I pride myself on being responsive to my client's needs. My clients reach out to me for help with their businesses, development projects and personal needs. When they do, they are reaching out because something has come up that is beyond what they are comfortable handling alone. By responding quickly, I can help my clients avoid making difficult decisions without good advice.
I enjoy working with my clients to handle help them grow and protect their businesses for today and for tomorrow. I particularly enjoy real estate development, having grown up in a family that developed residential subdivisions and built beautiful custom homes. There is something very special about watching something being created and being able to know that you were a small part of someone's vision.
When I work with clients on planning for their estates, I believe that we need to know the client, something about their lives and something about their families to best advise them. Estate planning should not be solely about the best "math answer" but should hope to capture a person's hopes for their spouses, children, charities and beyond. You cannot learn those things by looking at a spreadsheet or financial report.
My goal is to provide strong counsel and guidance to people over their lifetimes and earn the right to be trusted with their family in the future.
I am a down to earth person. I do not wear suits unless I am going to court so please do not be surprised if I look like a "normal person" (other than my "Santa Claus beard". I do not believe that a person's worth or talents are measured by their wardrobe.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
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Contingent Fees
Contingent fees are typically restricted to personal injury (see my partner Eric Habig), some limited probate disputes, and some condemnation actions. Feel free to reach out for more details. Happy to answer those questions.
- Indiana
- Indiana Supreme Court
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- 7th Circuit
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Partner
- Beck Rocker, LLC
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- Adjunct Professor
- Indiana University - Indiana University/Purdue University at Columbus
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- Professor of business law in the business school. In addition, taught Law & Ethics for the MBA Program.
- Attorney
- Eynon Harmon & Rocker
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- Valparaiso University School of Law
- J.D.
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- University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
- B.A.
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- Indiana State Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Activities: Member of the Technology Committee, 2004-present
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- American Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Bartholomew County Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Activities: Secretary 1996-1997, Secretary 2010
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- Construction Contracts & Mechanic's Liens: Using the Right Tool for the Job of Getting Paid, 4664 Ray Boll Boulevard, Columbus, Indiana 47203
- Beck Rocker, PC
- Seminar to advise contractors and skilled trades how to get paid for work completed for customers.
- Estate Planning, BCSC Administration Building
- BCSF
- Estate Planning
- Planning to Fail, BCSC Administration Building
- Bartholomew Area Retired Teachers Association
- Estate Planning for Retired Teachers
- Planning to Fail, First Church of the Nazarene
- First Church of the Nazerene
- Estate Planning Seminar
- Planned Giving, BSCF Planned Giving Seminar, BCSC Administration Building
- Bartholomew Consolidated School Foundation
- Seminar on estate planning and charitable giving.
