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ESTATE PLANNING AND PROBATE

PRACTICE OVERVIEW

PRACTICE AREA CHAIR:
  Kevin J. Lenhard, Esq.

It’s your wealth. You built it over the years and now it’s time to ensure it is protected and managed as you wish. Our Estate Planning & Probate team of attorneys has extensive expertise in providing clients with sophisticated, practical advice on how to minimize tax burdens and transfer property in a private, economical, and efficient manner. This is accomplished all while considering your personal long-term planning objectives and desires. Let us help you manage, distribute, and entrust your personal assets to family and friends. We understand the importance of keeping you, your family, and your business secure both now and for generations to come.

 

Our areas of expertise include:

 

  • Probate
    • Probate avoidance
    • Real estate transfers
    • Probate litigation
    • Probate proceedings in Ohio and Florida
  • Estates, Wills & Trusts
    • Defense and prosecution of will contests
    • Dynasty trusts
    • Estate analysis
    • Estate and trust accounts
    • Irrevocable life insurance trusts
    • Multi-generational estate planning
    • Ohio legacy trusts
    • Trust disputes
    • Will and trust preparation
  • Tax planning
    • Estate tax analysis
    • Federal estate tax planning & return preparation
    • Federal gift tax return preparation
    • Post-death tax planning
  • Additional areas of expertise
    • Asset protection planning
    • Guardianships and conservatorships
    • Insurance planning
    • Planned and charitable gifting programs
    • Prenuptial agreements

 

Important Forms & Documents

 

Other Core Practice Areas

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