Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning & Probate Law

Lane & Waterman attorneys, several of whom were qualified and practiced as CPAs prior to joining the firm, design individualized estate plans to address the personal needs of individuals, families and business owners.  The firm utilizes all types of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, advance health care directives, and other estate planning vehicles to serve clients' goals, providing for business succession plans when appropriate, while minimizing taxes.

Each estate plan is created by one or more attorneys and is customized to the unique desires of each client, whether that person's estate is modest or worth millions of dollars.

Lane & Waterman also assists and guides individual clients, banks and trust companies in the administration of estates, trusts, guardianships, and conservatorships.

Lane & Waterman partners have been recognized by their peers as outstanding in this field of practice.  The firm's senior trusts and estate partner, David Dettmann, has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of trusts and estates law.  Lane & Waterman is one of a handful of Iowa firms with partner, David Dettmann, honored as a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a select professional association whose members are invited in by nomination of other Fellows on the basis of professional reputation.