Stewart Michael Crane

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Stewart Michael Crane

5.0
32 reviews
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Rating: 7.5

Licensed for 41 years

Adoption Lawyer at Knoxville, TN
Practice Areas: Adoption, Estate Planning, Wills & Living Wills ... +2 more

9111 Cross Park Drive, Suite D-200, Knoxville, TN

About Stewart

Biography

Experienced, Dedicated, Caring Personalized Service Attorney. Call Now 865-539-8282

Practice Areas

5

Practice Areas

Adoption 40%

Experienced in all phases of adoptions, including foreign and domestic adoptions, stepparent and relative cases and adult adoptions

41 years | 200 cases

40%
Estate Planning 40%

extensive experience in drafting wills, trusts, powers of attorney, living wills and other documents necessary to plan estates

41 years | 400 cases

40%
Wills and Living Wills 13%

extensive experience in drafting wills and living wills

41 years | 400 cases

13%
Business 5%

experienced in formation and representation of corporations, limited liability companies, and other businesses

41 years | 100 cases

5%
Guardianship 2%

41 years | 10 cases

2%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Hourly Rates

$ 300-360 per hour


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check

Awards

Client's Choice
Client's Choice
2021
Platinum Client Champion
AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating

Licenses

Licensed in Tennessee for 41 years

State: Tennessee

Acquired: 1985

Active

No misconduct found

Location

The Crane Law Firm, P.L.L.C.

9111 Cross Park Drive, Suite D-200, Knoxville, TN, 37923

cranelawfirmtn.com

Online Presence

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Stewart Michael Crane's Reviews

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Showing 1 - 4 of 4 reviews | Trusts

Posted by Chuck | January 30, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Trusts

Chuck Estate Plan

Upon recommendation by a friend, we hired Stewart to prepare an estate plan and all related documents, including a Revocable Living Trust, Durable and General Power of Attorney and Last Will and Testament. My wife and I found Stewart to be knowledgeable, direct, sincere, honest and reliable. We met... with him at our home for an initial consultation where he explained the process and gathered our information. We were impressed with his expertise and thoroughness and his ability to explain legal information in terms we could understand. Stewart then drew up all the Draft documents for us to review. After having answered all of our questions and making changes, a Final set of documents was drawn up for signing. Stewart was readily available to us throughout the process. What I initially thought would be a daunting painful process, turned out to be straight forward and simple. I give credit to Stewart for making it so. We also found his rates to be very reasonable.

Posted by anonymous | March 13, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Trusts

Excellent Tennessee Estate Plan

We amended our family trust and Mr. Crane was very knowledgeable and accommodating to our needs. We were very satisfied in his advice and knowledge for our circumstances.

Posted by Les | April 13, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Trusts

Caring, thorough and professional

Stewart helped my wife and me with our estate planning documents (Will, revocable living trust, POA, etc.).He took good care of us and gave great advice on how to structure these legal documents.

Posted by JR | March 22, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Trusts

Estate

Steward was very easy to work with. He established a Revocable Living Trust, a Last Will, and an Advance Directive for Health Care for both my wife and myself. He was very professional, Not only would I recommend him to future clients but I would undoubtedly hire him again if needed. I was very surpr...ised with the cost. I have been through this process with my dad 20 years ago and was expecting over double the cost.

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Arnold Cohen

General practice lawyer | Dec 30

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I endorse this lawyer. Mr. Crane is a knowledgeable lawyer with good judgment."

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Stephen Carpenter

Adoption lawyer | Jun 01

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse Attorney Stewart Crane due to his professionalism and competence, as well as his high character and integrity."

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Experience

Rating:  7.5 (Very Good)

Honors

2013

AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Work Experience

2017 - Present

Attorney at Law, The Crane Law Firm, P.L.L.C.

1985 - Present

Attorney, Stewart M. Crane, Attorney at Law

Associations

1986 - Present

Tennessee Bar Association

Member

Education

1984

University of Tennessee College of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1980

University of Tennessee, Knoxville (main)

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

2014

Adoption Law: Start to Finish

adoption law

2010

Adoption Law: Start to Finish

adoption law

2009

Probate Process from Start to Finish

probate law

Languages

English

Activity

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