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Leah Jacobs is a partner at Jacobs Jacobs & Edmison, LLP.  Her primary practice areas are Business, Nonprofit, and Probate and Estate Planning.  Leah began her career in the Retail industry where she utilized her Communications degree in a management and supervisory capacity.  She then moved into the Multi-Family Housing industry, where she moved from Leasing Consultant to Assistant Manager, and eventually served as temporary Manager of an apartment complex.  Most recently, Leah has served as General Counsel for a manufacturing company in Fort Worth, Texas.. Leah has a continual desire to learn, in an effort to better assist her clients.  She is a member of the American Bar Association, Arkansas Bar Association, Texas Young Lawyers’ Association, State Bar of Texas, and is licensed to practice law by the State Bar of Texas and the Arkansas State Bar.. Born in Arkansas, Leah obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication from Arkansas Tech University in 2003.  Leah earned her Juris Doctor from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in 2010. While at Texas Wesleyan, she served as Vice-President and Board Member of the Night Students’ Association, was a founding member of the Student Ambassador Recruiting Team, and was a 1L mentor to incoming 1st year law students.. Leah is involved in local church activities and enjoys traveling, camping, and boating. She also enjoys reading, decorating and spending time with her husband Joshua and their 3 children.

Doug Coe is a third generation Wichitan with a passion to help clients achieve the peace of mind that comes from knowing all of their ducks are in a row. He helps families of all ages and situations, whether they are buried in the busyness of parenting young children, empty nesters just trying to be responsible, or proud members of the Greatest Generation simply wanting to leave things better than they found them.. As the founder of Legacy Legal, LLC, Doug focuses his practice on family harmony, protecting minor children and keeping assets and loved ones out of court. He does this with a focus on estate planning, will, trusts, powers of attorney, asset protection, and various probate avoidance strategies.. Doug actively supports:• Hope Community Church• Young Life Wichita• Wichita Collegiate School. Doug is married to his beautiful bride, Caitlin, and has two beautiful daughters.. Doug went to Wichita Collegiate School, Trinity University as a Baker Duncan Scholar, and the University of Kansas School of Law where he served as the Managing Editor of the Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy.. Early in his career, Doug worked at a leading regional firm where he saw a very broad range of cases. Later he worked at a national firm as a local specialist in their Tax, Trusts, and Estates department.

Dear Reader,. I believe that my clients deserve the very best service possible.  Because of that, I limit my practice to estate planning related issues including Elder Law, Asset Protection, and Family Wealth Transfers.  Typically this involves designing appropriate wills, trusts, and business organizations.. My practice also includes Special Needs Planning which is dear to my heart.  I have a daughter who has special needs.  Though she will most likely create additional responsibility for my wife and I for the rest of our lives, we feel very blessed to have her in our family.. Limiting my practice area helps me make sure that I can stay on top of what is going on in my area.  While others offer "competent" legal counsel, my aim is to offer exceptional counsel.. I am always happy to help people where I can.  If I can not help you with it, I can most likely find an exceptional attorney who can.. Best of Blessings,. Mark

Rick Spykman has been doing what he enjoys most – solving problems and helping people – for more than three decades. Trusted by corporate leaders, business owners, in-house attorneys, and high net worth individuals in Indiana and beyond, he provides sound counsel to help clients move forward with confidence.. The quality of Rick’s guidance stems from strong foundations in both business transactions and wealth planning, a combination which helps him to anticipate and resolve the many issues that often arise for individuals and businesses. Despite the diversity of his practice, his approach is remarkably consistent: Rick views the practice of law as one in which people are the subject matter, not the wills or trusts, assets, agreements or transactions. As a result, many of his client relationships become long-term partnerships, some across multiple generations.. Rick’s wealth planning clients are individuals as well as families, including executives of public companies and owners of closely held businesses, and fiduciaries. Skilled at both asking just the right questions – and listening carefully – he takes great pride in creating estate plans which reflect each client’s specific needs and concerns. He has particular experience with assets such as family-owned businesses, agricultural and other major real estate holdings, and intellectual property. In addition to drafting wills and trusts and providing guidance on tax-efficient charitable giving, he also administers complex estates and trusts, and consults on estate disputes.. With 35 years of business and community involvement in the Lafayette region, Rick has extensive understanding of the area’s manufacturing, agricultural, and service businesses, and educational institutions. He has provided ongoing and transaction-specific advice to public companies with significant Indiana operations and has acted as outside general counsel to more than 90 established privately held businesses. Rick has also represented a variety of commercial lenders, and provides regular guidance to entrepreneurs. His counsel to business clients includes representation in mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, guidance on intellectual property matters, negotiation of lease agreements and real estate investments, and facilitation of financing transactions. Rick has a long history of leadership and involvement with numerous community service and charitable organizations, and their supporting foundations. In his leisure time, Rick enjoys Lake Michigan boating, outdoor activities, reading, and traveling.

After graduating from the University of Notre Dame in 1995 with my accounting degree, I worked for two years with Price Waterhouse LLP in Kansas City. I graduated from Washburn Law School in 2000 and since that time I have served as General Counsel for Pittsburg State University, was a law partner at Wilbert and Towner, P.A., General Counsel for CDL Electric, and served as General Counsel and Controller for Pitsco, Inc. and LEGO Education North America.. I am licensed to practice law in the states of Kansas and Missouri. Although I do not maintain my license as a Certified Public Accountant, I have passed the certified public accounting examination and I use that knowledge and my previous accounting experience to provide my clients with sound business advice. I have had the opportunity to litigate in both federal and state courts in Kansas and have had the opportunity to serve as local counsel for companies that were forced to litigate outside the State of Kansas. I have had the exciting opportunity to work on an international joint venture, dealing with such issues such as international pricing, partner negotiations, contract negotiations and international and domestic compliance issues.. Additionally, I have a sound and busy practice in the areas of family law, adoption, estate planning, probate and criminal law.. I look forward to the opportunity to serve you and to help you reach success in whatever legal issue you may be facing.

Amy K. Nowaczyk is a partner at O’Drobinak & Nowaczyk, PC in Schererville, Indiana.  Her practice concentrates in estate and trust administration, estate planning, guardianship, elder law and Medicaid Planning.  Amy received her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Valparaiso University, her Master Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Illinois Institute of Technology, and her Juris Doctor from Valparaiso University School of Law.  During law school, Amy clerked in the Lake County, Indiana, Circuit Court (Probate) for the Honorable George C. Paras.  She also was a research assistant for Professor Linda Whitton and conducted research on the decision-making standards for guardians across the United States.. Prior to her career as an attorney, Amy worked as a public safety consultant, where she developed and administered entry-level selection assessments and promotional assessments for police and fire departments across the United States.  She has been an adjunct professor at Kaplan University, Argosy University and Purdue North Central.. Amy is a member of the American Bar Association, the Indiana Bar Association, the Lake County Bar Association, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Indiana Chapter for the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys, and the American Psychological Association.. She has been a panelist in the following Seminars, presented by the Indiana Continuing Legal Educational Forum: “Guardianships From Beginning To End”, ICLEF 2014; “Basic Will Drafting”, ICLEF 2015; “Year in Review”, ICLEF 2015; “Year in Review”, ICLEF 2016.. Amy has been a lifelong resident of Crown Point, Indiana, where she resides with her husband and four children.

Mona has been practicing law since 2010, specializing in estate planning, real estate, and small business matters, with a focus on protecting clients' legacies, and assets. She specializes in estate planning by creating personalized Wills, Trusts, and Healthcare Directives that protect family wealth and ensure clients' wishes are a real estate attorney, she handles all aspects of real estate law, offering expert counsel on transactions, property rights, and legal matters related to both residential and commercial properties. She also offers legal counsel on residential and commercial transactions, landlord-tenant matters, and serves as outside general counsel to small businesses, advising on legal compliance and future planning.