Joanne Butterall

We have extensive experience guiding Clients through the maze of options available to them in matters of determining asset position, avoiding unnecessary probate proceedings, eliminating or decreasing estate taxes, and preserving assets for distribution to loved ones in accord with the Client's personal goals and desires.

Our law firm brings extensive skill and sensitivity to working the elder Clients and their families so that together we meet an elder's individual legal and practical goals. Elder concerns involving living arrangements, long-term skilled care, second marriage, asset allocations, current and future asset distribution to loved ones, and preservation of assets are all addressed during the initial meetings. We counsel each Client to select the available options that will bring the desired results.

Many BLF Clients are families with small businesses. At BLF, we guide Clients from start to finish through the often complicated array of decisions involving the purchase or start up of a business, entity formation, liability protection, tax considerations, ownership shares, management structure and employee issues.

We provide services to both lenders and private individuals to negotiate the purchase or sale of real property, conduct real estate closings, and initiate the associated services of title exam and removal of clouded or defective title. We also have expereince in land disputes, boundary line issues and landlord-tenant law.