Chapman Law Group

Estate Planning & Probate Attorneys in Troy, Michigan

Estate planning becomes more complicated when it involves a family business, professional practice, investment properties, or other assets that require more than a simple will. For physicians, dentists, healthcare providers, and business owners, protecting both personal and professional legacies often requires careful coordination between estate planning and business planning.

Chapman Law Group helps clients prepare for those challenges through estate planning, probate, trust administration, and business succession planning. While the firm is nationally recognized for its healthcare law practice, it also assists individuals and families in creating estate plans that protect loved ones, prepare for incapacity, and provide clear direction for the future. By combining estate planning with extensive experience representing healthcare professionals and business owners, the firm is able to address legal issues that extend well beyond the transfer of personal assets.

Planning for Families, Professionals, and Business Owners

Every estate plan should reflect the client's life, family, and financial goals. Chapman Law Group works with individuals, married couples, professionals, and business owners to develop personalized plans that prepare for both expected and unexpected life events.

Depending on a client's circumstances, an estate plan may include wills, trusts, financial powers of attorney, healthcare directives, and strategies designed to simplify probate and preserve assets for future generations. The firm's attorneys also recognize that estate planning should prepare for periods of incapacity, allowing trusted individuals to make financial and healthcare decisions when clients are no longer able to do so themselves.

For healthcare professionals and business owners, estate planning frequently involves additional considerations such as ownership interests, professional entities, and long-term succession goals. The firm's multidisciplinary practice allows those issues to be addressed within a coordinated legal strategy.

Helping Families Through Probate and Trust Administration

Many families first need legal guidance after the death of a loved one. Serving as a personal representative or trustee can involve unfamiliar legal responsibilities, court procedures, financial obligations, and deadlines that add stress during an already difficult time.

Chapman Law Group assists clients throughout probate and trust administration, helping fiduciaries understand their responsibilities while guiding estates through the administration process. Services include probate proceedings, trust administration, estate settlement, and legal counsel for executors, trustees, beneficiaries, and family members responsible for carrying out a loved one's final wishes.

Because the firm regularly assists clients with both planning and administration, its attorneys understand how estate plans function when they are ultimately needed, helping them prepare documents that are practical as well as legally effective.

Estate Planning for Healthcare Professionals

One of Chapman Law Group's most distinctive strengths is its extensive experience representing healthcare professionals and healthcare organizations.

Physicians, dentists, medical practices, and other licensed professionals often have legal needs that differ from those of other estate planning clients. Ownership interests in medical practices, professional corporations, partnership agreements, regulatory considerations, and succession planning may all become part of an overall estate plan.

Because healthcare law is one of the firm's primary areas of practice, Chapman Law Group is uniquely positioned to help medical professionals coordinate personal estate planning with the long-term future of their professional practices.

Business Succession Beyond Personal Assets

For many clients, the most valuable asset is not a home or investment account—it's a closely held business.

Chapman Law Group assists business owners in developing succession strategies that coordinate estate planning with ownership transitions, business continuity, and long-term planning objectives. Rather than treating estate planning and business law as unrelated services, the firm works to integrate both areas so clients can protect their families while also preparing their businesses for future leadership or ownership changes.

This approach can be especially valuable for professionals whose business interests represent a substantial portion of their overall estate.

Practical Guidance When Disputes Arise

Although thoughtful planning can reduce future conflict, legal disputes sometimes become unavoidable.

In addition to estate planning and administration, Chapman Law Group maintains an active litigation practice. The firm's broader experience representing businesses, professionals, and organizations provides additional resources when probate, business, or related legal matters become contested.

This combination of planning, administration, and litigation experience allows the firm to represent clients throughout the full life cycle of legal issues rather than only during the planning stage.

Serving Clients Across Michigan

Chapman Law Group maintains offices in Troy and Grand Rapids, serving clients throughout Michigan. Its combination of estate planning, probate administration, healthcare law, business law, and litigation allows individuals, families, healthcare professionals, and business owners to address multiple interconnected legal needs within one firm.

Whether preparing a first estate plan, updating documents after significant life changes, guiding a family through probate, or planning for the future of a professional practice, Chapman Law Group provides legal counsel designed to help clients protect both the people and the work that matter most.

Practice Areas

• Estate Planning

• Wills

• Trusts

• Probate Administration

• Trust Administration

• Estate Settlement

• Powers of Attorney

• Healthcare Directives

• Business Succession Planning

• Healthcare Business Planning

• Business Law

• Healthcare Law

• Probate Litigation

• Business Litigation