problems and bring dreams into reality.

Michael grew up in Northwest Arkansas and is a University of Arkansas college and law school graduate. After spending so such time at the U of A, his life could never be complete without good tickets. Michael hosts a tailgate on Saturdays during football season.. Outside of being a lawyer, Michael is a member at his church Fayetteville where he teaches Sunday school and Wednesday night Bible studies. In his free time, Michael enjoys strategy games, fun runs, and playing tennis.. Michael practices Elder Law, Estate Planning, and Family Law.

I was born and raised in Northwest Arkansas, and grew up with the Razorbacks in my blood. I  graduated from the University of Arkansas with a business degree, and followed my for law when I attended Liberty University School of Law in Lynchburg, Virginia. After graduation, I returned to Northwest Arkansas and began the Story Law Firm, PLLC in January 2009. I practices daily in the areas of Bankruptcy, Civil Law, Property Law, Business Planning, and Estate Planning.  I am married to my wonderful wife, Ashleigh, and my four kids: Asa, Jackson, Wyatt and Raley.

Ms. Quraishi is dedicated to using her wealth of experience, mastery of the law and commitment to a client-first approach to help individuals and families achieve their estate planning goals. Ms. Quraishi's guiding concern is to give clients clear and straightforward advice on complex areas of the law. She believes that a good lawyer makes things as simple as possible for her clients to understand.. Ms. Quraishi completed her undergraduate work at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas, graduating cum laude with a degree in Finance. She earned her Juris Doctorate from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law. While in law school, Ms. Quraishi gained practical experience working in the Small Business Clinic under the guidance and mentorship of AT&T general counsel.. Prior to opening her firm, Ms. Quraishi served Of Counsel to a Dallas firm where she specialized in estate planning, probate and business law. Before obtaining her law degree she worked in the financial industry for large firms such as Raymond James Financial Services and Wells Fargo, concentrating on securities compliance and comprehensive financial, estate and insurance planning.. Ms. Quraishi is a lifetime member of the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) and is a former AQHA Amateur World Champion and All Around Amateur in the Nation.  She also serves on the Youth Committee for AQHA.

I am Susan Eleff, an attorney with over forty years of experience in estate planning, business transactions and commercial and residential real estate matters. I welcome new clients in the areas where I practice, and make every effort to provide outstanding service.  I invite you to watch the very short "whiteboard" video posted by my photo on my "home page" on this Avvo site.. My estate planning practice includes the preparation of wills, trust agreements, family limited partnerships with planned gifting, powers of attorney, and medical directives. I formulate comprehensive plans to address tax aspects, asset protection and business succession, in accordance with clients' needs and priorities.My transaction practice extends to a broad range of matters, including corporate, partnership and limited liability company start-ups, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and reorganizations, private placement of securities, buy-sell and employment agreements, secured transactions and intercreditor agreements, work-outs and refinancings.My real estate work encompasses property acquisitions, sales, development, financing, tax-free exchanges, leasing, restrictive covenant and easement agreements for retail, office, industrial, residential, condominium and mixed-use properties, including big box and shopping center developments, office buildings, raw land, and other real estate. I have also handled trial and appellate litigation on adverse possession cases in the Maryland state courts.I am admitted to practice in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Illinois. I am a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving my B.A. there in two years after high school, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, with honors in my major, Economics, where I was awarded the Shanbaum Prize (top Economics graduate). I have been rated "AV Preeminent" in the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings, the highest rating by that service.

Lindsey Sarowitz joined Handler & Levine, LLC in 2013. Lindsey counsels clients on estate planning, helping them with decisions regarding themselves and their families. Lindsey is integral in the firm's estate administration process, helping guide families through probate and trust administration, following the loss of a loved one.. Lindsey is a member of the Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia Bars, and is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Montgomery County, MD. She is also an active member of the Grass Roots Organization for the Well-being of Seniors (GROWS), which is the leading organization dedicated to the well-being of seniors in Montgomery County. As part of her practice, Lindsey provides estate planning seminars to Federal Government employees through the National Institute of Transition Planning. Lindsey is also an adjunct professor at Montgomery College, and regularly teaches “Wills and Estates” as well as “Probate in Maryland.". Lindsey earned her B.S. in Justice, cum laude, in 2007 from American University in Washington, D.C. While in college, she worked at The White House in the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and was an intern at the U.S. Senate. She received her Juris Doctor degree in 2010 from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, in San Diego, CA. In law school, Lindsey was a volunteer mediator at the San Diego Superior Court and was also president of Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Women’s Law Association.. Lindsey was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 2014, the District of Columbia Bar in 2015 and became a member of the Virginia Bar in January 2021. Lindsey was given the AVVO Clients’ Choice Award in 2020 and has been selected as a “Rising Star” by SuperLawyers for 2021-2022. She was also voted one of the "Top Attorneys" in Bethesda Magazine.

Prior to founding Avedisian Law, I worked in Washington, DC at one of the top 100 law firms in the United States, Venable LLP, where I counseled clients on a variety of tax matters. After Venable, I joined Birchstone Moore LLC, a boutique estate planning and administration firm in Washington, DC. There I drafted estate plans for clients ranging from young professionals to ultra-high-net-worth individuals.. I started Avedisian Law because I so highly value one-on-one client relationships. Being a sole practitioner allows me to build stronger connections with clients and to provide more customized services. Clients find my enthusiasm, warmth, and candor to be disarming and to facilitate productive and comfortable conversations about potentially sensitive topics.

I provide clients personal service at competitive rates in the areas of estate planning, family law, and bankruptcy. I offer estate planing packages beginning at $500 per couple, chapter 7 bankruptcy for $900, and easy payment options for divorce and custody cases.

Brenton C. McWilliams is an attorney at The Law Office of Brenton C. McWilliams in Orange Beach, Alabama. Mr. McWilliams serves clients throughout Alabama practicing elder law, real estate law, accident and injury law, criminal defense, estate planning, probate and estate administration, business law, construction law and civil litigation. He is admitted to practice before all courts in the State of Alabama, as well as the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.. Mr. McWilliams earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Alabama School of Law. He also completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Alabama earning a Bachelor of Science degree from the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration with a concentration in Finance.

April Dunaway Wise concentrates her practice in the area of estate and tax planning, estate and trust administration, and special needs planning and settlement planning. She also handles other probate court matters including guardianships, conservatorships, and adoptions. April received her bachelor’s degree in accounting, cum laude, from Auburn University in 2004 and her juris doctorate, magna cum laude, from Cumberland School of Law in 2008. A native of Enterprise, Alabama, April served on the Editorial Board of the Cumberland Law Review as the Symposium Editor and served as an Abraham Caruthers Fellow for Cumberland’s Legal Research and Writing program. While in law school, April also served as President of the Christian Legal Society. In addition to the practice of law, April has served as an adjunct professor at Auburn University Montgomery where she taught Estate Planning to upper-level under-graduate students and graduate students. April actively serves in the Montgomery Capital Rotary Club. April is a member of the Montgomery Emerge Torchbearers Leadership Class IV.

Brad Coppedge was born and raised in Columbus, Georgia. He received his B.B.A. in Accounting from Mercer University in 1993, his J.D. degree from Mercer University School of Law in 1996, and his LL.M. (Master of Laws) in Taxation from the University of Miami School of Law in 1997. Before joining Goggans, Stutzman, Hudson, Wilson & Mize, LLP in 2022, Mr. Coppedge was a shareholder/partner for six years at Hall Booth Smith, P.C., and prior to that practiced at Hatcher, Stubbs, Land Hollis and Rothschild, LLP for 18 years, becoming a partner in 2002. He joined Hall Booth Smith in 2016. He has been a member of the Georgia Bar since 1996 and the Alabama Bar since 1998. Mr. Coppedge is admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court and is a member of the Columbus Bar Association and the Atlanta Estate Planning Councili.. A significant portion of Mr. Coppedge's practice is dedicated to estate planning and estate administration. As part of his estate planning practice, Mr. Coppedge provides estate and tax planning advice for individuals, including the preparation of Wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, life insurance trusts, family partnerships, gifting and transfer documents and various charitable planning techniques, such as charitable remainder and charitable lead trusts. In connection with his representation of estate planning clients, Mr. Coppedge regularly drafts pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements. Mr. Coppedge also represents both individual and corporate trustees in fiduciary matters including changes in trustees, trust terminations and similar matters.Mr. Coppedge also works with clients in the creation of Special Needs Trusts (SNTs), both for self-settled and third party donor created trusts, in Medicaid planning and in planning for beneficiaries with disabilities.Mr. Coppedge maintains an active probate and estate administration practice, which includes the representation of clients in the probate of Wills, administration of Estates, and Year's Support proceedings. Further, Mr. Coppedge works with families and individuals in need of a guardian of the person or conservator of the property, for adults, minors, and individuals with disabilities or special needs.. With his educational background and LL.M. in Taxation, Mr. Coppedge regularly works with clients in the areas of entity selection/formation/operation, Mr. Coppedge represents a significant number of small businesses, helps clients create new start-up business (LLCs, c-corporations, s-corporations and partnerships) and also represents a number of physician groups. He advises these clients on the best form of entity from a tax, liability, and operational standpoint, entity formation or incorporation, and continued representation on matters such as employment agreements, buy-sell agreements, contracts, leases, retirement plans and other matters related to the operation of a business. This representation regularly includes representing buyers and sellers of a business in connection with an asset purchase agreement or stock purchase agreement, and other corporate transactions.Mr. Coppedge also  regularly represents both entity and individual clients in controversies with the IRS and the State Department of Revenue including resolution procedures such as offers in compromise, innocent spouse filings and instalment agreements. Frequently, these matters involve payroll and sales tax liabilities assessed by the State Department of Revenue or Internal Revenue Service, both as against the employer and against an alleged responsible person of the employer such an owner or officer.Additionally, Mr. Coppedge also has a niche practice committed to helping clients with NFA Gun Trusts, also referred to as a Class 3 Trust or a Firearms Trust, which are utilized to legally purchase and own, and facilitate the subsequent transfer of, Title II Firearms, such as suppressors and SBRs sold by Class 3 dealers.Mr. Coppedge has written numerous articles in local, state and national publications and often speaks locally and regionally at events sponsored by private and public groups, on the topics of estate planning and choice of entity. Mr. Coppedge is AV rated by Martindale.

Amber N. Crawford is an Associate at Hall Booth Smith, P.C. in Columbus, Georgia, and she focuses her practice on estate planning, probates, guardianships and conservatorships, business transactions, and fiduciary litigation. She also represents clients in commercial real estate matters.. Before joining Hall Booth Smith, Amber spent several years at a firm in Newnan, Georgia, where she specialized in probates and estate planning. She also represented creditors’ rights in Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases, handled contract negotiations, closed commercial and residential real estate transactions, and litigated civil and transactional matters. She served as a guardian ad litem and court appointed attorney in Probate, Superior and Juvenile Court matters, and was one of two County Administrators/Conservators in Coweta County Probate Court.. Earlier in her career, Amber served as a prosecution intern in Georgia’s Northern Judicial Circuit, which included Madison, Hart, Franklin, Oglethorpe and Elbert counties. She also completed several other internships in probate and state courts.. Amber earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Georgia School of Law, where she was a research assistant for Professor Eleanor Lanier for a grant project about the public guardianship program and the Founder and President of the Older Wise Law Students (OWLS) program. She was an academic tutor and student mentor, participated in the LLM and Judicial Clerkship Panels, and co-organized a Working in Public Interest (WIPI) Panel. She also completed a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, magna cum laude, at Columbus State University. During her undergraduate career, she was in the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars Honor Society and Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.. Amber serves as a co-chairman for the State Bar of Georgia’s Young Lawyers Division’s Estate and Elder Law committee, which hosts First Responders Wills Clinics, providing pro-bono estate planning documents to First Responders and their spouses all across the state.