Michael C Zahrt

Practice Details

• Payment Information
  Payment & Cost Features

  Fixed hourly rates: $250 - $300/hr
  
• Firm Information
  Position

  Associate

  Firm Name

  Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C.
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Representative Matters
  Mike works with clients to prioritize their goals
  works with others within the law firm to provide a solution custom-tailored to achieve those goals. Examples of this approach include: Drafting a variety of transactional documents, including the purchase of business assets valued at $500,000, a stock purchase of more than $350,000
  the purchase of commercial real property.
  Developing administrative procedures
  spending requirements to achieve charitable goals while complying with applicable laws, including the establishment of a scholarship program, a Christian private operating foundation to perform missionary work,
  a supporting organization for the benefit of local area Christian organizations.
  Reviewing the organizational documents of for-profit
  non-profit organizations for discrepancies or inconsistencies, revising the documents as necessary to ensure they reflect the client's goals
  comply with state
  federal law.
  Assisting in the creation of a business succession plan for the owner of a family business that transferred ownership of a company to children involved in the business while also providing income to the owner's spouse
  non-business children
  eliminating an estimated estate tax liability of over $175,000.
  Assisting in the creation of a farm succession plan for an operation with assets exceeding $10 million, including the selection
  creation of business entities to hold
  transfer farm assets. The succession plan gradually transferred responsibilities to the next generation while also providing a reliable source of income for the older generation
  off-farm children.
  Assisting in the estate plan of an individual with a net worth of more than $11 million, utilizing gifting strategies
  an irrevocable life insurance trust to accomplish the client's estate planning goals while eliminating potential estate tax liability.