Planning for the future doesn't need to start with a game of phone tag. That's why the Law Office of Andrew J. Mertzenich now offers online scheduling for in-person appointments at our office. In just a few clicks, you can pick a day and time that works for you, any time of day or night, without waiting for a call back. Book your in-person appointment now → Why we meet in person Estate planning is personal. Your plan reflects your family, your values, and your wishes for the people and causes...

October is LGBTQ+ History Month, a time to remember the people who fought for our right to love, marry, and raise families openly. During this time, we honor the activists and ordinary people whose courage changed the law. But there is a quieter part of that history that rarely makes the headlines: the partners who were turned away from a loved one's hospital bed, the families who lost their homes after a death, and the couples whose decades together counted for nothing in probate court. At...

August 26 is Women's Equality Day, marking the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. For generations, estate planning was treated as a household task handled by one person, often the husband, with wives, mothers, and daughters signing documents drafted around someone else's assumptions. That model doesn't reflect how most women actually live today. Whether you're the primary breadwinner, recently divorced, widowed, or simply building a life on your own terms, your...