Estate planning attorney Daniel J. Krause, the founder of our firm, has been practicing estate planning law since 1999. A retired Army major and JAG officer, Dan is a board-certified estate planning law specialist; certified by The Estate Law Specialist Board, Inc., the sole American Bar Association accredited organization to bestow this distinction. Dan has lectured on estate planning law throughout the years for classes of civilian and military attorneys and CPAs. He has also contributed content and drafting expertise to four major drafting library packages used by attorneys nationally. Dan attended law school on a scholarship at NYU Law, graduating in 1999. He also received an M.A. in Philosophy from NYU that year. He has been a US Army medic and a Peace Corps volunteer (Kenya).