The Estate Planning and Probate practice group continues a long tradition of serving clients’ personal and business planning needs. The section, led by attorneys James Rembolt, David Ludtke, Alan Slattery, Tim Clare, Tim Moll, Ramzi Hynek and Ben Moore, applies the combined skills of a group of experienced attorneys to provide the best legal product to its clients.

We have assisted clients in a wide variety of situations. On the estate planning side, projects have ranged from simple wills to sophisticated tax planning devices, from special needs trusts for disabled beneficiaries to business succession planning for small, medium and large businesses, and from outright charitable gifts to private foundation planning. We have worked with ILITs, CRUTs, CLATs, GRATs, QTIPs, Reverse QTIPs, QDOTs, GST Trusts, IDITs and most other acronyms the tax code makes available. We have helped young families provide security for their loved ones and helped more mature families plan for the efficient transfer of the family’s assets.

On the probate side, projects have ranged from administering simple estates to preparing complicated federal estate tax returns, from advising trustees on the proper way to administer a trust to working with beneficiaries in reforming a trust that no longer serves its intended purpose. We also have experience in monitoring property distributions and litigating will contests and administration disputes. In short, we have helped families deal with all the legal and tax issues that accompany a death in the family.

To provide the best guidance to our clients, we work hard to stay current on legal developments and to hone our legal skills. Members actively participate in continuing legal education and are involved in coordinating and presenting continuing legal education for other lawyers. We are also involved in developing forms for use within the firm and have been active on several statewide committees to develop forms for use by Nebraska lawyers to make the probate and trust administration process more efficient. Our prominence in the estate and probate area is evidenced by the accomplishments and activities of our members. James Rembolt and Tim Clare have been admitted as Fellows of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, the premier association of estate lawyers in the nation. Some of our attorneys are or have been members of the Board of Directors of the Great Plains Federal Tax Institute. Tim Moll is president of the Institute and has presented at its annual Institute since 2005. Various members are or have been involved with the Lincoln Estate Planning Council, the Lincoln Probate Discussion Group, the Nebraska Probate System V Committee, the Nebraska Uniform Trust Code Study Committee, and numerous other committees and organizations. Tim Clare and James Rembolt are past presidents of the Lincoln Estate Planning Council.

If you need advice or assistance with your individual estate planning, business succession planning, or a probate proceeding, we would encourage you to call one of the attorneys in our Estate Planning and Probate practice group or email us at info@remboltludtke.com. Please do not send any confidential information to any attorney or staff until the Firm's intake procedures are completed.

(Attorneys not pictured in Featured Practice Group image: David A. Ludtke and Benjamin E. Moore.)