Brian K Carroll
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 41 years of experience
Real Estate, Probate, Elder Law, Business Law
2230 West Franklin Street, Evansville, IN 47712
About Brian K Carroll
Practice Areas
- Real Estate
- Probate
- Elder Law
- Business Law
Education
- Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1982J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1978B.S.
Representative Cases
- State v. Omega Painting, Inc., 464 N.E.2d 940 (Ind.App. 1 Dist. 1984)
- Wats/800, Inc. v. Voice America, 867 F.Supp. 811 (S.D.Ind. 1993)
- Edwardsville Nat. Bank & Trust Co. v. Marion Laboratories, Inc., 808 F.2d 648 (C.A.7 1987)
- Carl Subler Trucking, Inc. v. Splittorff, 482 N.E.2d 295 (Ind.App. 1 Dist. 1985)
- Kite v. Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp., 761 F.Supp. 597 (S.D.Ind. 1989)
- Matter of Estate of Kirby, 498 N.E.2d 64 (Ind.App. 1 Dist. 1986)
- Huntingburg Production Credit Ass'n v. Griese, 456 N.E.2d 448 (Ind.App. 1 Dist. 1983)
Classes and Seminars
- Indiana Dormant Minerals Act, ICLEF, Mineral Law of Indiana, 1984
- Real Estate Litigation, ICLEF, Out of Country Seminar, 1988
- Real Estate, ICLEF Practice Skills, 1991
- Co-Chair, Real Estate, ICLEF, 1992
- Drafting to Avoid the Will Contest and Other Estate Litigation, ICLEF, Basic Will Drafting, 1994
- Planning Your First Probate Estate Administration Recovery of Estate Assets, ICLEF, 1997
- Untrustworthy Non-Probate Transfer - Creditor's Rights, ICLEF, 1998
- Simple Will Drafting, ICLEF, Will and Trust Drafting Institute, 1999
- Disclaimers and Post Mortem Planning, Administrative Decisions- Revising Documents, ICLEF, 1999
- Co-Chair, The Process of Probate Practice, ICLEF, 2001
- Presenter, Protecting the Home, ICLEF, Elder Law Veterans Benefits, 2004
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Indiana, 1982
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1982
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1985
Other Affiliations
- Evansville Bar Association, Director, 1996 to 2000
- Evansville Bar Association, Chair, Probate Committee, 1997 to 1998
- Evansville Bar Association, Chair, Elder Law Committee, 2000 to 2003
- Indiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, Director, 1984 to 1993
- Chair, 1991 to 1992
- Indiana State Bar Association General Practice Section, Chair, 1993 to 1994
- Indiana State Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, Director, 1985-1994, Chair 1992-1993
- Indiana State Bar Association, Delegate, House of Delegates, 1998 to 2005
- Evansville Estate and Business Planning Council, Member
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Member
- Hearing Officer - City of Evansville Department of Code Enforcement, 2000-2004
- Special Needs Alliance, Member
- Indiana Disciplinary Commission, Member, 2014 to Present, Chair 2019-2020
Fraternities and Sororities
- Phi Delta Phi
Articles
Published Works
- "Avoiding the Will Contest" (Co-Author), Res Gestae, May, 1994
- Probate and Property (Co-Author), May/June, 1994
- "Yours, Mine and Ours, Estate Planning for Previously Married Couples", Res Gestae, June, 1997
- Divorce and Your Special Needs Child, Exceptional Parent, 2005
- Veterans Benefits, ICLEF, Elder Law Institute, 2004
- Estate Specialization Training, Life Insurance and Annuities, ICLEF, 2006 and 2007
- Succession Planning for Closely Held Business (Co-Presenter), ICLEF, Advanced Estate Planning Master’s Roundtable, 2008
- Choice of Entity in Indiana, ICLEF, Advanced Estate and Business Planning Roundtable, 2009
- “Ethical Issues for Elder Law Attorneys”, ICLEF, Elder Law Institute, 2016
- “Hot Tips: Issues from the Listserv”, ICLEF, Advanced Elder Law, 2017
- “What’s Up with ABLE Accounts”, 30th Annual EBA Estate and Business Planning Institute, 2019
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