Nicholas Podlaski

Josh has extensive experience in servicing businesses and individuals in the areas of real estate law, land use planning, and real estate taxation. He represents businesses and individuals in real estate, title insurance, and mortgage financing issues involving the purchase, sale, development, and leasing of commercial, industrial, and residential real estate. Josh has appeared before county boards of zoning appeals and plan commissions in connection with land use and development matters, inc...

Aidana Adilov is a corporate law attorney in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with experience advising businesses on transactional and commercial matters . She counsels public and private companies on commercial lending transactions, mergers and acquisitions , joint ventures, and other business transactions. Aidana represents clients in domestic and international transactions across a range of industries. Her work includes negotiating and structuring carve-out divestitures, strategic dispositions, joint ...

Focusing on appellate practice and complex business litigation, Cathleen Shrader has extensive experience in civil litigation. She is experienced in representing clients at all levels of the appellate process; at representing businesses in contract, warranty, intellectual property, and other disputes; and at representing trustees, beneficiaries, and personal representatives in complex estate and trust disputes. Cathleen has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America® publication for Appel...

Trisha Paul has extensive experience in the estate planning and administration area. She assists clients with wills and trust, the avoidance or reduction, inheritance and generation-skipping taxes, disability, life insurance, techniques for making gifts to individuals and charities and distributions from retirement accounts. She also represents business owners and consults on the choice of entity issues, valuation issues and business succession. She is a member of the Allen County Bar, Indian...

James O’Connor’s employment law practice involves consulting with clients on compliance matters and advocating on behalf of clients in litigation matters. He has extensive experience with asserting and defending insurance-related claims and coached clients through cybersecurity/data breach events. In the Name Image and Likeness space, he has documented marketing agreements for Student Athletes and drafted NIL policies for universities. He has been a registered civil mediator for m...

Hayes & Hayes is a Fort Wayne, Indiana Law Firm established in 1913. It is a Tier 1 Law Firm as found in U.S. News and World Report - Best Lawyers. Its current emphasis is limited to Family Law. Cornelius B. (Neil) Hayes is a third generation Fort Wayne lawyer. Mr. Hayes has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers since 1992 and has been an Indiana Certified Family Law Specialist since its inception in the State of Indiana. Mr. Hayes is a Board Member of the Indiana C...

Michelle Floyd focuses her practice on employment law , civil litigation, and civil rights matters . Based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, she represents employers and other clients in federal, state, and appellate courts throughout Indiana, as well as before administrative agencies. Michelle advises clients on employment-related disputes and represents them in labor and employment litigation, civil rights matters, and other complex civil proceedings. Her practice areas include Employment Law - Manag...

Michael “Mike” Deam is an attorney with Krieg DeVault LLP in Fort Wayne, Indiana. His practice includes Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law, municipal law , and business law . He represents buyers, sellers, businesses, municipalities, and other clients in real estate and business transactions, including the negotiation and preparation of agreements. Mike also represents the Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport Authority in real estate, construction, regulatory, and related matters...

Michael O'Hara focuses his practice in the areas of corporate law, business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, finance, and creditors' rights. He is counsel for Do it Best Corp. and for numerous closely held corporations and several financial institutions. An AV® Preeminent™ rated attorney based on Martindale-Hubbell's peer review ratings, he has been selected for inclusion since 2016 in The Best Lawyers® in America publication. Michael is involved in many professional asso...

Phil Wagler focuses his practice in the area of estate planning and administration where he assists clients with federal and state taxation, wills and trusts, probate matters and estate administration. He also works with business owners on succession planning and transactions including valuation issues and buy-sell agreements.