AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND SERVICES OFFERED
GUARDIANSHIPs & CONSERVATORSHIPS
Taking care of the most vulnerable people in your life can be one of the most rewarding experiences you will have. It can also be challenging and fraught with concerns about health care decisions and financial stewardship. Children and vulnerable adults can be protected through various guardianship or conservatorship efforts when other solutions are not enough.
Erin works with you to determine what solution or approach best meets your needs and those of all involved. She has experience representing clients petitioning for legal oversight over loved ones as well as being a Guardian ad Litem in numerous cases.
As a Guardian ad Litem (GAL), Erin does not represent a party in a matter but instead works to determine what is in the best interest of a vulnerable adult or child. When looking at situations prismatically instead of through a one-sided lens, Erin's GAL services can streamline solutions and provide clarity to ongoing court cases.
ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE
Even simple estate plans or informal probate proceedings require a professional touch.
Estate planning is not only about wills and trusts. In reality, estate planning is a set of instructions that you want honored which includes your health care directives and financial management in the future in the event you are unable to make those decisions for yourself adequately.
Erin excels at turning difficult conversations into situations that bring you peace of mind. After meeting with you, she identifies how to help you best accomplish your goals -- ones you have during your lifetime and those you would like accomplished for your heirs or beneficiaries.
By helping you complete your estate planning or while you navigate the various legal processes involved with formal or informal probate, Erin consistently prioritizes you and makes the practical nature of estate planning and probate a compassionate, meaningful, and prepared experience.
BUSINESS AND NON-PROFIT LAW: FORMATION, CONSULTING, GROWTH & STRATEGIC PLANNING
Small business owners and non-profit organizations often get so busy that internal processes such as employee handbooks or training manuals get put on the back burner. However, it's these kinds of tools that offer vital structure to maximize efficiency, reduce inconsistencies or liabilities, and increase overall wellbeing for employees, owners, and clientele or board members.
Drawing from expertise in leadership, policy governance, higher education administration, small business management, non-profit expertise, and applicable laws and strategic planning, Erin prepares you and your team to step into success. By developing pro-active tools with Erin's advice, your values and goals become a solid foundation from which you create a thriving culture and growth opportunities.
From being intimately involved in drafting operating agreements and transactional contracts, or policy and infrastructure documents to simply facilitating board meetings for ease of function, Erin offers expertise and collegiality to the process.
FAMILY LAW
Families represent your closest relationships and what you value most in this life. When family dynamics change through divorce proceedings, custody modifications, paternity inquiries, or adoptions, Erin offers excellent and compassionate legal expertise every step of the way.
Driven by effective resolutions that best meet your needs, Erin understands the importance of preserving relationships in the most difficult of circumstances but recognizes that each situation is unique. With a background in conflict resolution and trauma informed practices, Erin strives to find a solution that doesn't require you to engage in costly or stressful litigation. Your relationships, even newly defined or challenging ones, may continue well beyond the involvement of attorneys in court proceedings.
If litigation is unavoidable because of factors like parental alienation or coercive control behaviors, Erin is prepared to tenaciously represent you with integrity, attention to detail, expertise, and thoughtful advice.