About Graham Whatley Law

Louisville attorney Graham Whatley, licensed in Kentucky and New York, has more than 25 years experience in practicing law federally, internationally and locally, from Washington D.C. to England, New York and Kentucky, giving his clients the benefit of broad experience and insight.

Graham is known for listening, compassion and attention to detail in his practices of Probate, Elder Law, Estate Planning and Guardianship. He is particularly committed to protection of those who are vulnerable to being exploited, cheated and abused. In Graham's practice of Business Law for Kentucky's start-ups and established employers, his strengths are international experience, risk assessment and focus on business objectives.

For Graham, practicing law is one thing, and representing a client is something additional. Words matter, and how you say them matters. An accountable and effective attorney must listen and pay attention to know what the client wants and needs.

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Areas of Legal Practice for Louisville

LOUISVILLE PROBATE LAW

Probate is the process of determining how an estate's assets are distributed after a death. Probate law is highly complex and ever-changing legal work, where any mistakes are costly. Louisville Probate Attorney Graham Whatley provides the benefit and assurance of 25 years experience in Probate and related work in Elder Law, Wills & Trusts, Guardianship and Estate Planning.

  1. Drafting of special needs and other types of trusts
  2. Selection of long-term care providers
  3. Home care and nursing home problem solving
  4. Adult day care utilization
  5. Retiree health and income benefits
  6. Planning for retirement housing
  7. Fiduciary services
  8. Guardianship representation and filing processes
  1. Wills & Trusts
  2. Power of Attorney & Living Will
  3. Planning for High Net Worth Individuals
  4. Administrative & Trustee Services
  5. Estate Administration, Taxation & Fiduciary
  6. Digital Documentation
Louisville Guardianship Lawyer Graham Whatley is dedicated to protecting those who are vulnerable to being exploited; he has been and continues to act as a court-appointed Guardian Ad Litem. Graham guides all aspects of guardianship, from petitioning to appointment of a guardian, and to ensuring that a guardian fulfills their duties.
Probate lawyers can help in complicated situations, and to keep situations from being complicated.
  1. Preparing Wills & Trusts
  2. Asset Protection
  3. Philanthropic Giving
  4. Digital Documentation & Storage
Graham works with you to ensure that you have living, working documentation that stands up in court under the greatest scrutiny of probate conditions, attorneys and judges.

LOUISVILLE BUSINESS LAW

Time is money, and experience saves time; Business owners should keep this in mind when selecting legal counsel. As a Business Attorney with 25 years experience, Graham Whatley efficiently organizes legal documentation for new and established companies, according to business objectives as well as local, state, federal and international law.

  1. Clear, succinct and timely communications.
  2. Understanding of the law and legal issues in a company’s business areas, both operationally and prudentially.
  3. Ability to understand risk and how a company can manage it.
  4. Stakeholder interests in the business, and the management of the interests of various constituencies in company structure and ownership.
  5. Advanced technology. Graham Whatley is a modern attorney utilizing paperless systems, creating and moving documents in the most efficient and effective way possible. 
Attorney Graham Whatley consults on choice of business entity by aligning business objectives with the purpose and risk related to Kentucky's choices of business entity.
  1. Sole proprietorship
  2. General partnership or limited partnership
  3. Limited liability partnership (LLP)
  4. Limited liability company (LLC)
  5. Non-profit limited liability company
  6. C-corporation or S-corporation
  7. Non-profit corporation
  8. Business trust
  9. Joint venture
Experience helps in reviewing and negotiating contracts, particularly from the perspective of anticipating risk. Graham Whatley assists with contracts between businesses, or between businesses and suppliers, businesses and clients, and businesses and the government. 
Local, state, federal and international laws and regulations affecting businesses, such as business transactions, intellectual property and taxation.
  1. Rules creation and engagement in the creation of those rules by stakeholders
  2. Rules compliance on an on-going basis
  3. Government contracting and the business engagement with governments
  4. Defense and defending people and companies when alleged to have violated governmental or administrative rules and regulations.
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