List of Legal Services

Mr. Bittner offers a wide range of legal services to individuals and business.  He handles business formation, operation and succession.  Mr. Bittner provides the services of full-time-in-house counsel without the expense.  He also provides peace of mind and asset protection for end-of-life matters, through the use of wills, trusts, estate planning, guardianship, estate administration, powers of attorney, HIPAA releases and Declarations of Guardianship In Advance of Need.

Mr. Bittner represents clients in the following areas:

Mr. Bittner helps clients choose among the many business entities available today for startup or to allow for growth or change with the times, while limiting exposure to creditors.  Mr. Bittner represents individuals, corporations and partnerships in many different types of business.  Succession planning in the event of death, divorce, illness, incapacity, retirement or termination is an important part of any business.  Mr. Bittner can advise, structure, draft and put into effect the documents necessary for succession, the purchase or sale of a business or its assets and for the everyday needs of business.

• Corporations
• Limited Liability Companies
• Partnerships and Limited Partnerships
• Family limited partnerships
• Professional associations and corporations
• Non-profits and Charities
• Joint ventures
• Revenue sharing
• Contracts
• Buy-out and stock ownership purchase agreements
• Non-competition, non solicitation, non disclosure and privacy/trade secrets
• Protecting assets in divorce, and from the bad business deal

Tom Bittner personally listens, explains and provides solutions to meet the needs, desires and values of his clients by creating and applying documents, trusts, legal entities and services, limiting exposure to creditors and other claimants including family, while preserving and allowing the transfer of assets to a client’s beneficiaries according to the client’s wishes.  When a client has concerns about a beneficiary's lifelong or ongoing issues, special drafting can address those concerns.  Mr. Bittner can advise and implement the actions necessary to protect the Estate, Executor, Administrator, Trustee and/or beneficiaries according to his client’s interests. Mr. Bittner represents and counsels individuals, business owners, family and closely held businesses, and fiduciaries such as Executors, Administrators, Trustees and Guardians. If you are responsible for a person with special needs due to age, accident, illness or reduced mental abilities help is available to provide both you and that person with legal and financial protection.

• Wills
• Trusts (revocable/living, irrevocable, income, pet, vacation home, martial, bypass, generation skipping, insurance, charitable, Miller and special needs)
• Powers of attorney over property and medical
• Living wills (Directives)
• Marital property agreements
• HIPAA releases
• Declaration of Guardianship In Advance of Need

Clients are helped with the procedures and court actions as required when someone dies:

• Probating, contesting or defending Wills
• Obtaining the appointment or removal of an Administrator, Executor, Trustee or Guardian
• Obtaining a determination of the legal heirs of someone dying with no Will.
• Probating for out-of-state assets (Ancillary Probate)
• Filings for chain-of-title and proof of inheritance 

Aiding clients in administering trusts and estates including:

• Collecting and selling assets, paying bills, claims and taxes, dealing with creditors, beneficiaries and insurance 
• Distributing assets and creating trusts such as marital, bypass, generation skipping, Miller, special needs or trusts for the protection of children or incompetent beneficiaries, as required by a Will.
• Preparation of Inventories or Affidavits and Accountings

Mr. Bittner helps clients with the procedures and court actions required while avoiding guardianship when possible, but when necessary he knows how to use it for the benefit of:

• Children
• The disabled
• The incapacitated; and
• The incompetent

Real Estate

Mr. Bittner has the experience and knowledge to review, structure, draft and put into effect the documents necessary for commercial or residential development or construction, the sale of real estate whether owner or third party financed and real estate leases including the following:

• Development representing the developer, buyer, seller, lender or builder
• Liens and security, deeds of trust, collateral assignments, estoppel agreements
• Purchasing and selling, contracts, closings
• Leases, negotiation, drafting, reviewing