Practice Areas
CIVIL LITIGATION
We have represented many individuals and businesses in a broad range
of lawsuits, including claims involving trade secrets, patents,
pollution, will contents, mortgage foreclosures, contract disputes,
franchises, and probate litigation.
BUSINESS LAW
We have experience handling the formation, operation, and dissolution
of all types of business entities such as C and S Corporations,
Professional Corporations, Limited Liability Corporations
(LLCs), General and Limited Partnerships, Limited Liability
Partnerships (LLPs), Family Limited Partnerships, and franchises.
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
Our firm has extensive experience defending the rights of people
arrested and accused of criminal offenses. We handle all type of
criminal cases, including minor infractions and misdemeanors as well
as felonies. Some of the most serious felonies we defend are drunken
driving, drug possession and dealing, theft and grand larceny, white
collar fraud, embezzlement, sex offenses, arson, conspiracy, and
homicide.
ELDER LAW/ESTATE PLANNING/WILLS AND TRUSTS
Elder law is the area of law dealing with the elderly. We counsel and
represent clients on issues that affect the elderly, including Estate
Planning, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Healthcare, and Long
Term Care Planning. Estate Planning is the area dealing with the
distribution of an individual's property at his or her death. We
prepare Wills, Trusts, Living Wills, and Powers of Attorney so as to
minimize Indiana inheritance taxes and Federal Estate taxes while
carrying out the client's wishes.
FAMILY LAW
Family Law is the area dealing with all aspects of the relationship
between parents, children, spouses, partners, grandparents, and
extended family members. We represent mothers, fathers, children, and
grandparents in the following legal matters: Adoptions, Paternity,
Child Custody, Child Support, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Visitation
Rights, Prenuptial Agreements, and Guardianships.
*PERSONAL INJURY/WRONGFUL DEATH/MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
If you or a loved one have been seriously injured as the result of
the negligence of another person, we have over 30 years experience
handling plaintiff's claims for past and future medical expenses,
lost wages, disability, pain and suffering, and mental anguish. We
also handle negligence claims resulting in the wrongful death of a
family member in order to recover lost earnings and the loss of the
love and companionship of the deceased.
These types of claims include:
- Automobile Accidents
- Fall Injuries
- Construction Site Accidents
- Nursing Home Injuries
- Truck Accidents
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Medical Malpractice
PROBATE AND ESTATE ADMINISTRATION
Probate is the legal process by which a person's debts are paid and
assets are distributed upon his or her death. Lawyers refer to the
entity that holds the deceased's assets until those assets are
distributed as an "estate." Estate Administration includes the probate
process as well as non-probate transfers of the deceased's assets.
Administration also includes the preparation of the applicable Federal
and Indiana State Estate and Inheritance Tax Returns. Our firm also
represents clients in the areas of Will Contests, Trust Disputes, and
Claims against an Estate.
REAL ESTATE
We can assist you if you are buying or selling a house, family farm,
or commercial/retail real estate. Our firm represents participants
on all sides of every type of real estate transaction. Our clients
include tenants, landlords, developers, lenders, buyers, sellers and
investors. We have counseled them in the Acquisition, Financing,
Planning, Zoning, Land Use, Construction, Leasing and Sale of Real
Estate.
TAXATION
The area of Taxation is broad enough to include income, property, gift,
and estate taxation. We assist clients in tax planning as well as the
preparation of the various State and Federal Income, Gift, and
Estate/Inheritance Tax forms. We also represent clients in appeals of
their property tax appraisals.
*SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY/SSI
If an illness, disease, or injury prevents you from working for more
than 12 months, you may qualify for Social Security Disability or
Supplemental Security Income benefits. If your claim is denied after
your first application, we have more than 30 years experience
assisting claimants with appeals and hearings before Administrative
Law Judges, and in Federal Court.
*WORK INJURIES/WORKER'S COMPENSATION CLAIMS
If you are injured at work we can help you recover medical expenses
and obtain appropriate medical treatment and temporary and permanent
disability benefits, as well as benefits for a permanent partial
impairment (PPI). We represent injured workers before the Worker's
Compensation Board of Indiana and before the Indiana Court of Appeals.
* No fee unless we recover benefits for you with these types of cases.