Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Limited Liability Companies

Property Law

• Real Estate Transactions
  Derek has extensive business experience from a career spanning over 30 years, including 19 as owner and CEO of a privately held manufacturing business in the Midwest. Derek's practical experience equips him for a broad corporate practice, which includes setting up new corporations and limited liability companies, handling mergers and acquisitions and structuring and executing real estate transactions. Derek was elected to the 1986 White House Council on Small Business and was appointed to serve on the 1996 White House Council on Small Business. Derek also has extensive experience in banking from serving on bank boards and bank holding company boards with board duties and operations which have included reorganizations, merger transactions, and restructuring involving bank holding companies. Derek also served on the Economic Advisory Council of the 10th Federal Reserve Bank. Derek also has expertise in the area of estate planning and asset protection.

Health Law

• Medical Malpractice

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
• Wills
• Trusts