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Posted by Doug | November 18, 2025 | Hired Attorney

Mr. Shaw was fantastic!

Mr. Shaw was fantastic. My situation was complicated with lots of moving parts and Mr. Shaw took the time and listened to all my concerns. Then he came back with a game plan that worked perfectly and gave me all the protections I had hoped for. I will definitely continue to use Mr. Shaw for all m...y future legal needs.

Posted by Stephen | November 08, 2022 | Hired Attorney

Law Offices of Melvin O. Shaw

Melvin Shaw and his team were professional, accommodating, cordial and concerned for our interests throughout. Questions were answered thoroughly, and work completed expeditiously. We are more than satisfied, and would recommend his law offices to anyone – without reservation.

Posted by Liz | May 31, 2019 | Hired Attorney

Probate & Estate Planning from Afar

I worked with Mel over that last three or so years to assist me through legal matters including Personals Representative appointment, Estate Planning, and Probate processing. I live in Wisconsin and Mel made all of these processes as simple as he possibly could for me. He is very knowledgeable an...d does whatever he can to assist you, no matter the day or time. I highly recommend working with Mel. Without him, I wouldn’t have been able to get through all of this!

Posted by Tom | September 16, 2018 | Hired Attorney

Will and POA

Wow!!! What an amazing and down to earth individual. We hit it off as soon as my wife and I walked into his offIce. Melvin is an extremely down to earth person, and a very knowledgeable attorney, especially when it comes to wills, POA’s and/or trusts. I’m sure everyone who is reading this review has ...been putting off doing their wills for some time now...like us. We kept putting it off due to time and how much effort and energy it would be to find someone to help prepare our wills. Well, look no further!! Melvin was extremely easy to work with. He patiently listened to all of our questions and concerns regarding wills vs trust (and we had a lot). He was able to simplify and break down all the legal aspects of the paperwork into layman terms for us to understand. He allowed us to take our time, and discuss what we thought were the best plans for our future finances and our young son’s future if something were to happen to us. I can’t say enough about how GREAT it was to work with Melvin!!!!

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