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Arizona
Ron Adams
Chandler, AZ
A long-time member of the community with deep family ties to Arizona, Chandler-based attorney Ron Adams believes educating clients about their many options is critical to the creation of a truly effective family wealth plan. In addition to estate and succession planning, Ron’s background includes business transactions, corporate, and real estate law, all of which... Details
California
Alexis Martin Neely
Redondo Beach, CA
Alexis Martin Neely founded the law firm of Martin Neely & Associates in August 2003 so that she could realize her dream of making a difference in the lives of the clients she worked with by developing lifelong relationships with them and their families. Most recently, Alexis founded the Family Wealth Planning Institute, an organization... Details
Siddharth Chhokar
Attorney at Law
San Diego, CA
Siddharth Chhokar is the managing partner of Chhokar Law Group, P.C. Siddharth is unique among estate planning practitioners through his unyielding commitment to creating Your Total Estate Planning™. Your Total Estate Plan™ starts with the understanding that the only way to practice law is by building lifelong relationships with clients and knowing that those relationships... Details
Heather Chubb
Gold River, CA
Heather R. Chubb is an estate planning attorney dedicated to helping individuals and families make the best possible legal decisions for themselves and those they love. She uses her passion to educate her clients and make planning easy, understandable and comfortable. She believes that the practice of law is not about papers. It’s about people... Details
Robert Galliano
Temecula, CA
Robert J. Galliano (JD, Masters in Tax) is an attorney-at-law specializing in Tax, Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate in the Temecula Valley, CA. He has been practicing law since he was admitted to the California State bar in 1981 and specializing in estate planning for the past twenty-four years. He and his wife, Dianne, founded... Details
Gerald Kane
Encino, CA
Attorney Gerald L. Kane founded Gerald L. Kane & Associates in 1994, located in Encino, California.As a Personal Family Lawyer™ with the Family Wealth Institute he has devoted the last fourteen years to helping thousands of families and businesses in southern California achieve their goals of protecting their wealth through innovative estate and business planning.Gerald... Details
Byron Lane
San Pedro, CA 90731, CA
Byron R. Lane, the principal of Lane Law Group, has been helping clients find innovative solutions to a varied list of legal and personal issues for over twenty years. After receiving a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Byron enrolled at Pepperdine School of Law, where he earned his law degree. He spent a short time at... Details
Richard Lynch
San Francisco, CA
I am a husband, a father and an estate planning attorney. I base my practice on developing relationships with client families, so I can build an estate plan that works for and protects the family while the client is alive, and also ensures that both personal and financial assets are received by the intended beneficiaries,... Details
Rowel Manasan
Diamond Bar, CA
Rowel Manasan graduated with a law degree from the University of California Berkeley in 2006 with a vision of practicing law which would profoundly make a difference in the lives of the people he worked with. After working at firms of various sizes and practice areas, Rowel Manasan founded the Manasan Law Group, an organization... Details
Darlynn Morgan
Newport Beach, CA
Attorney Darlynn Morgan has been practicing law in Orange County, California since 1996. She has chosen to focus her practice in the Trusts and Estates area because she is passionate about helping families create happy and secure futures. Darlynn graduated in the top 15% of her class from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, where... Details
Nicole Newman
Tustin, CA
Attorney Nicole Y. Newman’s estate planning practice is focused on guiding her clients through the complicated and often confusing process of creating plans which encompass balancing family protection, preserving wealth, and reflecting cherished family values. Prior to opening her practice, Nicole was an associate at a Newport Beach firm that protected high-net worth families and... Details
Patrick Phancao
Irvine, CA
Phancao & Shaffer, LLP was established in October 2004 by Shadi Ala’i Shaffer and Patrick P. Phancao. However, the story behind their Firm goes much further back than that. Shadi was brought up in a family focused on core values, and giving back to her community always came naturally. As an undergraduate, she volunteered her... Details
Peter Sahin
San Juan Capistrano, CA
Peter specializes in estate planning and asset protection for individuals and families. He focuses on developing long-term relationships with his clients, so he can help to protect them throughout all of life’s changes. Peter received his undergraduate degree from UCLA and graduated with honors from Whittier Law School. After graduation, Peter served as staff... Details
Michelle Stegmaier
San Clemente, CA
Attorney Michelle Stegmaier’s estate planning practice is focused on guiding individuals and families through the often confusing maze of financial and legal decisions required to protect their assets and their children. Michelle effectively uses her passion to help families by educating and making strategic personal planning easy, comfortable and understandable. Having the right documents in... DetailsConnecticut
Scott Garver
Waterbury, CT
I have been helping families in Connecticut for over 30 years with legal problems and planning in Family Law, Estate Planning, Guardianships, Family and Small Business and Elder Law Issues. I also specialize in bankruptcy, residential foreclosure defenses and serious criminal and physical injury cases. I am a member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. I am a graduate of... Details
John O'Brien, Jr.
Wethersfield, CT
Personal Experience was the driving force for me to become a Personal Family Lawyer. Back in the early 1980's, my parents had a large well-established law firm prepare an estate plan. Great for my parents that they had the foresight to get a plan in place. But for more than twenty years life went on. ... DetailsFlorida
Maura Curran, Attorney
Jupiter, FL
Maura began her legal career working as a law clerk for the probate court in Cleveland, Ohio, the largest probate court in Ohio. While working for the Court she obtained priceless insight to how the Court system works and witnessed time after time what happens when someone fails to plan for their death and sadly... Details
Kurt Zimmerman
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Kurt is dedicated to providing premier legal service to business owners, families and individuals in the areas of estate planning, business planning, special needs planning and elder law. Kurt helps clients make smart decisions about things like protecting their kids, maintaining family wealth, structuring ownership of assets, planning for retirement, saving for college, buying insurance,... DetailsGeorgia
Stephen Worrall
Marietta, GA
Stephen M. Worrall is an experienced family law and wills, trusts and estate planning attorney in Marietta, Georgia. He concentrates his practice in all areas of family law, including divorce, adoption and prenuptial agreements. He also helps families plan to protect their assets and their children in the event of their death or incapacity, and... DetailsHawaii
Meg Obenauf
Wailuku, Maui, HI
Meg Obenauf has been representing Maui families since graduating from law school in1998. Before founding her private practice in 2003, Meg represented survivors of domestic violence as the managing attorney at the Domestic Violence Clearinghouse and Legal Hotline and as an Americorps attorney at the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii. She left Maui for eighteen... DetailsIdaho
Massachusetts
Michelle Beneski, Esq.
New Bedford, MA
Michelle D. Beneski, Esq. is a partner at the family owned and operated law firm, Surprenant & Beneski, P.C., located at 35 Arnold Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts. The firm concentrates in the areas of elder law and estate planning and can be reached at 508-994-5200. Michelle practices with her father, Attorney Robert L. Surprenant, and... Details
David Feakes
Acton, MA
David Feakes is a talented attorney dedicated to helping individuals and families make the very best legal decisions. David’s practice focuses on estate planning, wealth transfer, asset protection, and business issues. He develops lifelong relationships with his clients, serving as a trusted advisor to them and to their families. David expertly guides his clients as... Details
Danielle Van Ess
Hingham, MA
Danielle G. Van Ess originally from Boston’s North Shore, attended The George Washington University in Washington, DC then moved back to Boston in 1998 to attend Boston University School of Law, some said naively, with a genuine desire to help people. During law school Danielle assisted survivors of violence seeking protection from abuse and young... DetailsMichigan
Michael Lichterman
Grand Rapids, MI
Michael Lichterman is a talented attorney dedicated to helping individuals and families make the very best legal decisions. Michael’s practice focuses on estate planning, special needs planning, wealth transfer, asset protection, and business formation and counsel. He develops lifelong relationships with his clients, serving as a trusted advisor to them and to their families. Michael... Details
Mary Schmitt Smith
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Mary T. Schmitt Smith established the Theresa Law Center, PC in May, 2005 to continue a twenty-six year tradition of providing legal advocacy for clients with a passion for protection. The Center, located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, advises clients about estate planning, tax and probate options, with a distinct focus on drafting and administration of... Details
Thomas Wall, Jr.
Macomb, MI
Thomas J. Wall, Jr., has practiced in the trust and estate planning areas since 1994. Prior to founding his firm in 2004, T.J. practiced at a boutique estate planning, business, real estate and banking firm in downtown Detroit. As a Personal Family Lawyer® with the Family Wealth Planning Institute, he has devoted the last fifteen... DetailsMinnesota
John Waldron
Wayzata, MN
John graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1977, with a B.A. in Government, and graduated with honors from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1980. While in college, John spent time studying in London, England, and in Washington, D.C., where he interned in the U.S. Senate... DetailsMissouri
Eric Lindhorst
St. Louis, MO
Eric Lindhorst is a talented attorney dedicated to helping individuals and families make the very best legal decisions. Eric's practice focuses on estate planning, wealth transfer, asset protection, special needs planning, and business formation and counsel. He develops lifelong relationships with clients, serving as a trusted advisor to them and to their families. Eric skillfully guides... DetailsNorth Carolina
Jackie Bedard
Cary, NC
After graduating in the top of my law school class, I joined a law firm with the dream of becoming a trusted advisor to my clients. I quickly discovered that the personal lawyer relationship I had envisioned no longer exists in today’s age of billable hours and complex form documents spit out of a computer. At... Details
Jean Croughan Gillis
Charlotte, NC
Get ready for a “wow” experience at the Gillis Law Firm! Personal Family Lawyer® Jean Gillis understands that you need an attorney who is not only competent, but who is welcoming and appreciates you. After all, the practice of law is not about papers--it’s about people and relationships . . . it’s about you. The... DetailsNew Jersey
Victor Medina
Pennington, NJ
My name is Victor J. Medina and I am the managing partner of Medina, Martinez & Castroll. I came to serving the needs of families through a background of other-centered service. I studied counseling psychology at Tufts University and have a passion for working one-on-one with clients in a way that will truly better their... DetailsNevada
New York
Ohio
Russ Golowin
Columbus, OH
Practice/Organization Description At Golowin Legal, our estate planning practice specializes in helping families enhance their lives today and secure their futures for tomorrow. We excel at guiding parents and grandparents through the often confusing maze of financial and legal decisions to create plans that ensure the well-being of families and the accomplishment of cherished family... DetailsOregon
Candice Aiston, Esq.
Portland, OR
Candice's mission is to help her clients to preserve all that they have and to make sure that they have a voice in who raises their kids and how their kids are raised, no matter what happens in life. Candice graduated from the University of Hawaii's William S. Richardson School of Law. A month... DetailsSouth Carolina
Fletcher Johnson
Bluffton, SC
After seeing clients and family endure tragedies resulting from either poor planning or a total lack of estate planning, Bluffton attorney Fletcher M. Johnson knew there had to be a better way. The Personal Family Lawyer program provides that “better way.” Having had 22 years of experience trying every kind of case from adoptions to... DetailsTexas
Teresa DeFord
The Woodlands, TX
Born on Christmas Eve 1966 in Lansing, Michigan, Teresa grew up in the small, Mid-Michigan farming community of Ovid. Teresa later studied political philosophy and criminal justice at Michigan State University. Teresa graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. with honors in 1990. While at Michigan State, Teresa participated in two internships with the U.S. Drug... Details
Jared Hall
Lubbock, TX
Lubbock attorney Jared B. Hall grew up in a small farming community in Southern Idaho. In 1999, he moved to Lubbock, Texas so he could continue working toward his goal of becoming a legal advisor and counselor. While in law school at Texas Tech University, Jared joined the Simnacher Law Offices as a law clerk;... Details
Kimberly Hegwood
Houston, TX
KIM HEGWOODHouston Attorney Kimberly Hegwood’s law career has always been influenced and guided by her family life. The mother of three began her own practice in part to be available for her children when they were young and to provide a needed service to her community. Family law was her initial focus and, as her... Details
Aaron Miller
Plano, TX
Dallas attorney Aaron R. Miller’s professional background began with a successful career in corporate litigation, representing large companies in cases involving multi-million dollar disputes. What gave him the most professional satisfaction was helping people with whom he had developed personal relationships. A skilled attorney with a passion for many aspects of law, Aaron nonetheless found... Details
Utah
J. RobRoy Platt
Attorney at Law
Alpine , UT
After his introduction to the Family Wealth Planning Institute, attorney J. RobRoy Platt wondered how things might have been different had his parents met with a Personal Family Lawyer years ago when his dad first learned that his memory loss was much more than just a series of "senior moments." Although his parents had an... DetailsVirginia
Sheera Herrell
Virginia Beach, VA
Attorney Sheera Herrell's estate planning practice is dedicated to helping families enhance their lives today and secure their futures for tomorrow. She focuses on guiding her clients through the complicated and often confusing maze of financial and legal decisions to create plans that ensure the well-being of loved ones and the accomplishment of cherished family... Details
Kyra Howell
Sperryville, VA
Attorney Kyra Howell’s estate planning practice focuses on helping families enhance their lives today and secure their futures tomorrow. She excels in guiding her clients through the often confusing maze of financial and legal decisions to create plans that ensure the well-being of their families and the accomplishment of cherished family goals. Her legal services... DetailsCanada
Ontario
Yeti Agnew
Toronto, ON
E.M. (Yeti) Agnew is an experienced solicitor, who enjoys acting as a guide for clients who wish to address issues in their lives that involve legal concepts, and providing a positive, supportive environment in order that clients can have outcomes that are unique and powerful for them. Outcomes are made powerful for clients by delivering Law...... Details
Michele R.J. Allinotte
Cornwall, ON
Michele is a long-term resident of Cornwall and area and currently resides with her husband, two children and pets on a 50 acre farm north of the city. She founded Allinotte Law Office because she wanted to provide the service and environment that she wants when she is a consumer. With the Personal Family Lawyer Program,... Details