Schmoldt Law Office’s clients include the owners of businesses large and small, farmers, and plenty of folks of all ages who want the peace of mind that comes from creating an estate plan. For some, that might mean simply having financial and health care power of attorney documents completed. For others, it means preparing structured distribution plans for beneficiaries to keep transitions between generations smooth.

Whatever the clients’ situation, Schmoldt Law Office works to meet their needs and accomplish their goals.

“We get a a wide range of clients, from young families to elderly people that need help,” said Liz Isenberger, a legal administrator in the office. Isenberger has been known to drive clients to the office for meetings, and other staff members have made house calls or visited folks in nursing homes or the hospital.

“We wouldn’t care if you have a million-dollar estate or you’re the person we have to drive here: We want to make sure both are taken care of,” Isenberger said.

The staff at Schmoldt Law Office recognizes that the needs of each individual or family who comes through the doors are different. Paralegal Stephanie Chevrier said the office emphasizes one-on-one customer service for clients, developing trusting relationships with them — so trusting that Schmoldt Law Office is sometimes one of the first places a family calls when a loved one passes away.

“You don’t have to be rich to have a trust or any kind of plan in place,” Chevrier explained. “Having a plan in place dictates how you want your estate to be administered when you pass away.” Getting the right legal documents signed can prevent drawn-out court proceedings and conflict within a family. It can ensure that minor children are looked after and that assets are distributed as clients wish.

Courtenay Johnson, a legal assistant who focuses on estate administration, helps guide families through the sometimes complex and confusing legal processes that occur after a loved one passes. “We all have difficult and busy lives,” she said, “and then you basically assume somebody else’s life after they’ve passed away — all of their banking and their financials and their belongings and their home insurance and their car insurance. There’s just so many aspects of everybody’s life you don’t realize that we all have until somebody passes away and whoever is left behind has to figure out.”

With its hands-on approach, Schmoldt Law Office can lead families during this time and offer a lot of relief from the burden of sorting out an estate.

“We can help them by taking something off their plate to make their lives go a little bit smoother during the transition,” Johnson said.

Schmoldt and his staff have worked hard to create an environment where they enjoy being every day and where their clients feel welcomed and cared for.

As Schmoldt himself explained, “If we don’t help people, who will?”

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