Our attorneys assist clients with estate planning, probate, and estate administration needs. We draft Wills, Trusts, Health Care Directives, and Powers of Attorney in order to carry out our clients’ desires, while minimizing estate and gift taxes. We work extensively with clients who wish to pass the family farm or closely held business on to the next generation. We also provide a full range of legal work in connection with probating a Will, administering a Trust, and distributing a decedent’s assets.

Blumhoefer, Yahnke, and Lancaster LLP represents clients in advising, planning, and applying for Medical Assistance. Our attorneys also assist families in planning for individuals with special needs and disabilities by planning for their loved one’s future through their Estate Plan, including supplemental and special needs trusts, and setting up guardianships and conservatorships, when necessary.

Our firm represents clients in a broad range of real estate matters, including the purchase, sale, financing, and leasing of property, ranging from single-family homes to complex commercial and industrial properties. Other real estate matters include easements, title examinations and title insurance, quiet title actions, land registration proceedings, closings, and like-kind exchanges. Attorney Ryan L. Blumhoefer is certified by the Minnesota State Bar Association as a Real Property Law Specialist.

Our firm advises employers and employees on matters related to hiring and termination, performance management, and employment contracts. We assist with employment training, conducting internal investigations, and drafting employment policies and agreements.

Our attorneys assist townhome and condominium associations and their boards with a variety of issues. We draft and amend governing documents and advise boards on the enforcement of rule violations. Within our real estate practice, we also represent clients in the purchase and sale of townhome and condominium units.