Practice areas
Estate Planning and Administration
We know that planning for your loved ones after you are gone is an uncomfortable conversation to have but one that must occur to provide your loved-one's peace of mind. Estate planning and its subsequent administration after you've passed can be of particular importance to small business owners, parents, and caregivers of individuals with special needs. At Werring Law we are ready to assist you with your estate planning needs.
We provide comprehensive estate planning and probate services to our clients across the Northeast Kansas area. Our firm regularly drafts estate plans for Kansas estates of all sizes. The types of documents that we help clients establish include:
- Wills
- Trusts (including testamentary trusts, living trusts, and Special Needs Trusts)
- Family limited partnerships
- Durable powers of attorney
- Health care planning documents
- Prenuptial agreements
- Guardianships and/or Conservatorships (including for minor children)
- Asset protection strategies and arrangements
Another important aspect of estate planning is asset protection. Through strategic planning, you can take advantage of various legal tools to shield your assets from legal liability. We assist clients with this critically important process.
Estate planning and asset protection involve important tax considerations. By anticipating these implications, we work to minimize the burdens of estate and gift taxes to the fullest extent possible. If necessary, we will also enlist the assistance of accountants and other tax professionals to ensure that we carefully address all tax ramifications.
Business Organization
We offer business organization for the individual who is interested in becoming their own entrepreneur. We assist you in setting up your business, advising on some strategic considerations, and will review contracts and other legal documents for you. Our first-hand experience allows us to share with our clients our personal experiences and opinions on what to do as well as what not to do.
Starting a business is an exciting - and intimidating - endeavor. Many of the decisions you make now will shape the course of your business down the road.
This early stage of the process involves laying a careful legal foundation for success. Among the many legal considerations you must address are:
- Choosing the right business entity
- Establishing a strong governance structure
- Drafting thorough organizational documents (partnership agreements, operating agreements, bylaws and the like)
- Anticipating potential problems and providing for contingencies
- Limiting exposure to liability
- Mitigating the risk of costly disputes
- Navigating employment and labor law issues
At Werring Law we recognize the importance of proactive business planning, especially during these formative stages. Our law firm is well-equipped to address the legal considerations faced by fledgling enterprises.
Collections /
Simple Litigation
Andrew E. Werring is the leading collection attorney in Northeast Kansas with a proven record of success for his clients. We pride ourselves on being on the forefront of the technology necessary to best represent our clients. In partnership with Atchison Account Management, LLC,
Andrew's results for his clients are simply unmatched by those in the area.
Real Estate Law
Many of our clients own real estate. Whether it is a home, a farm, rental property or industrial property, we are here to assist clients with purchases, sales or other issues, including disputes.
Andrew has extensive experience helping families, farmers and investors purchase, finance and manage real estate.
Let us put our knowledge and experience of real estate law to work for you. Our firm offers comprehensive real estate services for both buyers and sellers. We understand the unique complexities and detailed requirements of real estate transactions and contracts and can advise you through each step of the process.
Our services in include:
- Real estate sales and disputes
- Residential and commercial sales contracts
- Real estate closings and escrow
- Contract and payment defaults
- Negotiation of purchase agreements
- Title actions
- Kansas foreclosure
- Kansas county tax sales
- Quiet title after county tax sales
- Excess proceeds after county tax sales
- Exclusive agency contract defaults
- Easements
- Deeds
Trust and Probate Litigation / Administration
Andrew Werring represents clients in estate-related disputes between beneficiaries. We also handle disputes involving executors and trustees as well as claims of undue influence, breach of fiduciary duty and will contests.
Our office represents clients in regard to the following issues surrounding a trust or will:
- Failure to file or furnish accurate financial reports for a trust or estate
- Financial mismanagement of a trust or estate
- Fraud
- Inconsistencies in IRA or 401k designations
- Duress in preparing a will
- ERISA issues effecting a will or trust
- Undue influence
- Mental capacity
- Violations of fiduciary responsibility
- Improper transfer of property or money
Most families talk about how property and assets will be divided upon the death of an elderly parent, spouse, or relative. As a result, it's not uncommon for someone to tell loved ones what they have provided for them in a will. When a will departs from earlier stated wishes on the part of the deceased, undue influence or mental capacity issues may be involved. By examining earlier drafts of a will, checking the medical records of the deceased, and reviewing financial transactions on their part, it's often possible to identify a pattern of undue influence or diminished mental capacity.
Our office reviews the actions of healthcare workers that may have had contact with the deceased in a nursing home, the actions of neighbors and the interactions of family members with the deceased. Using investigators and other experts, we can often expose undue influence or the presence of diminished mental capacity in cases where a will departs from the known wishes of the deceased.
A trustee, whether private or corporate, often must file or submit an annual report and tax return on the trust they are in charge of. If trust funds are depleted or mismanaged as evidenced by the annual report or tax return, our office can use a forensic accountant to determine what happened. As your attorney, we will work to expose poor investment strategies, dual agency, and outright embezzlement. During the discovery process during litigation, our office reviews bank records, investment decisions, and tax returns in order to identify criminal or suspicious behavior.
If you believe a trust or estate has been mismanaged or believe your deceased family member was manipulated or coerced into changing his or her will, contact Werring Law today to schedule an appointment and discuss your case.