Joel K Ford

I have had an exceptionally positive experience with Joel Ford and the team at his law office. He worked with my wife, daughter and me to create wills, durable powers of attorney and advanced directives for each of us. He has an easy going, focused manner and is quite thorough with extensive experien...ce in the area. He asked us important questions that we hadn't considered prior to our meeting. Ultimately, the documents that were prepared for us perfectly and explicitly reflected our wishes. The fees for the services we received were very reasonable and I have since referred close friends to Mr. Ford with absolute confidence that their experience will be every bit as positive as ours was. I enthusiastically recommend Mr. Ford for estate planning and the preparation of related documents.

I needed an attorney’s help with several legal matters during a very difficult season in my life. I’m very thankful that I came across the reviews for Joel (all 5 stars) on this Avvo website and I’m so happy to add my review to them. I cannot say enough how much I appreciate Joel, Janet (paralegal), ...and Erin (legal assistant). They have all been so helpful, incredibly patient, professional, and friendly. Erin was so welcoming and set my mind at ease right from my first interaction with her. Joel is very knowledgeable and has done a wonderful job of explaining difficult legal terminology and processes with clarity. He and Janet helped me to understand my options and answered my many questions in a caring manner. I’ve been amazed at how quickly and thoroughly they’ve responded to my emails and prepared documents. This is a fine group of people. Joel is truly a five star attorney. I highly recommend Joel and his legal team to anyone-such a breath of fresh air!

My husband and I wanted to update our wills, durable powers of attorney and advanced directives. When Erin, in the office made our appt, she asked for our previous documents. I could already tell that Joel would be prepared to meet with us. He was very friendly and relaxed and took notes about the... changes we wanted to make. We received the updated documents in the mail in plenty of time to review them before our follow-up with the final documents and signing. During this review time, Janet, the professional paralegal in his office, answered some questions we had. She was very knowledgeable and helped us to be prepared for our final review on the signing appointment. Joel went over the highlights of our final documents and provided a folder with tabs, which is very useful. As the office copies were being made of our originals, we were offered extra copies could be made for us at the same time. That was so nice.

I was searching for a new attorney in Oregon for my mother and called Joel’s office. It was later in the day on a Friday and Janet spent a considerable amount of time listening to the issues. She was generous with her time, extremely kind, and immediately followed up via email with a number of help...ful resources. I wish I lived in Oregon so that I could use their services for my own legal needs!

Needing an attorney for any situation can be stressful. Unfortunately I have been in need several times of late: our wills, power of attorney for health care, estate planning, death of my dear husband, activating trust, probate, establishing new guardianship. Joel Ford is an expert in estate law ...and planning, financial considerations of money management, trusts, wills, etc. Joel is also an expert in sharing information, application, choices and implications of setting up a complicated trust. Joel took time to make sure we understood our options and how they would effect us and our family today, at death and beyond. Sarah Fudge was able to guide me through the complicated and emotionally taxing process of establishing a guardianship. She is a clear communicator and was able to explain complex terms and the implications easily. When called or emailed, Sarah’s responsiveness was surprisingly fast. The entire process from start to finish was much quicker than I anticipated. The costs of services were very reasonable and highly competitive with other law firms. Yet, there is no comparison for the personal, individualized service every person in their office provided us during difficult times in our lives. The professionalism, caring attitude, ability to make complex law understandable, responsiveness and expertise provided by this team of attorneys is priceless.