Member Attorney at Whitlow, Roberts, Houston & Straub, PLLC in Paducah, Kentucky. Joined Whitlow, Roberts, Houston & Straub in 2017. Represents Executors, Administrators, Trustees and beneficiaries in various probate, estate and trust administration matters, advising client(s) through the statutory procedures, transferring inherited property both real and personal, managing assets and settling decedents’ estates. Significant experience in both testate (with a Will) and intestate (without a Will) estates, handling contested and uncontested estate matters, creditor’s claims, Will contests, litigation involving decedents’ estates, and filing Kentucky inheritance tax returns. Top rated Estate Planning and Probate attorney recognized by Super Lawyers© as a Rising Star in 2020-2023.Eric's estate planning practice consists of advising clients regarding their specific estate planning needs, drafting and reviewing related documents including Wills, Powers of Attorney, Living Will Directives, Testamentary Trusts, Revocable/Irrevocable Trusts, Prenuptial Agreements, and other estate planning documents. He also advises clients regarding federal estate taxation and Kentucky inheritance taxation. In conjunction with estate planning, advises clients in business succession planning, formation and dissolution of businesses, including limited liability companies, corporations, partnerships and nonprofit entities, and reviewing and drafting operating agreements, bylaws, contracts, stock restriction agreements and buy-sell agreements. In addition to his experience in probate and estate planning, Eric also focuses his practice in real estate and property law facilitating residential and commercial real estate closings (lender-financed and cash), performing title exams for residential and commercial properties, assisting clients with property law issues, including landlord-tenant, evictions, quiet title actions and partition actions, and drafting documents effecting the ownership and transfer of real property, including real estate purchase and sale agreements, contracts, deeds, promissory notes, mortgages, and leases.