Reviews

Oliver and his firm recently performed my trust work. Timely, professional, and well done. Highly recommend their services.

Oliver made setting up our estate plan easy and stress-free

Mr. Howell is a superiorly knowledgable attorney who is a partner in a well-resourced law firm in Kalamazoo. Mr. Howell has represented and counseled me with regard to: Michigan trustee and personal representative fiduciary roles and responsibilities; trustee defense from litigious beneficiaries; execution of trust documents; counsel to Michigan estate laws; and, my personal estate planning and trust creation. I have recommended Mr. Howell to my business associates in Kalamazoo, MI and they too have retained Mr. Howell and his firm: Howell Parfet Schau. His firm’s partners, associates, and paralegals are diligent and knowledgeable. Mr. Howell is courteous, professionally mature, well versed in litigation of Michigan probate laws and court procedures, and most importantly he keeps his client continuously updated and responds to correspondence within hours. Mr. Howell remains my forever counsel and I highly recommend him for your probate responsibilities and estate planning.

Oliver has been instrumental in our real estate business. He is down to earth, professional, knowledgeable and easy to work with. I highly recommend!!

Oliver Howell was very professional and friendly helping us generate our Trust. Please reach out to him and get yours done before it’s too late.

Oliver Howell of Howell Parfet Schau was exceptional in handling our case and obtaining a settlement in our favor. It was a difficult case with multiple defendants, and Oliver navigated the situation with great skill. Oliver succeeded where a previous law firm was ineffective in obtaining a settlement.

Oliver Howell of Howell, Parfet, & Schau handled the sale of our home to a private party without using any realtors. Oliver was terrific from the first contact. We were extremely impressed with how quickly Oliver responded to messages. He gave us an outline of the information he needed us to provide based on our negotiations with the buyer, then took our responses and crafted a perfect buy/sell agreement within three days. He responded to our questions and concerns on weekends and evenings. He also made arrangements for a title company to handle the closing, contacting them during the process to keep things moving. At one point, we had a road block because a mortgage from the 1990’s had not been discharged even though it had been paid before 2000. Oliver worked with the Title Company to make sure that was resolved. He reviewed all the closing work papers for us before we completed the sale. In summary, he made a difficult process easy for us and saved us tens of thousands of dollars.

Oliver is fantastic to work with. He is very knowledgeable and gives sound advice that is was very helpful for our needs.

Working with Oliver on our estate planning was an easy and pleasant experience, even while trying to do everything virtually during the pandemic. Highly recommend!

My husband and I had the pleasure of working with Oliver Howell. He was thorough and very clear! He made things very streamlined and I look forward to working with him for years to come.

We engaged Mr. Howell’s firm to help us with updating our 25 year old trusts and wills. We were referred to this firm by a lawyer friend of ours. We were pleased with how they engaged us, reviewed our existing documents, listened to our current status and recommended the necessary changes, all without feeling the need to throw out what we already had. Mr. Howell was able to keep the vast majority of the trust and just make a few changes in an amendment. His help and advice was timely helping us navigate life in 2021 as it pertains to estate planning. We are very pleased with our interaction and would recommend this firm to anyone looking for trust and will advice.

Oliver Howell provided excellent service for my company, I will definitely continue to work with him and his team on all of my future business needs!