Paul J. Knierim - Simsbury, Connecticut

About

Disputes associated with probate, wills and trusts, and eldercare worries are some of the most emotionally charged conflicts that people and families undergo. At the coronary heart of those disagreements lie deeply private troubles associated with own family, independence, security and relationships. Fortunately, no matter the emotional nature of these troubles, it s regularly possible to reach resolution with out resorting to litigation.
That s in which Lawyer Paul Knierim, a retired probate decide, is available in. As the top of our dispute decision practice, he brings unprecedented trouble-solving techniques to bear on even the most complex of issues. Dispute decision is a voluntary manner designed to help events acquire a jointly useful agreement that ends a war of words in a faster way and at some distance much less price than a standard courtroom case.
Paul s enjoy includes extra than many years of provider within the judiciary. After 10 years as choose of the Simsbury Probate Court, the Chief Justice appointed Paul to lead the country’s Probate Courts as Probate Court Administrator, a position he served from 2008 to 2019.
Paul’s enjoy as a attorney and choose is relatively precious to his customers, but it s his potential to convey a experience of calm to anxious conditions and his ability in facilitating creative answers that make him so precise as a mediator. A hassle-solver with deep know-how of probate law and keen perception into family dynamics, Paul affords goal and sensible steering to help households remedy their conflicts speedy, value successfully, and with as little drama as feasible.

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Legal Issues

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Probate

Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests

Elder Law

Arbitration & Mediation

Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration

Costs

Certificates

Languages

• English: Spoken, Written

Accepted Jurisdictions

Experience

• Counsel
  Czepiga Daly Pope & Perri LLC
  2019
• Probate Court Administrator
  State of Connecticut
  2008
• Judge
  Simsbury Probate Court
  1999
• Partner
  Cummings & Lockwood LLC
  1997
• Partner
  Drew, Mersereau & Knierim
  1991
• State Representative
  Connecticut General Assembly
  1991
• Law Clerk
  Connecticut Supreme Court
  1989

Educations

Video Call/Chat Support

• FaceTime
• Skype
• GoToMeeting