Wealth preservation and business planning attorney Bill Pope primarily worked with family-owned and closely held businesses on succession planning, family wealth transfers and structuring family-owned enterprises. Bill was appreciated by everyone around him for his problem-solving skills and comprehensive solutions that addressed and integrated both business succession and personal estate planning when appropriate.
Bill worked with business owners on the formation and restructuring of corporations, limited partnerships and limited liability companies to achieve strategic planning goals and to facilitate efficient business operations. This type of business planning also involved buy-sell agreements, leases, employment contracts, deferred compensation agreements, and purchase agreements for the sale or acquisition of businesses.
Credentials
Education
- Indiana University-Bloomington, J.D., 1977, cum laude, member of Indiana Law Journal
- University of Indianapolis, B.A., 1974, cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Indiana
Court Admissions
- Indiana Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. Tax Court