Eight practices, built around one client picture

Estate planning, elder law and Medicaid, probate and estate litigation, foreclosure and reverse mortgages, bankruptcy and debt, real estate, and business succession.

The eight practices

A house, a trust, a Medicaid application, a mortgage default and a probate file are usually the same problem viewed from different desks. The firm works across all of them so a fix in one place does not create a failure in another.

Estate Planning

Wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, health care proxies, trust funding, tax planning and special needs trusts.

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Elder Law & Medicaid

Nursing home and community Medicaid, asset protection trusts, crisis planning, pooled income trusts, estate recovery and guardianship.

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Probate & Estate Litigation

Surrogate’s Court administration, executor and trustee guidance, accountings, will contests and fiduciary disputes.

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Foreclosure Defense

Answering the complaint, settlement conferences, loss mitigation, modifications, short sales and deeds in lieu.

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Reverse Mortgages

Pre-closing review, default and maturity notices, reverse-mortgage foreclosure, and the estate side after a borrower dies.

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Bankruptcy & Debt Relief

Chapter 7, 13 and Subchapter V, debt negotiation, judgments, frozen accounts, garnishments and collection defense.

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Real Estate Law

Residential and commercial closings, leases, title and deed problems, inherited property, partition and 1031 exchanges.

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Business Planning & Succession

LLC formation and governance, operating and buy-sell agreements, and coordinating the business with the owner’s estate plan.

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Or start from the situation you are in

Most people arrive with a situation, not a practice area. Pick the one that sounds closest to yours.

Protect my family, home and assetsWills, trusts, powers of attorney and the titling work that makes them function. Someone died — what do we do now?Probate, administration, executor duties and the first thirty days. We need long-term care or Medicaid planningNursing home and home-care Medicaid, asset protection trusts, crisis planning. I am facing foreclosure or a reverse-mortgage problemSettlement conferences, loss mitigation, modifications and reverse-mortgage maturity. I have debt, lawsuits or bankruptcy questionsChapter 7 and 13, judgments, frozen accounts, garnishments and collection defense. I am buying, selling or protecting real estateClosings, title and deed problems, inherited property, co-owner disputes, 1031 exchanges. I own a business and need a succession planOperating agreements, buy-sell provisions and what happens if an owner dies.

Also handled

Four further practices sit alongside the eight above. They are not in the navigation menus, which are already full, but each has a full page and the firm takes the work.

Matrimonial & Family Law Divorce contested and uncontested, equitable distribution, maintenance, child support, custody and parenting time, orders of protection, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, adoption, and appeals. Immigration Removal and deportation defense, asylum and related protection, marriage and family petitions, adjustment of status, waivers, green cards, naturalization, and employment-based cases. Workers’ Compensation Claims, hearings and appeals, schedule loss of use and permanency, Section 32 settlements, and the third-party case that workers’ compensation does not replace. Social Security Disability SSDI and SSI, the five-step evaluation, listings and residual functional capacity, reconsideration, hearings before an administrative law judge, and appeals.

What the firm no longer handles

Earlier versions of this website advertised a broader list still. The firm no longer takes criminal defense, DWI and drug charges, personal injury, or general civil litigation.

If you are looking for help in an area not listed anywhere on this page, call and the firm will tell you plainly whether it can assist or point you toward a referral. That is a better answer than a page of stale copy.

Talk through your situation with a lawyer

The initial phone consultation is free and confidential. Have your documents to hand and we will tell you what your realistic options look like — including the option of doing nothing yet.

Schedule a Confidential Consultation Call 1-800-488-6734