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    Schmidtman Kirk A Engle and Schmidtman Attys

    Schmidtman Kirk A Engle and Schmidtman Attys

    1.0(2 reviews)
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    Beware of allowing anyone who is elderly to use Kirk Schmidtman services for any estate planning…read more Mr. Schnidtman claims to be an estate planning specialist, which he put properties belonging to other third parties in a trust without doing a proper title report search. He took property I had a 1/3 interest and participated with advising his client -- claiming it did not belong to me. He supported stealing my property, removing me off my business bank accounts and taking away my rental income. He has caused his client as well as me thousands in litigation expenses for his mistakes. Kirk Schmidtman will draw up estate planning documents with his elderly clients and expose them to those who are abusing them. He will then remove the people who were set up in their wills for protection in haste and secrecy. He is being investigated by the Oregon state bar, so do your research before hiring this Attorney. I am just one of many families he has supported in ruining for his own Financial gains. He has been allowed to slide through the cracks w this kind of conduct, but the people he has damaged and hurt are speaking out so it stops.

    The actions of Kirk Schmidtman along with his partner at the time Robert Engle facilitated the…read morefinancial ruin of an elderly client who had dementia. In our opinion the failure to act and protect resulted in the isolation and manipulation of this person. Several million dollars were removed from accounts and no accounting or effort to stop the thefts occurred when it was reported to them. They provided a Power of Attorney drew trust documents with no oversight. There was no accounting, No income tax filings and money poured out. Meanwhile reports of elder abuse were repeatedly ignored and suppressed. The firm opposed protection for their client which could have prevented greater abuse and they represented simultaneously with their elderly client, a family member who was found to be guilty of theft, fraud, and financial elder abuse. Found guilty and sentenced. They provided the documents and assistance the granted access to the accounts.The end result was almost no $ left for the elderly person. Google Barbara Balliett Osterud, search related cases in Marion County Oregon. Under NO circumstance could we recommend you trust this attorney or firm.

    Oregonian - printmedia - Updated July 2026

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