Amy Rombyer Tripp

I can’t praise Amy and her staff enough. Amy helped me get my will in order after my husband died, and set up a trust for our autistic son. While in the trust process, Amy discovered that he was not receiving the services for which he was entitled. Dealing with the government agencies to get him all set up can be a nightmare – which Amy’s social worker, Megan, took on. Megan had the knowledge, resources, and persistence to jump in and take care of business! Now he is all set, and I have a caring, knowledgeable team for support. Worth every single penny for that kind of peace of mind.

Amy very through and the experience with my Estate Planning documents went so smooth. She was very detailed and explain everything so well

I am writing this review on behalf of the McAuliffe family of Jackson, Michigan. Amy Tripp was hired as our family attorney in 2012 and continues to represent the trusts interests. Chalgian & Tripp Law Offices, rate 5 stars in my opinion and a major “pat on the back” for a job very well done. My parents thought highly of this firm and met with Amy in 2012 to update their 30 year old trust, complete their estate planning, and to prepare their wills. I agreed to be trustee and met with Amy and my parents in early April 2013. Documents were signed and good solid advice was shared and understood. Unexpectedly my mother passed away 3 weeks later much to our surprise. My father had developed Alzheimer’s and continued to decline in health. As such I had to fulfill the role of trustee and caregiver much earlier than anticipated. My mother had died too soon after signing the documents which created a legal quagmire full of twists and turns. I was left with old trusts that has not had the time to transfer to the new trust. Plus various bank accounts under different names. A family business that needed dissolution. A father that had to be moved to an adult living center. In short a nightmare. My MBA and business background never prepared me for this. There was No silver bullet as the “devil was in the details.” Without their guidance I would surely have failed “big time” as I attempted to find my footing. They provided sage legal advice to steer me in the right direction. We developed a short and long range plan together. Moreover, they acted like a family therapist and provided wise counseling on sticky family emotional matters. With their backing I created a support group consisting of an accountant, financial advisor, bank, various other professionals, and themselves as legal. I started on a 4 year journey with them. Due to their efforts I successfully cared for my father until his death in September 2015. Their actions freed up my time such that I was able to help my father complete the family autobiography one month before his death. After his death the Long range plan went into action. It took 2016 and 2017 to successfully consolidate 3 trusts into one. I sold properties, transferred funds between banks, learned how to prepare the proper financial documents as trustee, pay out distributions to beneficiaries, etc. My role with them had changed as they now were watching out for my interests as “Trustee”. Prior to this they acted as legal counsel for my father and counseled me how to act as power of attorney and caregiver to preserve my father’s dignity of life. It is now 2017 and I am at the end of a long legal journey. The firm of Chalgian & Tripp Law Offices, PLLC consisting of Amy Tripp, Rachel Zapczynski, and others acted as my saviors. I intend to continue to use them until the dissolution of this trust over the next 8 years. I highly recommend them to anyone in Michigan in need of estate planning, elder law, or trusts. Sincerely, Daniel N. M, Trustee of Annetta N. MTestamentary Trust

The firm of Chalgian & Tripp severely misguided our family in our parents nursing home medicaid application and process. They argued with DHS over medicaid law for over a year, created a huge debt, told us the entire time that they would win the case. After over $100,000.00 in nursing home debt accumulated, they lost all their appeals and left our family with the debt. A very, very disappointing experience, especially while caring for 2 aging parents at the same time. So saddened by their professional and moral ethics.......will tell everyone I come in contact about this experience.

Zero stars for this attorney. They called a meeting to sign documents pertaining to a probate matter. When the meeting was held there were no documents ready for probate matters, but instead they turned the meeting into "estate planning" which we were very clear ahead of time was not wanted. Billed over $350 for a meeting that was not wanted for that purpose. Dragged their feet on closing estate after probate indicated the estate was ready to close much earlier. Finally had to insist the estate be closed immediately as the delays seemed to be an opportunity for continued billing. Ultimate insult came after attorney assigned to the case sent letter stating the estate was closed and thanking us for having chosen the firm, two months later get a bill for "reviewing" an already closed estate. Was not impressed by demeanor of attorney, for example speaking insubordinately to us during conversations. Cost to benefit ratio: could have accomplished much more for much less elsewhere.