Law Office of Stephen Ullrich – 317.492.1038
Contracts
WHY BOTHER WITH A CONTRACT LAWYER? All of us, whether as individual consumers or business owners or managers, are impacted by CONTRACTS in our daily lives. Indiana courts assume that we have all read and understand the contracts into which we enter. The reality is that many, if not most of us, either do not read our contracts thoroughly or we do not understand them. Maybe we simply surrender to the false idea that the contract is not negotiable so why bother?
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Home Owners Associations (HOAs)
HOME OWNERS SEEM TO EITHER LOVE OR DETEST THEIR ASSOCIATIONS. Our experience with Home Owners Associations can benefit you and your own Association. When properly formed and managed, HOA's should improve your community-wide living experience and enhance your property values. Stephen Ullrich has more than 20 years experience advising clients with the creation and management of HOAs and other similar entities, such as Condominium Associations.
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Commercial Transactions
EXPERIENCED BUSINESS LAWYER. During his twenty five years as an attorney, Stephen Ullrich has assisted his small business clients with a myriad of business and commercial transactions – including commercial real estate leases, real estate development contracts, business and employee non-competition and non-disclosure agreements, letters of intent, business entity buy/sell agreements, “teaming” agreements, joint venture agreements,
Business Formations
WHY USE AN ATTORNEY TO FORM (OR DISSOLVE) YOUR NEW (OR OLD) BUSINESS? It is true: Nearly anyone with a computer can go online and find a “fill-in-the-blank” or “one-size-fits-all” so-called legal form that can accomplish the bare minimum of establishing the existence of a legal entity. Pay the filing fee with the Secretary of State’s office and bingo you have a “company.” What you may not have is the
Civil Litigation
“TOO MANY LAWYERS, TOO MANY LAWSUITS.” The general public, including many if not most small business owners, have a dim and grim view of our legal and civil litigation system. The cynicism many of us have toward our system of judicial process is fueled by the rare but sensational and seemingly abusive cases – though most of those are misunderstood and exaggerated in the public psyche. The infamous case
Real Estate
THEY ARE NOT MAKING ANYMORE LAND. Well, maybe they are in Dubai! But for the average Hoosier, the land we have is all there is. So your home or commercial building purchase or sale may well be the single most important transaction of your life. Yet, so few of us consult with an attorney before signing a listing agreement or an offer to purchase. As with our aversion to legal contracts in general, many of us view real
Divorce
A DIFFICULT PROCESS. The break-up of a marriage is almost always stressful. This is especially true when there are children affected by the impending change in the family unit. Although this is not always the case - there are those marriages where the parties mutually and gleefully decide to grow in different directions – most divorces involve at least one partner who regrets and laments the impending change.
Wills & Trust
DO YOU REALLY NEED A LAST WILL & TESTAMENT? You have been married to the same person for 25 years and your children are grown. Neither you nor your spouse ever got around to preparing that Last Will and Testament you always talked about. However, with the exception of certain specific gifts to particular people, you both intend to leave everything to each other anyway, so does it matter? Assuming both you and your spouse are
Criminal Records Expungement
ARE YOU ELIGIBLE FOR A “SECOND CHANCE”? Are you or someone you care about hampered by mistakes made earlier that continue to haunt or impede a desire to move forward? Maybe an old D.U.I (Driving Under the Influence) or O.W.I. (Operating Under the Influence) conviction, or even a serious violent felony conviction. Indiana recently enacted a so-called “second chance” law that might
Powers of Attorney and Health Care Documents
WHO DO YOU TRUST? This should be your first question if and when you might need to delegate to another person the authority to transact one or more of your affairs, whether on a temporary, one-time basis or over a longer period of time. No matter your reason for wanting or needing to grant a Power of Attorney, having someone whom you trust completely is critical to your decision to give these powers to another person.
Personal Injury
HAVE YOU OR A LOVED ONE BEEN INJURED? Accidents happen. And every now and then accidents happen that truly are no one’s “fault” - so called “acts of God” or natural occurrences or “freak” accidents where no human cause can be blamed. However, barring those unusual events, most accidents are the result of somebody’s negligence, or more rarely, intentional wrongful conduct.
Bad Faith Insurance Settlement Practices
HAS YOUR OWN INSURANCE CARRIER FAILED YOU? It is thought to be the stuff of movies – see for example, The Rainmaker – the evil insurance company that knowingly denies a claim in bad faith because it thinks the insured will not be able or willing enforce the contract. But it happens! While we would all like to think that the vast majority of insurance companies are