- Divorce
- Child SupportThe family law lawyers at Ackley, Kopecky & Kingery, LLP handle a variety of issues including divorce, custody, child support, prenuptial agreements, guardianship, and adoptions. In additional to traditional legal skills, family law often requires attorneys to be very comfortable with negotiation and counseling.
- Adoption
- PaternityKaren is a partner with Ackley, Kopecky & Kingery, LLC. She has been with the firm since 1987. Karen’s practice includes, but is not limited to, family law matters such as divorce, paternity actions, custody and support cases and modifications. She also prepares wills and other estate planning documents and the probate of estates.
- Premarital Agreement
- GuardianshipJim Sines is a partner with Ackley, Kopecky & Kingery, LLP, joining the firm in 2007. Jim primarily represents individuals in litigation matters. His personal injury practice has included automobile, bicycle, pedestrian accidents, as well as product liability, work place injury, sexual abuse cases and nursing home abuse, injury and death cases. He has represented employees in wrongful termination cases involving retaliatory discharge, sexual harassment and discrimination. Jim has a diverse family law practice including dissolution of marriage, custody, child support, paternity, guardianships, conservatorships and adoption. He has resolved disputes for his clients through jury and bench trials, mediation and negotiated settlement.
- Wrongful Death
- Business Formation
- Business DisputesOur attorneys handle the formation, governance, dissolution, and all other legal aspects of the administration of corporations and other types of business entities (corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, etc.). Whether you need a single member LLC or would like to incorporate your business with other investors or partners, Ackley, Kopecky & Kingery, LLP can assist you. Other duties of business law attorneys include mergers, acquisitions, internal reorganization, disputes between corporations and individuals concerning liability, and compliance with state and federal law, as well as international accords. Our attorneys can also assist you in the purchase or sale of a business.
- Limited Liability Companies
- Wrongful Termination
- Sexual Harassment
- Land Use and ZoningThe practice area of real estate and property law deals with a variety of related issues in both commercial and residential settings. Issues may include: reading abstracts and rendering title opinions; determining and resolving rights and interests in real estate and real property; sales, purchases and other transfers of real estate and real property; legal aspects of rental property and landlord issues; tenants', renters' and homeowners' rights; title to real property; settlement of claims against property rights; property development; zoning and land use; related agriculture issues; home loans and foreclosures; and various other relevant topics.
- Personal InjuryPersonal injury law deals with intentional or unintentional wrongdoing that affects individuals physically or psychologically. Practitioners in the field are well-versed in torts law and may work on cases involving medical malpractice, accidental collisions, product liability, wrongful death, or workplace injury. Many cases are settled out of court in this field of legal practice.
- Medical MalpracticeLarry Thorson is a partner with Ackley, Kopecky & Kingery, LLP, joining the firm in 1991. Larry’s practice includes but is not limited to business formation, real estate, estate planning, wills and trusts, taxation, bankruptcy, personal injury and medical malpractice.
- Estate PlanningThe estate lawyer's role is to help a client arrange his or her financial affairs so that, upon the client's death, the client's assets are distributed exactly as he or she wishes and the tax consequences of distributing that property are minimized. The law of estates and trusts governs the use of certain types of instruments, such as wills, living trusts, or charitable trusts, to provide for an orderly distribution of the assets and payment of any debts or liabilities of the estate. Lawyers at Ackley, Kopecky & Kingery, LLP who work in estate planning and probate work closely with their clients, often over a period of many years, and tend to become close to their clients. Because of this relationship, the lawyer often knows a great deal about their clients' financial matters and family relationships. The estate lawyer often becomes a true family counselor, helping the client work through both financial and personal issues.
- Wills
- Trusts
- Probate
- Bankruptcy
- Foreclosure
- Tax LawTax law deals with the laws and regulations that govern the tax process. Tax law affects nearly any activity that has economic consequences. Depending on the practice, a tax attorney will often be involved in analyzing, creating, and implementing complex transactions from the tax perspective, counseling clients on the tax results of specific transactions, monitoring new and pending tax legislation and explaining their consequences to clients, and litigating the tax treatment of controversial tax positions. Our attorneys also handle the preparation and filing of individual state and federal income tax returns.