Legal Experts for Personal & Business Planning

We are experts in every aspect of personal and business planning. We provide comprehensive estate and transaction planning for individuals, families and business. We work closely with you, your accountants and financial and insurance advisers to create and implement plans that meet all of your goals. As life’s challenges appear, we help you navigate through.

When life or death administration is required, we understand the intricacies of probate, guardianship and conservatorship, and the essential components to elder care and trust administration. We help you administer efficiently.

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“Stephen and others at the Firm have been incredibly professional and helpful over the course of several years. In a situation with aging parents that is stressful at best, Stephen and others provided wise and compassionate counsel. Fees were fair and always as estimated. Results were exceptional…”

– Gary

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Planning Ahead

An estate plan to protect you, your family and your assets

Structure Inheritance your life and estate your way: Wills, Trusts and more
Decision-making: Powers of Attorney
Ensure your Healthcare Choices
Keep Control in Disability

Elder Care

Helping you maintain the highest quality of like in later years

Maintain Personal Control over Decisions
Plan How to Pay for Long-Term Care
Prepare for Medicaid by Protecting Assets and Income

Probate

Managing probate court administration of disability and estates

Maintain Personal Control over Decisions
Guardianships and Conservatorships
Estate Administration and Contest

Business

From start-up to exit, we help you achieve greater success whatever your endeavor

Business Creation Services and Ongoing Support
Succession and Exit Planning
Tax and Transactional Planning

Insights

CEO Caleb Meyer Receives Prestigious Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Rating

Posted: May 21, 2025

Messner Reeves LLP announces that CEO and Managing Partner Caleb Meyer has earned the prestigious Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® rating, reflecting his excellence in insurance defense and litigation. AV Preeminent® is the highest peer rating standard awarded by Martindale-Hubbell. It is given to attorneys who are ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for their […]

Messner Reeves Ranked #36 in 2025 List of Law Firms by the Orange County Business Journal

Posted: May 16, 2025

Messner Reeves LLP is honored to announce that the Orange County office has been ranked 36 in the Orange County Business Journal’s 2025 List of Law Firms. Firms are ranked annually based on the number of Orange County-based attorneys, not the number of attorneys nationwide. The Orange County Business Journal is a weekly publication of […]

Messner Reeves LLP Named to ‘2025 Best Companies to Work For: Law Firms’ 2nd Year in a Row

Posted: April 22, 2025

For the second consecutive year, Messner Reeves LLP has been named one of the best law firms to work for by the U.S. News and World Report’s 2025 Best Companies to Work For: Law Firms. Additionally, the firm was recognized for offering top quality of pay to employees. Messner Reeves joins the list of other […]

Messner Reeves LLP Associate Elizabeth Salinas-Van Orman Selected for Colorado General Counsel Mentorship Program

Posted: April 16, 2025

Messner Reeves LLP is proud to announce that Greenwood Village Associate Elizabeth Salinas-Van Orman has been accepted to the 2025 Colorado General Counsel Mentor Program (GCMP). In addition to providing resources and mentorship to foster professional growth, GCMP also focuses on providing women and diverse attorneys at associate and junior levels access to Chief Legal […]

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Private Client Services

We help you acquire and protect what matters most to you now, tomorrow and through all of life’s challenges.

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Ann A.P. Nguyen

Partner

Silicon Valley

Dale A. Anderson

Associate

Orange County

Jason T. McIntyre

Associate

New York

Stephen K. Lehnardt

Of Counsel

Colorado Springs, Greenwood Village

Planning Ahead

Elder Care

Probate

Business

Insights

CEO Caleb Meyer Receives Prestigious Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Rating

Messner Reeves Ranked #36 in 2025 List of Law Firms by the Orange County Business Journal

Messner Reeves LLP Named to ‘2025 Best Companies to Work For: Law Firms’ 2nd Year in a Row

Messner Reeves LLP Associate Elizabeth Salinas-Van Orman Selected for Colorado General Counsel Mentorship Program

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