Estate Planning
Wills, trusts, beneficiary planning, and practical advice to help your family avoid unnecessary probate.
Estate Planning • Probate • Asset Protection • Small Business Planning
Clear, practical legal guidance for families, business owners, and unique situations.
Planning can feel difficult and confusing. My goal is to make the process as easy, useful, and enjoyable as possible while helping clients avoid probate whenever possible.
How I Help
Planning built around real life.
Probate
Guidance through the court process after a death, with an emphasis on making each step understandable.
Asset Protection
Thoughtful planning for families and individuals who want to protect what they have built.
Small Business Planning
Support for business owners, professional athletes, and clients with complex or unusual planning needs.
More About Me
Nearly 40 years of planning experience.
I have advised a wide range of clients, from individuals with significant net worth to young couples with small children and everyone in between.
I have always tried to provide more for less, combining experienced counsel with a practical, plainspoken process.
Professional Highlights
- Guest blogger for the Cincinnati Enquirer and Paul Daugherty’s The Morning Line Substack.
- Frequent guest on WVXU’s On the Money over 15 years.
- Speaker at Cincinnati Bar Association estate planning and solo practice events.
- 1987 graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School.
- Admitted to practice in Ohio.
Personal
Family, cycling, and music.
Blessed to be married to Janice for 33 years and proud father of Blair and Jack. Outside the office, I enjoy mountain biking, cycling, and music, especially indie rock, indie pop, and alt. country.
Contact
Ready to start planning?
Call the office or mobile number below to begin a conversation.
Office
One E. 4th Street, Suite 900
Cincinnati, OH 45202