General private practice of law providing high quality legal services to individuals and businesses with emphasis on personal attention, promptness, and attention to detail.

General transactional and counseling practice of law. Corporate and business counseling and transactions, articles of incorp., bylaws, policies, membership applications, boards of directors, shareholder and member agreements, buy-sell agreements, benevolent associations, Sub-s and Sub-c corporations, nonprofits, limited liability companies, partnerships, limited partnerships, rural electric cooperatives, churches, cemeteries, municipalities, fire districts and departments, water districts, school districts, letters of opinion as corporate counsel, contracts, power supply contracts, tax-exempt bond issuance, litigation, etc. Real estate contracts, sales, purchases, mortgages, leases, options, rights of first refusal, letters of opinion, gas leases, title insurance, foreclosure, short sales, workouts, deeds in lieu of foreclosure, tax deferred exchanges, etc. Adoptions - contested and uncontested, private, agency, adult, foster parent, Indian Child Welfare Act, international. Estate planning and administration: wills, trusts, estate tax planning and trusts, revocable trusts, irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, health care proxy, living wills, wrongful death. Medicaid and long term care planning: irrevocable income-only trusts, special needs trusts, longterm care insurance. Income tax planning and preparation. Guardianships: minors, developmentally disabled, Art. 17-A, Art. 17, Mental Hygiene Law Art. 81. Represented three rural electric cooperatives as outside general counsel.