

191 Harding Avenue
Terre Haute, IN 47807
(812) 238-2421


The Firm's Practice Areas
BRAMES & OLDHAM LAW OFFICE provides legal services in
Estate Planning. The firm offers a complete range of legal services relating to estate planning including: assessing and analyzing property and estates and recommending suitable alternative financial and estate planning methods and documents; simple wills; wills with guardianship provisions and minor's trusts; complex tax-saving wills; revocable living trusts; complex revocable living trusts with estate tax savings features; irrevocable life insurance trusts; other irrevocable trusts; limited liability companies; limited partnerships; durable powers of attorney; special powers of attorney; powers of attorney for health care; living wills; codicils to wills; amendments to trusts; trust administration; probate of estates; and all other estate planning, probate, trust, or
financial documents and services.
Real Estate Law. We assist clients in a wide variety of real estate matters, including the purchase and sale of commercial and residential real estate, commercial real estate development, contracts and leases of all types, real estate litigation including eminent domain, quiet title and possession disputes. We examine real estate titles and issue title insurance policies as agent for Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company and for private commercial and residential clients and we regularly conduct commercial and residential real estate closings.
Trial Lawyer in Federal and State Courts. A significant part of our practice involves civil litigation. We represent business and corporate clients in non-frivolous cases in the areas of commercial/business disputes, real estate lawsuits and contested probate matters. We do effectively prosecute personal injury cases, but the bulk of our litigation relates to business and commercial matters.
Representation of Business Clients. We provide ongoing business representation for a wide variety of businesses that range in size from newly formed family businesses to large corporations, real estate development and construction, professional services, restaurants, and other businesses. The firm offers a complete range of legal services relating to business law, corporation law and commercial law. We also guide businesses through the challenging and often complex planning and process of successful business succession.
Business Formation and Business Succession Planning. We provide legal advice and assistance in the formation of new ventures and enterprises. This includes determination of which business form is best suited to the client's needs and the creation and implementation of the new entity, including the formation of limited liability companies, corporations, exempt organizations, partnerships, joint ventures, limited partnerships, and proprietorships.