Beatty & Miller, P.C.
2700 Westown Parkway
West Des Moines, IA 50266
Telephone: 515-225-1100
Fax: 515-457-9686
West Des Moines Law Office

At Beatty & Miller, P.C., our attorneys have extensive experience with a wide range of legal issues. We have practiced law together since 1985. We have handled countless transactions and disputes for clients throughout Iowa. If you need strong, knowledgeable advice, we can assist you. If you need legal advice in any legal matter in Iowa, please contact us to schedule a consultation.

Our practice is a general practice with services including, but not limited to, the following areas:

Business and Corporate Law

We assist clients in the setup of new businesses, including analysis of legal, tax and financial issues relevant to the new business. We also offer general representation of existing businesses regarding contracts and corporate law matters. Finally, we help clients with the drafting of buy/sell agreements and all representation of buyers and of sellers of businesses. For more information, please visit our business law page.

Elder Law, Estate Planning, Wills and Trust Drafting, Probate, Estate and Trust Administration and Non-Probate Administration

We represent clients in the analysis of ownership of assets, tax and financial planning, and drafting of estate planning documents, including wills, revocable trusts, irrevocable trusts, income assignment trusts ("Miller Trusts"), and special needs trusts. We assist clients with financial Powers of Attorney, healthcare Powers of Attorney, living wills, guardianships and conservatorships, probate and non-probate administration of estates, trust administration, and Medicaid planning. We also handle a range of elder law concerns for clients and their families.

For more information, please visit our elder law , Wills and Trusts drafting , estate planning , estate and trust administration and non-probate administration pages. Also, for our estate planning clients, click here for a copy of our estate planning questionnaire.

Real Estate Law

Our practice includes residential and commercial real estate transactions. We assist in the drafting of purchase agreements for buying or selling of properties, examination of abstracts, clearing of title objections, drafting of conveyance documents, closing of transactions and platting of new developments. If you have a real estate issue that you have questions about, please see our real estate law page for additional information.

Taxation

At Beatty & Miller, P.C., we represent clients in personal, fiduciary and corporate income tax, estate and gift tax, and property tax planning. We also assist with income, estate and gift tax return preparation and tax deferral, like-kind (Sec. 1031) exchanges. For information about some of the tax services we provide, please visit our tax law page.

These are just a few of the legal concerns we can help you with at Beatty & Miller, P.C. Contact us to schedule a consultation regarding your legal issue.