so what makes our firm different than

other law firms I I think there’s a lot

of factors mainly just who we are we’re

down to earth people I’m from the middle

of nowhere Iowa and I bring those

Midwest values into everything that we

do just a great appreciation and respect

for people of all backgrounds also our

mission so we kind of have a weird

Mission we want to spread across

Colorado and then maybe other states as

well to kind of change the practice of

law in its entirety and that might seem

like a lot from a little estate planning

Law Firm but a lot of us have worked for

bigger law firms and even big

corporations and we kind of know how

people at the bottom of the ladder kind

of get the worst of stuff and the

partners maybe uh kind of taking it easy

on a golf course somewhere and our

partners in The Firm see our clients uh

you know the attorney you start with is

the attorney you finish with and we want

to respect everyone we want a sanctuary

for people to come and actually enjoy

their job so you don’t get what we call

the Sunday scaries where you don’t want

to go to work on Monday but also our

clients you know they’re they’re not

just a number they’re people and

especially with Estate Planning and and

probate the other side they’re dealing

with the loss of a loved one and we get

to help them see the light at the end of

the tunnel that really differentiates us

and then also our experience I’ve

written a book on estate planning

somehow hit the best sellers list people

must need some stuff to go to sleep at

night but all kinds of information in

that book on what estate planning is

even how to do it yourself and then I

used to work at the public

administrator’s office which is

an office absolutely no one’s heard of

but it’s kind of like the public

defender’s office for criminal law the

public administrator’s office is that

for Estate Planning and probate so we

kind of saw the worst of the worst cases

so I’ve seen lots and lots of estate

plans I’ve seen the good ones I’ve seen

the bad ones and we kind of made a firm

with the goal of keeping everyone out of

that office making sure their plans work

and that people can avoid court and save

thousands of dollars in the legal

process on the way

foreign

attorney there are a few things you want

to know but most importantly you should

just get along with the lawyer you’re

going to be working with this person for

a while depending on what area you’re

looking for specifically with the state

planning and probate they’re going to

get to know everything about you your

assets your financial situation your

kids your whole family all the issues

that are there so number one is do you

like them and do you trust them you pick

up some shady Vibes I would recommend

talking to somebody else but everyone

always wants to know how do you charge

some attorneys are hourly you want to

know what that rate is some don’t charge

Until the End some charge up front some

take a retainer here we do flat fees so

everyone knows what they’re paying up

front and if you don’t like it you don’t

have to pay it but that price doesn’t

change and I’d say those are the main

things one other thing that’s really

important that people want to know is

who’s the attorney you’re going to be

working with sometimes firms like to

pull the old bait and switch where you

get the partner on your first meeting

and then you’re within a associate for

the rest of the time we don’t operate

that way it’s not to say it’s right or

wrong but the attorney you start with is

the attorney you finish with here