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Jeremy K. Cooper is a partner with COOPER | COONS, Ltd. Jeremy’s practice is focused on estate planning, asset protection, trust administration, probate, and any matters related to these areas of law.. Jeremy graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Brigham Young University (Cum Laude and Phi Kappa Phi). Following the completion of his undergraduate studies, Jeremy continued his education at BYU where he earned a Masters Degree in Accounting with an emphasis in Taxation.. Upon graduating from BYU, Jeremy worked as a senior associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP’s (PwC) corporate tax group in Silicon Valley. After spending several years in public accounting and becoming a licensed CPA, Jeremy returned home to Las Vegas, Nevada, to pursue his longtime goal of attending law school.. Jeremy earned a Juris Doctorate (JD) Degree from the William S. Boyd School of Law. While a JD candidate, Jeremy was selected to serve as a staff and senior staff member of the Nevada Law Journal. Jeremy began working as a law clerk for Jeffrey Burr, Ltd. after completing his first year of law school and remained employed there until partnering with Charles Coons to form COOPER | COONS, Ltd. While at Jeffrey Burr, Ltd., Jeremy was able to provide valuable estate planning and asset protection to a range of clients in a variety of circumstances.. Jeremy is currently a member of the Nevada Society of CPAs and the Southern Nevada Estate Planning Council. Jeremy also serves on the UNLV Planned Giving Professional Advisors Council, the College of Southern Nevada Planned Giving Council, and the Goodwill of Southern Nevada Audit Committee. Jeremy speaks Spanish fluently and has been able to provide estate planning and asset protection services to many Spanish speaking clients over the years.

After spending my first few years gaining experience in a top notch firm I've branched off and started my own company: Fortress Law & Realty. My aim has been to create a company which can provide a variety of legal and real estate services specializing in all areas that fall in between these two major industries.. My education at the University of Nebraska College of Law included a certificate of special emphasis in real estate transactions. As an Attorney, I have been involved in contested probate, trust, and guardianship matters. I have also participated extensively in preparing and litigating contested issues before the Nevada 8th Judicial District Probate Court and Family Court. I also have experience in business litigation, creditor negotiations, probate sales, and settlement proceedings.. My wife and I have moved between many states throughout the course of our education including Utah, Colorado, and Nebraska. After spending years transitioning between so many different homes, my family and I were pleasantly surprised to find Las Vegas an ideal place for us to finally put down roots.. I have two young daughters with whom I enjoy spending as much of my time as possible. Outside of work I unwind by reading, expanding and enjoying an already extensive movie collection, and finding new ways to enjoy the outdoors with my family.

My practice focuses on estate planning, probate and trust administration, and probate and trust litigation.  I am licensed in California and Nevada.  I have diverse experience in the areas of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives, probate estates, trust administration, trust and estate litigation, business formation, and federal and state taxation. Past litigation clients include individual and professional trustees, beneficiaries, surviving spouses, care givers, omitted heirs, competing wills, adopted out children, intestate claims of predeceased spouse to real property, spousal property petitions, partition actions, undue influence and elder abuse claims, and representation of a co-administrator/co-executor in a 13 year probate.  Prior to joining Goodwin, Brown, Gross & Lovelace, APC, I was an attorney with Albence and Associates, APC, for nearly 5 years in the same practice area.  Before Albence & Associates, APC, I was an attorney at a major securities litigation firm headquartered in San Diego.  With securities litigation I was involved in a variety of complex litigation cases, including mortgage backed securities cases and post-merger derivative suits.  I believe my diverse litigation experience in a wide variety of trust and probate litigation matters, all the way to multi-party, national scale cases, give me a unique perspective in my estate planning, affording my estate litigation clients exceptional representation and my estate planning clients practical experience of the implications of how documents are drafted and the situations they create.. I earned my law degree from the University of San Diego, where I also earned a Master of Laws in Taxation, with an emphasis on complex estate planning and business planning.  Prior to law school, I earned my B.A. in Economics from UC San Diego.  I am licensed to practice law in California and Nevada, and to appear in the Southern District of the United States Federal Court.. I am very proud to be a current board member with the San Diego Council on Literacy and a strong supporter of the San Diego Equality Business Association. Some of my past philanthropic activities include the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, Habitat for Humanity, and the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer program.

Thanks for visiting! I help families and businessowners create estate plans that work for them during life, too. This includes the latest planning techniques to help individuals pay for long term care without impoverishing the family. My primary concern is the success of my clients, and I use a combination of advocacy, education, experience, and flat rates to achieve that. I look forward to speaking with you about your legal matter. Call anytime. Valerie. PS- Thank you so much for your interest! My office is not accepting litigation cases at this time.

Amy M. Friedlander joined Black & LoBello in 2009. Prior to joining the firm, she served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Robert W. Teuton of the Eighth Judicial District Court – Family Division.. Ms. Friedlander graduated cum laude from California State University, Long Beach in 2004, with a bachelor’s degree in political science and a minor in psychology. As an undergraduate, Ms. Friedlander received the Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Scholarship for Academic Excellence in September 2003 and the Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award in Political Science in May 2004.. Ms. Friedlander received her Juris Doctorate from the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in May of 2008. After her first year of law school, she worked as a summer associate for Christiansen Law Offices, where she worked on personal injury, medical malpractice, and criminal defense cases. Also, while in law school, she served as an extern to the Honorable Kent J. Dawson of the United States District Court, District of Nevada. Furthermore, she spent three semesters working as a student attorney as part of William S. Boyd School of Law’s Child Welfare Clinic, representing numerous foster children and successfully conducting a trial on a petition to terminate parental rights.. Ms. Friedlander was admitted to the State Bar of Nevada in October of 2008. She is currently a member of the American Bar Association and the Clark County Bar Association.

For more than 30 years, Attorney Lee A. Drizin has practiced in the areas of estate planning, probate, trusts, guardianship and real estate matters. He is a  a firm believer in the importance of being proactive.  In other words,plan today to avoid problems in the future.  Our office frequently participates in community events to discuss the importance of planning ahead.  I was recently selected as a presenter at the National Guardianship Associatiion's Annual Conference held in Las Vegas.  In addition, I served as moderator for the 2010 National Health Care Decisions Day Conference held at the East Las Vegas Community Center.  Other appearances included a discussion of recognizing and preventing exploitation of the elderly to Seniors at the H2U Program as well as presentations at Nellis Air Force Base and University Medical Center.  If you are interested in having our Firm speak at your organization, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Daryl Alterwitz has been practicing law for over 30 years and has represented the trust departments of many national and regional banks, in addition to prominent local companies and families in Southern Nevada. In his free time, he enjoys skiing, hiking, swimming, cycling, cooking, trekking, and family vacations.

Bart Leonardi is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate law by the Ohio State Bar Association. His practice is concentrated in Estate Planning, Probate and Trust law and Probate Litigation.. A native of Cleveland, Mr. Leonardi obtained his B.S.B.A. in Finance from John Carroll University and his J.D. from Ave Maria School of Law. He is admitted to practice in all state courts of Ohio and Kentucky and in the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Ohio and the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky.

I work hard to get my clients the best possible results and will compassionately and tirelessly work for you. It may not be flashy, but it’s effective. If you want someone who is going to work hard for you and treat you as a person rather than another fee, I'm your guy.. You can learn more about my story and experience by checking out my profile on my firm website -

I have been rated "AV Preeminent" (Highest Rating) by the Martindale Hubbell Law Directory, and included in the 2011 and the 2012 Super Lawyers List of Top Lawyers in Michigan in addition to "dbusiness" Magazine 2010 list of Top Lawyers.  has awarded me its best rating of "Superb" 10.0 out of 10.0.  I am an experienced, competent and sincere lawyer, who would like to represent you. I am a partner in a small, conveniently located, Detroit area lawfirm. Please visit our firm's website: .. Please don't hesitate to call or email me with any questions or concerns. I am avaiable for telephone, Skype, Face Time, and Zoom consultations, which avoid the need for in-person meetings. I wish you all good health, and please stay safe!. At our law firm we share the concerns of every individual, family and small business as we all face this unprecedented time in our lives. We echo the reassurance of health care experts, that we can all get through this together. We reaffirm our commitment to continue addressing the legal concerns of existing and new clients as concientiously and resolutely as always.

Andrew C. Hendra works to protect the most vulnerable members of our communities.  He aids families in difficult asset planning and protection, works with those handling the passing of family members, and represents individuals in guardianship proceedings.  He helps business owners make organizational decisions, and works with debtors through asset evaluation and bankruptcy planning.  Andrew has been with Collis & Griffor for over 4 years and has been heavily involved with their appeals, probate, and civil litigation work.. Andrew graduated 3rd in his class in Law School with a 3.98 GPA. While attending Western Michigan University – Cooley Law School, he was Editor-in-Chief of Law Review and Treasurer of the Family Law Society. He received 19 Certificates of Merit, which he received for his work in areas such as Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Civil Procedure, Bankruptcy, Tax Law, Legal Writing, and Legal Research.

I received my law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School (Magna Cum Laude) and have been practicing law in St. Joseph since 2014.  Prior to attending law school, I graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology.  I am an associate attorney at Passaro, Kahne & Taylor Law Offices and practice in the areas of Probate Estate Administration, Trust Administration, and Estate Planning. I am a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the Berrien County Bar Association, the Southwestern Michigan Estate Planning Council, and the Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan.  I also volunteer as a grief support group facilitator at Lory’s Place in St. Joseph and as a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) for abused and neglected children in Berrien County.  I received and continue to update annually a Certificate of Completion in the areas of probate and estate planning issued by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education and the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan for the years 2016-2018.

Since 2010, Robert Zawideh, a shareholder at the Kemp Klein Law Firm, has primarily represented interested persons in high net worth trust and estate disuptes. This body of work is part of a 30 year history of successfully resolving complex litigation and business matters on behalf of individuals, businesses and municipalities. Mr. Zawideh’s experience includes representing business and families involved in estate and post-death disputes, complex business and commercial litigation, construction claims, franchise matters, real estate claims and contract disputes. Robert Zawideh’s litigation practice has taken him before Michigan’s trial and appellate courts, including the Michigan Supreme Court, as well as before federal courts, state courts and arbitration panels across the United States. He has been admitted to practice in state and federal courts in Michigan, Ohio, California, Illinois, Louisiana, Utah and Washington, D.C.. Probate and Trust Litigation: As a skilled and experienced litigator and trial attorney, Mr. Zawideh has successfully guided his clients through extremely difficult financial and emotional issues that are inherent in probate litigation. These cases involve will and trust contests, accounting disputes, as well as guardianship and conservatorship proceedings.. Commercial Litigation: From simple breach of contract actions to complex franchise litigation, Mr. Zawideh has effectively represented his clients’ business interests before private arbitration panels, as well as trial and appellate courts in the metropolitan Detroit area and across the United States. Mr. Zaawideh has argued and tried cases involving fraud, misrepresentation, construction law claims, breaches of noncompete agreements, insurance coverage disputes and violations of various state franchise investment laws at all levels of the judicial system.