Practice Areas BUSINESS LAW Our firm has experience in handling aspects of formation, operation, and dissolution of all types of business entities. These entities include C and S Corporations, Professional Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, General and Limited Partnerships, Limited Liability Partnerships, Family Limited Partnerships. CIVIL LITIGATION Our firm handles a broad range of litigation over many areas of law. This includes representation at all levels of State court in Indiana, from the initial trial through any ensuing appeals, as well as representation in the Federal courts located in Indiana. 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 drunk driving, drug possession and dealing, theft and grand larceny, white collar fraud, embezzlement, sex offenses, arson, conspiracy, and homicide. ELDER LAW Elder law is the area of law dealing with the elderly. We counsel and represent clients on issues that effect the elderly, including Estate Planning, Retirement Benefits, Social Security, Age Discrimination, Healthcare, and Long Term Care. ESTATE PLANNING-WILLS AND TRUSTS Estate Planning is the area dealing with the distribution of an individual’s property at his or her death, taking into account Wills, Trusts, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney, Taxes, Insurance, and Property so as to gain the maximum benefit of all laws 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/WORKER’S COMPENSATION/ SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY Our firm has experience handling the recovery of a person who has been injured, either on-the-job or off-the-job, including for the payment of past and future medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, disability, and mental anguish as a result of the negligence of another person or work environment, whether from Automobile Accidents, Slip and Fall, Wrongful Death, Medical Malpractice, Railroad Accidents, Construction Accidents or Work Related Accidents. Worker's Compensation injuries include claims for temporary disability benefits when employees have been injured at work, claims for medical treatment and claims for permanent disability, including both partial (PPI) and total permanent impairment. If injuries, poor health or other conditions cause total disability and the inability to work for more than 12 months, we assist those whose claims for Social Security Disability benefits have been denied. 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 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.