Family Law

• Child Abuse
  Hesser has served civic and charitable organizations, including the Elkhart County Board of Zoning Appeals (current Chairman), Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce, Elkhart County Council on Aging, Child Abuse Prevention Services, Youth Services Bureau, Family Services of Elkhart County, Loveway, Elkhart Community D.A.R.E., the Elkhart County Fair Board, WVPE Community Advisory Board, and the Exchange Club.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Whether you operate a family-owned business or a publicly held company with international distribution, Warrick & Boyn, LLP is here to represent you. Our full-service law firm covers all areas of business and corporate law. Our mission is to provide high-quality, prompt, efficient legal service.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Jim Woodsmall, of counsel, advises businesses regarding corporate and commercial matters, including environmental law, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and federal and state securities law.
• Business Formation
  Cynthia Gillard, partner, advises businesses and their owners regarding business and commercial matters, including business formation, regulation and development, business contracts, mergers and acquisitions, estate and succession planning, employment and labor law and related business and commercial litigation. She is licensed to practice law in Indiana and in Michigan.
• Business Transactions
  Rachel Schnetzler focuses on business transactions, alcohol law and licensing issues, school law and trademark law in her work at Warrick & Boyn.
• Intellectual Property
  We provide trademark and copyright services for clients seeking protection of their intellectual property. In the interest of providing prompt and complete service to our clients in this important area of law, Warrick & Boyn, LLP, has developed close working relationships with well-established intellectual property law firms. They can be available for consultation in the offices of Warrick & Boyn, LLP, on a scheduled basis to serve the needs of our clients.

Employment Law

• Employment Contract
  Dean E. Leazenby, partner, advises businesses and schools regarding a wide variety of employment and litigation matters. Leazenby has lectured on numerous topics including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, COBRA, employee benefits, bankruptcy and creditor’s rights. Before returning to Warrick & Boyn, LLP in 2019, Leazenby spent nearly five years as an in-house counsel to a publicly traded company where he advised and collaborated with the HR department regarding staffing, employee relations, discrimination, EEOC charges, affirmative action plans, wage and hour issues, restrictive covenants, training programs, discipline, terminations, and employment contracts.
• Employment Litigation
  Christopher Pottratz, partner, joined Warrick & Boyn in 2014. He advises businesses and individuals in corporate and commercial matters, including business formation, business transactions, real estate contracts, commercial litigation, employment issues, and estate and succession planning. He also advises public schools on student and teacher discipline, board governance, compliance, construction financing, and administrative issues.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Chris earned his undergraduate degree from Purdue University, then attended and graduated from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis in 2013. Prior to joining Warrick & Boyn, Chris ran his own solo practice in his hometown of Danville, focusing primarily on real estate law.
• Land Use and Zoning
  We are experienced municipal and school corporate counsel and represent various governmental agencies. We represent clients before planning and zoning boards and before regulatory agencies.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Randall Hesser, partner, advises businesses regarding corporate and commercial matters, including estate planning, labor relations and employment-related litigation. He also advises public school corporations regarding business operations, compliance issues, financing, construction, collective bargaining, and labor relations. Hesser has written articles on financing start-up businesses, buying real estate and drafting employee handbooks for publications including, Nation’s Business, Small Business Reports, the South Bend Tribune, and Indiana Business.
• Wills
  We assist clients in valuing and analyzing assets, and in planning for gift, estate and income taxes. We counsel clients who wish to maintain continuity of ownership and preserve assets in closely held businesses, draft wills and trusts, and probate estates.
• Trusts
• Power of Attorney
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  Gary Boyn, of counsel, conducts a general civil practice with special emphasis on business structuring and planning, employment law, municipal law, commercial law and all aspects of bankruptcy law. He has served as an interim bankruptcy trustee since 1978 for the Northern District of Indiana.
• Tax Law
  Thomas Warrick serves as counsel to the firm in corporate, commercial and tax matters. Warrick served as mentor in estate planning and instructor on federal, estate and gift tax at John Marshall Law School in Chicago.