Attorney James C. Bates limits his practice to the areas of estate planning (trusts, both revocable and irrevocable, wills, and powers of attorney), estate administration, (trust settlement, probate, and guardianships), retirement tax planning, and business succession planning. Mr. Bates is a frequent speaker on estate planning and elder law topics and is the author of the "The Basics of Trust Planning" chapter of the 2010 Ohio Bar Association Elder Law Handbook and an article on Estate Recovery as part of the OSBA's "Law You Can Use" series.
Mr. Bates is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Section of the Ohio State Bar Association, and the Elder Law Committee for the Ohio State Bar Association.
Mr. Bates is a graduate of Miami University and the University of Akron School of Law.
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