Mr. Appel has an active practice in Illinois and Indiana, providing legal counsel to small to medium size businesses, entrepreneurs, business owners, and farmers. Mr. Appel actively assists and provides counsel to individuals and families in the formation, operation, and transfer of businesses in a variety of industries. Mr. Appel assists business clients in devising innovative business structures, in business succession planning, and with wealth transfer strategies.
Services
Mr. Appel provides services in the transfer of wealth for individuals, families and closely held businesses. Mr. Appel works to plan and implement the client's wealth transfer objectives with the least overall cost and complication.
For business owners in particular, it is essential that their estate planning documents are consistent with the organizational documents of their business, as well as with the agreements which they have in place with their partners or shareholders.
For business owners in particular, it is essential that their estate planning documents are consistent with the organizational documents of their business, as well as with the agreements which they have in place with their partners or shareholders.
Mr. Appel has over thirty years of experience in handling the purchase, sale and leasing of virtually every type of real estate, including multi-family, commercial and industrial.
Mr. Appel assists his clients in choosing the best form of property ownership, including the use of land trusts, revocable trusts, and limited liability companies, with the goal of minimizing personal risk while implementing mechanisms for the effective control and transfer of the property.
Mr. Appel assists his clients in choosing the best form of property ownership, including the use of land trusts, revocable trusts, and limited liability companies, with the goal of minimizing personal risk while implementing mechanisms for the effective control and transfer of the property.
Mr. Appel provides services to his clients in the handling of probate estates and the administration of trusts in both Illinois and Indiana. Mr. Appel also represents individual heirs, legatees or beneficiaries in the protection of their rights in the process of estate or trust administration.
Mr. Appel will work with clients to explore all possible alternatives to probate so as to minimize the cost of transferring a decedent's assets and also to protect a decedent's assets from the claims of third parties.
Mr. Appel will work with clients to explore all possible alternatives to probate so as to minimize the cost of transferring a decedent's assets and also to protect a decedent's assets from the claims of third parties.
Mr. Appel handles guardianships for disabled adults and minors in both Illinois and Indiana. Mr. Appel assists his clients in understanding the legal requirements involved in the application and appointment of a legal guardian for an adult or minor, as well as the rights of disabled adults and minors under that guardianship.
