James F. Bohrer - Bloomington, IN

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, 1982
    J.D.
    Honors: magna cum laude

• Non Legal Education

  • Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1979
    B.S.
    Major: Accounting

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Faculty Member, Numerous Seminars on Estate Planning and Probate Matters, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum
  
• Selected Estate Planning Topics, Institute of Management Accountants
  
• Family Business Succession Planning, Indiana Society of Public Accountants, South Central Chapter
  
• Business Succession Planning and Family Business Planning, Hoosier Hills Estate Planning Council
  
• Advantages of Deferred Gifts, Board of Directors, Amethyst House, Inc.
  
• No-Lien Construction Contracts, Builder's Primer for Choice of Entity, Statutory Warranties on New Home Construction, Monroe County Building Association
  
• Business Transactions 101, National Business Institute

Pro Bono Activities

• Indiana Bar Foundation, Master Fellow Member, Board of Directors, 2012 – 2016
• Mentor, Indiana University Kelley School of Business Career Planning Students, 2003 - Present
• Amethyst House, Inc. Board of Directors, 2002-2011 – Recipient Rev. Hugh Laughlin Award for Devoted Service 2013
• Executive Committee Member and Chair of Finance Committee, 2002-2008

Representative Clients

• Johnson Ventures, LLC

• Monroe County Building Association, Inc.

• T. A. Fuller Homes, Inc.

• Mackie Properties, LLC

• Hirons, Inc.

• Renaissance Rentals, LLC

• Grant Properties LLC

• Powell Management Group, LLC

• Uplands Science and Technology Foundation INC

Bar Admissions

• Indiana
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana

Specialties and Certifications

• Board Certified Indiana Trust & Estate Lawyer by the Trust & Estate Specialty Board, Business Card

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association (Real Property Probate & Trust Section, Practice Management Section)
• Indiana State Bar Association (Probate, Trust & Real Property, and Elder Law Sections)
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (Member)
• Indiana Certified Public Accountants Society (Associate Member)
• Hoosier Hills Estate Planning Council (President, 2010-2011; Member, Board of Directors, 2007-2011)
• Monroe County, Indiana, Lake Watershed Task Force, - 1996 (Member, appointed by the Monroe County Commissioners)
• Monroe County Building Association (Associate Member)
• Indiana State Bar Association
• Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County, Profession Advisor Council, 2018 - Present (Member)