Casteel and Carson

The firm emphasizes down-to-earth counsel, clear explanations, and prompt attention to client matters. Attorneys personally handle each matter, using legal staff and assistants for support but not as substitutes for experienced legal counsel. Casteel and Carson is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Primary practice areas

Casteel and Carson practices in the following areas of law:

• Estate and tax planning
• Real estate law
• Business law
• Elder law
• Conservatorships and guardianships
• Personal injury

The firm aims to help clients prevent problems where possible and find practical remedies when legal issues arise.

• Business transactions – Documenting transactions between businesses to clearly set out agreements and help protect all parties.
• New entity and business formation – Advising on and forming entities such as corporations, LLCs, and partnerships, with a focus on protecting owners' assets and minimizing liabilities.
• Commercial collections – Handling commercial collection matters and enforcing business agreements.

Casteel and Carson provides estate and tax planning services designed to carry out clients' wishes and help maximize what beneficiaries receive without unnecessary taxes, costs, or fees. Planning can begin at any age, and earlier planning generally provides greater flexibility.

Key estate and tax planning services include:

• Wills – Preparing wills that set out how a client's estate should be distributed among beneficiaries upon death.
• Trusts – Establishing trusts that, like wills, direct how assets are distributed, and that can also contain instructions for providing for a client's own care in the event of disability. Trusts can be used to transfer assets without court intervention.
• Estate administration – Working with heirs and beneficiaries to carry out the terms of a will or trust. Depending on circumstances, this may involve probate administration, non-judicial trust administration, or informal agreements among beneficiaries.
• Estate and inheritance tax planning – Structuring asset distribution and allocation to help minimize overall estate and inheritance taxes paid by beneficiaries.

Casteel and Carson represents clients in a variety of personal injury matters. The firm seeks fair compensation for victims and their families.

Key types of personal injury matters include:

• Auto accidents – Working to secure compensation that covers appropriate damages and expenses, such as vehicle repair or replacement, rental cars while a vehicle is being repaired or replaced, medical expenses, and lost wages.
• Wrongful death and serious accidents – Pursuing damages where injury or death results from negligence or intentional conduct. Potential damages can include medical, hospital, funeral, and burial expenses; compensation for pain and suffering experienced between injury and death; and losses suffered by spouses, children, or next of kin, such as loss of financial support, services, parental training and guidance, society, and companionship.
• Negligence claims – Handling cases involving careless conduct that fails to meet required standards of care and causes damage, and pursuing compensation for the resulting losses.

• Medicaid planning – Advising on eligibility rules and planning options so clients can seek to receive the benefits to which they are entitled under this state-administered federal program.
• Elder abuse matters – Addressing situations involving abuse or neglect, often in nursing homes or assisted living facilities. The firm takes appropriate legal action to pursue fair compensation for violations and can help evaluate whether facilities provide appropriate care.

These services are aimed at helping clients use real estate to support their financial goals, including in retirement.

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