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Attorney Profile
Experience
KENT
A. JEFFIRS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
is an attorney with over fifteen years of experience representing individuals
and businesses in Indiana. He
concentrates his practice in wills, trusts and estate planning, probate
administration, guardianships, real estate, small business setup and
counseling and civil litigation including family law.
His office is located at 104 W. Clark Street, on the historic
Courthouse Square, in downtown Crown Point, Indiana. |
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Education
Kent
A. Jeffirs received his bachelor's degree from the University of Notre
Dame, with honors, and received his Doctorate of Jurisprudence from
Indiana University - Bloomington, magna
cum laude, where he was a Member and Associate Editor of the Indiana
Law Journal.
Memberships and Achievements
Kent A. Jeffirs was the 2005 President of the Lake County Bar Association and has
also served as its Vice President and on the LCBA Board of Managers
for many years. He served two years as Chairman of the Trust and
Probate Section of the Lake County Bar. Mr. Jeffirs also serves on the Executive Board of Directors of the Greater
Crown Point Chamber of Commerce and the Notre Dame Club of Northwest
Indiana. He is a member of the Lake County, Indiana State and American
Bar Associations, the Calumet Inns of Court and the Crown Point Rotary
Club.
Mr. Jeffirs is a published author and frequent
speaker on will, trust and probate matters.
His article, Always the
Last to Know: No Notice is Good Notice for Disinherited Family Members
Who May Challenge the Validity of a Will, was published as a
scholarly work in Res Gestae, the Journal of the Indiana State Bar, advocating the
reform of Indiana's probate notice requirements. This work was acknowledged by the Indiana Supreme Court in the case
of Troxel v. Troxel, 737 N.E.2d 745 (Ind. 2000). Mr.
Jeffirs has also presented numerous seminars to the public on
topics such as Protecting Your Assets from the High Costs of Guardianship and Long Term
Care, Transferring your Assets
to Your Family Without the Time & Expense of Probate, and
various other trust and probate issues. His
legal education seminars for attorneys have included: Trust
& Estate Planning: Concepts and Techniques 1998; Hot Topics in Estate Planning and Probate 1999; Probate
& Estate Administration 2000: Supervised & Unsupervised
Administration: Considerations and Procedures; Hot
Topics in Estate Planning and Probate 2000;
Hot Topics in Estate Planning and Probate 2001; A Practical Guide to
Estate Administration in Indiana 2002; Planning & Administering Assets
Outside of Probate: Land Trusts, Joint Accounts, POD/TOD and Other
Non-Probate Transfers 2002; Keys to Success in a Real Estate
Transaction in Indiana 2003; The Probate Process From Start to Finish
2005; Estate Planning with Wills and Trusts
2006 and
The Probate Process From Start to Finish 2006.
Mr. Jeffirs was elected Judge of the Crown
Point City Court effective January 1, 2004 and continues to serve as the
Crown Point City Judge in addition to his long-standing private practice
in Crown Point, Indiana.
Family
Kent A. Jeffirs is a lifelong Indiana resident.
He was the ninth of twelve children born to Michael and Beverly Jeffirs of Plymouth, Indiana.
His wife, Calliopi Liontakis Jeffirs, and he have three children,
Stephen, Nicholas and Maria and reside in Crown Point, Indiana. |
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