Nicholas M Klimas
Probate and Estate Planning Partner at Gendelman Klimas Ltd.
Nick is a Trust and Estate Attorney in Denver. He specializes in probate, wills and trusts, irrevocable trust preparation and business law in Denver and Colorado in whole. His primary focus on superior client service.
Retaining Nick is to form relationship rather than a single transaction, as he aims to assist his clients in every facet of their lives, not just their immediate legal needs. Whether that be advising a family through the Denver probate process or formalizing a Revocable Trust for avoiding probate, Nick is there to advise his clients in every area of estate work.
In addition to his experience with probate and non-probate transfers, Nick provides legal advice for parties seeking guardianships and conservatorships. Nick assists his clients in business formation, exiting a business and merging or acquiring a business. Nick, having gone through two law firm mergers himself, is specifically attuned to the issues and stresses of merging or acquiring businesses. Whether your business be managing your rental properties or helming a million plus revenue company, Nick can provide ongoing legal advice to assist you in your goals.
At Gendelman Klimas, Ltd., Nick continues to zealously represent clients in the following types of cases:
Probate Litigation
Estate and Trust Administration
Guardianships and Conservatorships
Entity Formation and Business Transactions
Estate Planning
Special Needs Trust Planning
Complex Trust and Estate Tax Planning
Marital Agreements
Premarital Agreements
LGBTQ Probate Law and Estate Planning
Non-Traditional Family and Probate Law involving blended families, adoptive children, psychological parents, unmarried long-term partners, polyamory, etc
Likewise, in many probate, trust, and estate cases, many family law issues may arise. This can include:
Claims by common law or putative spouses in Probate cases
Spousal elective share and and Family elective share cases
Intestacy Rights and heirship of blended families
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Wills and Trusts
- Family Trust Law
- Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust
- Taxable Estate Trust Planning
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Free Consultation
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Credit Cards Accepted
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
A majority of our Estate Planning practice operates on flat fees. All estate plans, asset protection, or Medicaid/Social Security planning cases are on flat fee arrangements.
- Colorado
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Partner
- Gendelman Klimas Edwards Ltd
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- Partner Attorney
- Managing Attorney
- Klimas Law Firm, LLC
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- Managing a solo practice with the goal of putting client's needs first.
- Associate Attorney
- Mile High Estate Planning
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- As an associate of the firm I was tasked with acquiring clients, completing complex estate plans, engaging in Trust administration and creating new content for our blogs and research projects.
- University of Florida
- J.D. (2015) | Law
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- Rising Star 2023
- Super Lawyers
- Colorado Best Lawyers - Probate & Estate Planning
- Denver Post
- Rising Star 2022
- Super Lawyers
- Colorado Best Lawyers -Probate & Estate Planning
- Denver Post
- Best Probate Lawyer in Aurora
- Expertise.com
- State Bar of Colorado # 48658
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- What Is A Living Will?
- Klimas Law Firm Blog
- Revocable Trusts in Denver
- Klimas Law Firm Blog
- Estate Planning in Denver
- Klimas Law Firm Blog
- Asset Protection For Your Children
- Klimas Law Firm Blog
- Estate Planning Presentation, Merrill Lynch Financial Advisors of Denver
- Presentation at MorningStar, MorningStar Assisted Living Facility
- SuperLawyers Rising Star 2019-2023
- SuperLawyers
- Attorneys to Watch
- Best Lawyers
6 Basic Estate Planning Documents - Klimas Law Firm, LLC - Denver Estate Planning
Your 6 Basic Estate Planning Documents and what they mean for your family.
Rental Property - Asset Protection - Klimas Law Firm, LLC
What do you think should be done about protecting your personal assets from the liability of owning a rental property.
- Q. i have a question, i live in colorado and i was reading that a trust must be registered with the county of residence
- A: Your revocable trust does not need to be recorded or registered anywhere. There used to be a statute, that has since been revoked, that required irrevocable trusts to be recorded. This is no longer a requirement.
Upon a Trustors death, during administration, there may be a need to file the trust with a court to complete some task of administration, but not typically.
