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We were very pleased with the whole experience. Everyone we dealt with made what isn't a desirable task a pleasant experience...

- Thomas P.

We felt very comfortable working with the folks at Estate Planning & Elder Care. Good solid advice, no pressure to sign up for unnecessary services. All Good!

- Jack H.

Very professional and thorough. A much better experience than I had with a previous lawyer that set up our initial trust.

- Mark K.

About Us

OUR TEAM

Christopher T. Lindsay

Christopher T. Lindsay is the founder of the Estate Planning & Elder Law Services law firm. For almost 20 years, Mr. Lindsay has practiced exclusively in the areas of estate planning, elder law, and probate and trust administration. With extensiv…

Margaret Lindauer

Margaret Lindauer is an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Michigan. Ms. Lindauer grew up in Chelsea, Michigan before moving to Chicago, Illinois to complete her studies. While she was in Chicago, Ms. Lindauer attended DePaul Universit…

Shelly A. Morell

Shelly joined Estate Planning & Elder Law Services in July 2016 as a Paralegal. She brings a broad depth of experience specializing in Trust, Estate, Medicaid and Probate areas of law. Since Ms. Morell brings over 20 years of knowledge and experi…

Melanie L. Walker

Melanie is a recent graduate from Eastern Michigan University’s paralegal program. She graduated with a 3.80 GPA in her paralegal major and was voted paralegal student of the year in 2022. During Melanie’s time at EMU, she worked at the L…

Aimee L. Bednarz

Brenda Culcasi

Brenda is the welcoming face and voice of our law firm. With a warm and professional demeanor, she plays a vital role in creating the first impression for our clients.

Reviews

Margaret is very informative and educational .. she met our urgent needs!!! Margaret is compassionate about her work!!! Kim was very attentive to our urgent needs … always returned calls, emails.. reminders and kept(...)

Marcela L.

Caring, kind professionals who are truly there to help with whatever is needed.

Martha K.

Chris and the entire staff were great to deal with!

Dominic L.

Excellent services. Very thorough and helpful in all of our planning.

Jessica G.

They took there time to ensure I understood what they were talking about.

Paul C.

Very professional and thorough. A much better experience than I had with a previous lawyer that set up our initial trust.

Mark K.

Working with Chris and his team was really quite easy. I had thought the process to get a trust and all the other applicable document would have been much worse.

Dave W.

We were very pleased with the whole experience. Everyone we dealt with made what isn't a desirable task a pleasant experience. Made me wonder why I procrastinated for 3 years.

Thomas P.

Chris Lindsay is very knowledgeable and took the time to walk us through all the steps of our estate plan. Excellent service!

Jeanne J.

We had our trust and estate planning documents restated. Very pleased, would definitely recommend.

Kris A.

We felt very comfortable working with the folks at Estate Planning & Elder Care. Good solid advice, no pressure to sign up for unnecessary services. All Good!

Jack H.

Chris and his staff has assisted us with two estate planning matters in the past year. Always prepared, efficient and professional. Highly recommended.

Thomas Z.

This is an excellent firm to work with. They are all very professional and informative. I really appreciate the kindness that they showed my wife who had major communication problems and how wonderful they were to m(...)

T Barylski

Thanks again Chris for preparing our Ladybird deed and related documents. We really appreciated your knowledge, expertise, and professionalism. I will happily refer you to those who require estate planning services.

Jeffrey B.

Chris was extremely knowlegable, and a wonderful communicator about setting up an estate plan. He was well organized, and presented the materials in a straight forward manner, devoid of legalese. He answered our que(...)

Ralph K.

Chris was very knowledgeable and experienced, an expert in his field. His staff was friendly and efficient...so glad we decided to find a specialist vs. a general attorney.

Amanda F.

Chris and his staff were attentive to our needs and took the time to explain each step in the process. If your looking for honesty, expertise and a personalized recommendations, I highly recommend Estate Planning an(...)

Will B.

I have used Chris Lindsay for several years to establish plans for myself, my husband and my mother. I find Chris to be extremely knowledgeable and when faced with an issue he does not handle, he has always referred(...)

Judy L.

Christopher reviewed our current wills and power of attorney and patient advocate documents .He also addressed a number of questions we had. His recommendation was to draft new wills and a trust document which we ha(...)

Mitch M.