Attorney At Law
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Services

Legal support for families.

Areas of Practice


REAL ESTATE

Property Sale Closing

  • Review the contract

  • Propose necessary contract modifications

  • Negotiate and repair requests

  • Prepare all closing documents

  • Order survey and title

  • Obtain payoff letters

  • Clear title

  • Correspond with attorney, lender, and realtors

  • Attend closing so you won’t have to

Purchase Closing

  • Review the contract

  • Diary all dates

  • Propose necessary contract modifications

  • Advise you and request necessary repairs

  • Correspond with attorney, lender, and realtors

  • Attend closing

  • Explain all lender’s documents to you

  • Review title and deed to ensure clear title transfers to you

Short Sales

  • Negotiate with your lenders

  • Perform all other duties listed in the sale closing sections above

Title Insurance

  • Order title search

  • Review search and prepare title commitment

  • Clear title

Prepare and Review Leases


Estate Planning

I will listen to your needs, assess your situation, and determine the proper estate plan to ensure your goals are met. I have extensive experience in the preparation of:

  • Testamentary Wills and Living Wills

  • Living Trusts, and Special Needs Trusts

  • Powers of Attorney,

  • Transfer on Death Instruments,

  • Land Trust Agreements,

  • Deeds in Trust, Quitclaim Deeds, and

  • Application for FEIN number for your Trust.


Probate and Estate Administration

I will effectively represent you in court, prepare court documents to open an estate, have an executor or administrator appointed to your estate, obtain a surety bond on your behalf if necessary, publish if necessary, obtain an FEIN on behalf of the estate, prepare Small Estate Affidavits, identify and inventory all assets of the estate, distribute assets pursuant to a Will, if any, distribute estate assets to beneficiaries, prepare final accounting, and close the estate.


BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

I will listen to your goals and advise as to the proper business entity to meet your goals. I will assist in the organization of: Sole Proprietorship, General and Limited Partnership, S and C Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Obtaining an FEIN number, Obtaining the Corporate Book and Seal, Preparation of Annual Reports, Preparation of Corporate Minutes.


Family Law

Changes in your family can come with anxiety over the future. I will listen to your needs with compassion and integrity. I will guide you through the court system and assist you in the process of: Dissolution of Marriage, Guardianship Estates, Preparation of Prenuptial Agreements, and Adoption.