Estate Planning
Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and asset protection for Akron families.
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Estate planning & trust attorney in Akron, Ohio.
Akron and Summit County families and business owners get the same flat-fee estate planning, business, real estate, and contract counsel. Headquartered in Greater Cleveland, we serve Akron and are licensed to practice in every Ohio county.
Native to Northeast Ohio
Local counsel for Akron clients.
Akron is the Summit County seat and a city of families, entrepreneurs, and the University of Akron. Our office is about 40 minutes north of the city. We handle most matters by phone and video, and regularly meet clients from the Greater Cleveland area in person.
We specialize in transactional law: estate planning, business law, real estate, and contracts. We offer you the chance to work with one named attorney on your matter from the first call through signing.
How We Help Akron Clients
Four ways we protect what you have built.
Business Law
Formation, succession, and compliance for Summit County businesses.
Learn moreReal Estate
Purchases, sales, leasing, and investor counsel in the Akron area.
Learn moreContract Review
Clear, fast review and drafting so you can sign with confidence.
Learn moreAkron & Summit County
Probate runs through the Summit County court.
Akron is in Summit County, so local probate is handled by the Summit County Probate Court at 209 South High Street in downtown Akron. The court oversees estates, guardianships, and related filings for Akron-area residents.
We help Akron clients avoid probate through a funded trust, proper deeds, and beneficiary designations.
- Revocable living trusts to avoid the Summit County Probate Court.
- Estate planning for Summit County families
- Survivorship and transfer-on-death deeds, recorded with the Summit County Fiscal Office (the county's recorder).
Trusts for Summit County Families
A trust attorney for Akron families.
The heart of most Akron estate plans we build is a revocable living trust: you keep control of everything while you are alive, and your family avoids the Summit County Probate Court when you are gone. We draft the trust and then fund it, retitling your home and accounts, because an unfunded trust protects nothing.
Weighing a will against a trust? See how wills and trusts compare, or ask in a free 15-minute introduction and we will give you a straight answer for your situation. If you are already a trustee settling an estate, our trust administration page explains what comes next.
Akron Business Owners
Start and run your Akron business on solid paper.
Akron and Summit County searches reach us for business formation as much as estate planning, and the two go together: the same owner who forms an LLC usually needs contracts, and eventually a succession plan. We handle business formation for Akron entrepreneurs, for-profit and nonprofit, plus small business contracts and succession and buy-sell planning, all on flat fees.
- LLC and corporation formation for Akron and Summit County owners.
- Contracts drafted and reviewed before you sign.
- Succession & buy-sell planning so the business outlives its founder.
“Being near Cleveland does not stop us from serving Akron well. We are licensed statewide, and most of the work happens by phone, video, and email anyway.”
Akron FAQs
Questions from Akron clients.
Yes. We are licensed across Ohio and serve Akron and Summit County regularly. We consult on most matters by phone or video, and we can meet in person when it makes sense.
It is at 209 South High Street in downtown Akron. It handles probate, estate administration, guardianships, and related filings for Akron and Summit County residents.
Often, yes. A funded revocable living trust, transfer-on-death deeds, and proper beneficiary designations can keep most or all of your estate out of the Summit County Probate Court.
Yes. We regularly work with clients in Cuyahoga Falls, Stow, Hudson, Fairlawn, Green, Barberton, New Franklin, and the rest of Summit County.
We quote a flat fee in writing before you commit, based on what your plan actually needs, so there are no hourly surprises. The free 15-minute introduction is where we scope that with you.
Yes. We form LLCs and corporations for Summit County owners, prepare the operating agreement, and review the contracts that follow. Formation is a flat-fee engagement like the rest of our work.
Talk to an Akron-Area Attorney
Protect your family or business in Akron.
Book a free introduction. We will talk through what you need and how a flat-fee engagement would work, with no pressure.