Lori R. Kilpeck Partner

Lori is a Partner in, and Co-Chair of, Brouse McDowell’s Trusts and Estates Practice Group. Her practice is concentrated in the areas of estate planning, probate, estate and trust administration, probate and trust litigation, elder care and guardianship law. Lori works closely with her clients to meet their estate planning needs and objectives ranging from simple wills to sophisticated planning techniques involving estate and gift tax planning, succession planning, and special needs trusts. Lori has experience counseling her clients in complex probate and trust administration as well as contested estates that result in litigation due to undue influence, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and elder abuse. Additionally, Lori serves as a court appointed guardian.

Lori graduated from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and was admitted to practice in Ohio in 2002 and Florida in 2005. While in law school, Lori was a law clerk for Judge Lawrence Allen of the Willoughby Municipal Court, where she continued to serve as an acting Magistrate for many years. Additionally, Lori was an instructor at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, Ohio where she taught the Probate Law Class to paralegal students.

Lori lives with her husband, Matt, and their three daughters in Chardon, Ohio where she enjoys spending time with her family.