Posted by Courtney | May 16, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Wills & Living Wills

Wonderful experience getting our Will completed

I reached out to Melvin to get a will drawn up for my husband and I, after delaying it for years. Melvin was very helpful, and patient with my concerns and questions regarding my will. He made this process easy and painless, I wish I wouldn't have put it off for so long. Melvin was easy to contact wh...en I had thought of questions after our meeting and took care of my concerns promptly. Our overall experience was excellent and I would recommend him to family and friends that have also been putting off getting their will done.

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Posted by Kevin | March 21, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Wills & Living Wills

Wills, DPOA & HCPOA for both my wife & myself

We hired Melvin to revise our 2001 Wills and Power of Attorney, as our 2 sons are in their 20's now. Melvin was known to us through a previous LLC we had done for us a few years ago. We sat down with Melvin to go over what we would want to revise. We didn't Guardians any more due to the boys' ages. ...We also wanted to keep all Estate and Property as being willed to each of us and then our sons 50/50. In turn, we discussed our wishes upon death. We reviewed both the Durable & Health Care POA's. We made changes with these, as well, to keep within the immediate family. Melvin then gave us a timeline on editing, our further review, any additional editing/reviews, and then setting up a meeting to sign and finalize with Witness participation. His firm did a great job of turning around all the documents and editing after our review. We were then able to schedule a meeting within a couple of weeks. The meeting to sign, re-established what we had agreed upon with the previous documents, and we signed, as did Witnesses, where required by law. We also had the proper documents Notarized. At this point, we were provided sealed and original copies of all documents. Melvin also made sure we had copies we could keep for review or need. Lastly, after filing with the court, Melvin sent us a zipped PDF file of all 6 documents. We can then share with our kids, who will be Executors upon the death of both my wife and myself. In the email, Melvin sent, he thanked us for the responsibility of handling this critical and sensitive information to insure thinks are handled properly within the law, as one or both of us pass away. As an extra piece, Melvin sent a brief, bullet pointed 'to do' list to make sure we follow through with last pieces, such as: shredding the old Wills, contacting our Health Care Providers with POA's, etc. Melvin was professional, thorough, detail-oriented, and personable throughout all of our interactions. I would highly recommend Melvin Shaw from the Law Office of Melvin O. Shaw in Coralville, IA!

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Posted by anonymous | March 01, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Estate Planning

Wills

We had the good fortune of meeting Mel and were at a time in our lives where we needed to put our affairs in order. After thinking on our future plan for our assets and children, we asked Mel to pull it all together for us. He came back quickly and precisely based on what we needed to have done. A...ctually we were a little embarrassed because he had to wait on us on more than one occasion since our schedules couldn't allow for us both to be present for the signing. However it was completed and we are very pleased with having chosen Mel to finalize this long overdue but much needed task. We will definitely be using him again in the future should we need any more work done.

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Posted by anonymous | May 17, 2017 | Real Estate

Personable and smart!

Mel gave me great legal advice. He was reasonable with the fees and really reassured me of what my options were and the benefits and reprocussions of my decision. I would suggest anyone with real estate issues to consult Melvin Shaw!

Posted by William | April 12, 2017 | Hired Attorney

Melvin O. Shaw

'very professional person. Apologized if he kept us waiting or if there was an error. Would very definitely recommended him if anyone asked for an opinion. We really enjoyed meeting Mr. Shaw.

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