Practice Areas - Trusts and Estates
- Estate Planning
- Wills
- Probate
- Elder Law
- Guardianship
- Conservatorship
- Premarital Agreements
- Postnuptial Agreements
- Ancillary Probate
- Guardianship and Conservatorship
- Adult Guardianship
- Advance Directives
- Elder Guardianship
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Collaborative Law
- Mediation
- Taxation
- Estate and Gift Taxation
- Federal Estate and Gift Taxation
- Living Wills
| - Contested Trusts and Estates
- Decedents Estates
- Estate Administration
- Estate Litigation
- Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children
- Estate Planning for the Disabled
- Estate Planning for the Elderly
- Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples
- Estate Settlements
- Family Trusts
- Family Wealth Transfer
- Living Trusts
- Pet Trusts
- Powers of Attorney
- Special Needs Trusts
- Trust Administration
- Trust Law
- Trust Planning
- Contested Wills
- Inheritance
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 719-448-0734
Fax: 719-634-0485
http://www.kirtlandseal.com
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| Mailing Address | Wells Fargo Tower, 90 South Cascade, Suite 480, P.O. Box 2682, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80901-2682 |
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| University | Coe College, B.A., 1974; University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, M.P.A., summa cum laude, 1981 |
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| Law School | Faulkner University, Jones Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 1993; University of Alabama, LL.M., Taxation, 1999 |
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| Admitted | 1994, Alabama; 2004, Colorado; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | El Paso County (Member, Probate Section) and Colorado (Member, Sections on: Trusts and Estates; Elder Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Chair: Joint Task Force on Advance Directives; Chair, Trusts and Estates Forms Book Committee; Member, Ethics Committee) and American (Member: Senior Lawyers Division; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Sections; Chair, Elder Law Group; Section Liaison between Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section and Senior Lawyers Division; Chair, Guardianship and Fiduciaries Committee, Senior Lawyers Division; Acquisitions Editor, Book Publishing Committee, Real Property Trust and Estate Law Sections) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; American Inns of Court (Colorado Springs); National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; Air Force Association; Military Officers Association of America, National College of Probate Judges. |
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| Military | Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force, 1974-1995 |
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| Born | St. Louis, Missouri, October 27, 1951 |
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| Biography | Pi Alpha Alpha. Member, Editorial Board, The Alabama Lawyer, 1995-2004. Certified Elder Law Attorney, National Elder Law Foundation. Certified to practice before the Veterans Administration. Registered Mediator, Alabama State Bar. Member, Board of Directors, Alzheimer's Organization of the Greater Montgomery Area, 2003-2004. Member, Judicial Performance Commission, 4th Judicial District of Colorado. Member, Colorado Advance Directives Consortium.
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| Reported Cases | Ex Parte Rucker, 702 S.2d 456, Alabama 1997. |
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| ISLN | 909627223 |
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