Choosing The Best Fit - Which Law Firm Do You Need?

​Twenty years ago or more, when you needed an attorney in rural Kansas, most firms would try to accommodate any legal concern you might bring to them. Today, times have changed. Just as we have seen with the specialization of medical professions, the practice of law has followed a similar path. Many, if not most, law firms now focus their scope of practice to a limited number of areas so they can offer top of the line legal advice. For matters in which they are not well-versed, firms rely on a referral network of other local and regional law firms. In this way, rural residents receive legal advice and services comparable to what they might expect from a large metropolitan firm.
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Davis & McCann, P. A. is no exception. We focus our practice around estate planning, long-term care planning, Medicaid planning, probate and trust administration, corporate, business succession planning, and real estate. Specifically, we regularly work with clients on the following:
·         Wills
·         Powers of Attorney
·         HIPAA authorization forms
·         Living Wills
·         Planning for distributions to children, both minors and adults
·         Asset protection for professionals or successive generations
·         Guardianships and Conservatorships
·         Beneficiary designations
·         Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreement preparation and review
·         Entities to hold and control family assets and family business interests
·         Farm, ranch, and business succession planning
·         Living Trusts and ancillary documents (Certification of Trust, Declaration of Trust)
·         Trust funding
·         Special Needs Trusts
·         Charitable Remainder Trusts
·         Charitable Lead Trusts
·         Other types of Irrevocable Trusts

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​·         Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts
·         Medicaid asset spenddown and application assistance
·         Long-term care planning strategies
·         Liaison with nursing homes and State of Kansas regarding Medicaid matters
·         Using Life Insurance and long-term care insurance as part of your long-term care plan
·         Corporations (formation and amendments, minutes, bylaw changes, state filings, etc)
·         Limited Liability Companies (formation and amendments, state filings, etc.)
·         Limited Partnerships (formation and amendments, state filings, etc.)
·         Simple and complex contract preparation, negotiation, or review
·         Lease agreement preparation or review
·         Buy-Sell Agreements
·         UCC filings
·         Probate and Trust administration
·         Estate and gift tax return preparation
·         General Warranty, Quit-claim, Trustee and Transfer on Death deeds
·         1031 Exchange document preparation and coordination
 
Although this isn’t an exhaustive list, it gives you a good idea of the areas in which we maintain a high level of education. We do not provide legal services for matters involving litigation, employment law, bankruptcy, landlord/tenant disputes, criminal defense, divorce, family law, collections, traffic matters, personal injury, wrongful death or medical malpractice. However, we do try to provide a referral whenever possible for these areas.
 
If you have any questions, please contact Davis & McCann, P. A., Dodge City, KS. We are members of Wealth Counsel, a national consortium of Estate Planning Attorneys and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA). We focus our practice on providing clients with the best legal advice on Estate Planning, Medicaid and Long-term Care Planning, Family Business/Small Business Succession Planning, Probate, Trust Administration, Real Estate Transactions, 1031 Exchanges, and related matters.