Estate Planning
Assure that all of your wishes are known and carried out in life, and upon your death. Take control of your estate, and ease the burden on your family to not have to make decisions on your behalf.
Estate Planning & Elder Law · Elkhart, Indiana
Honored to serve your family.
Ashlie Collier is an estate planning and elder law attorney in Elkhart, Indiana — a graduate of Notre Dame Law School with a heart for helping the community in which she grew up.
- Wills
- Trusts
- Estate Planning
- Probate
- Elder Law
J.D.
Notre Dame Law School, South Bend IN
B.S. Psychology
Liberty University, minor in Christian Counseling
Certified Fellow
Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity
Pro Bono
Notre Dame Intellectual Property Pro Bono clinic
How can I help?
Legal services should be accessible to everyone.
Every element of what we do reflects this attitude. That's why fees are transparent and the array of estate planning and elder law services we offer are designed for your best interests in all facets.
Elder Law
An Elder Law attorney focuses their practice with special consideration to the key issues and legal needs seniors face; housing, financial well-being, health, long-term care, and autonomy and quality of life.
Estate Administration
Upon your death, your estate needs to be collected and managed. Estate administration involves gathering the estate's assets, paying its debts, and making distributions to heirs and beneficiaries.
Why hire a human?
Me vs. LegalZoom
“What separates my law practice from all of the websites that offer legal services? Humanity. I’m human. Which means... I care.”
A website
- A computer can be programmed to know laws, qualifications, and statutes, but it can’t get to know you.
- It can’t get to know your family or form intuition based on what you might, or might not be telling it.
- A computer can’t ask you about your parents and actually concern itself with the answer.
- It can never look at a person and feel personally impacted. It will never hear a story and be brought to tears from the sharing of beautiful memories.
- A computer can’t help you weigh possible outcomes or help you make a decision.
A good lawyer
“Practicing law is more than memorizing a list of rules. Much of an attorney’s purpose is providing trust, peace, and resolution.”
I’ve had too many clients come to me after having already purchased a product from a website that they either:
- 1. Didn’t need
- 2. Didn’t understand
- 3. Didn’t do what they thought it did.
“I don’t want that to happen to you. Please, hire a good lawyer that you can trust to learn about your family’s needs, and to help you choose what is best for your state of affairs. Your family deserves it.”
— Ashlie
Estate Planning
Your financial goals are a cooperative effort.
Putting each of these team members to work engaging in your financial future is the obvious first step, but getting these professionals collaborating is the key to optimizing each party's ability. It's not enough that each professional tells you what they are doing, they need to be talking to each other too.
When you put the onus on yourself to pass information between your team, you use up a lot of your own time and may be wasting an opportunity for a better overall outcome. This is because each of these professionals brings something unique to the table. They are colleagues, not competitors. Getting these people talking to each other both ensures that everyone fully understands your goals, but also ensures that your goals are met with the precision of a well oiled machine.
The proverbial table
A strong financial team should consist of four people; an attorney, a financial planner, a CPA, and you. Making sure that each of these professionals is working towards your ultimate goal can only be met when you have a seat at the proverbial table.
- 01
An Attorney
assists with legal matters concerning the generation of wills, trusts, and other advanced planning documents.
- 02
A Financial Planner
helps advise and manage your investments.
- 03
A CPA
advises on tax planning and filing tax returns.
- 04
You
You are the final and integral piece of the puzzle.
They are colleagues, not competitors.
Your attorney
Meet Ashlie.
Born and raised in a small farm town in Northern Indiana, Ashlie has a heart for helping the community in which she grew up by providing strong legal advocacy to the people and businesses of this area.
Ashlie received her undergraduate degree in Psychology with a minor in Christian Counseling from Liberty University, went on to earn her law degree from Notre Dame Law School in South Bend, IN and is a certified fellow of the Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity.
Before Ashlie became a lawyer, she worked in various advocacy roles for children with cognitive disabilities in both specialized treatment clinics and area schools. Ashlie has a real passion for making the law accessible to all people, recognizing that adequate legal counsel is difficult to attain by those who may be disadvantaged socially or economically. She has a heart for family and pours her abilities into assisting families walk through the legal processes of estate planning and elder law.
Ashlie also has a passion for small businesses and the entrepreneurial spirit and likes to translate her legal skills into helping people take the American dream of business ownership into a reality. Ashlie also participated in the Notre Dame Intellectual Property Pro Bono clinic and has served in intellectual property matters for business in our community.
Ashlie and her husband Cody are active in their church community, have three children, two dogs, and reside in Elkhart County, Indiana.
Contact
Let's talk.
Wills, trusts, estate planning, probate, and elder law — call or email the office in Elkhart, Indiana.
The office
358 S. Elkhart Ave. Suite 300
Elkhart, IN 46516
Inside the INOVA Federal Credit Union Building
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An estate planning and elder law attorney, honored to serve your family.