Carve Law: to shape something
Carve Law: to shape something
with precision - clean edges,
with precision - clean edges,
nothing wasted, built to hold.
nothing wasted, built to hold.
Calling a lawyer usually means an unfamiliar voice, an unclear process, and a bill you can't predict. Carve exists to make that whole experience easier. One attorney who knows you and your file from first call to signed documents, working across estate planning, small business, property, homeschool, and firearm law — at a flat price set in advance.
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Estate Planning
Is it crazy to want this handled correctly, instead of hanging over you for another decade?
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Wills
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Revocable Living Trusts
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Financial Durable Powers of Attorney
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Patient Advocate Designations (Healthcare POA)
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Living Wills & Advance Directives
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Emergency Parental Care Powers of Attorney
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Asset Titling & Trust Funding
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Special Needs Trusts (SNT)
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Small Business Law
Do you need a legal department to be taken seriously?
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Michigan LLC Formation (LARA Filings)
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Multi-Member LLC Operating Agreements & Governance
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S-Corporation Conversion & Governance
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Master Services Agreements (MSA) & Client Contracts
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Website Terms of Service & Privacy Policies
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Partner Buy-Sell Agreements
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Business Succession Trust Integration
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Fractional General Counsel Services
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Real Estate Law
Is it too much to expect a property transfer done right the first time, with nothing to fix later?
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For Sale By Owner (FSBO) Transactions Packages
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Residential Purchase & Sale Contract Review
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Michigan Lady Bird Deeds (Enhanced Life Estate Deeds)
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Quitclaim Deeds & Property Retitling
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Michigan Land Contracts
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Property Tax Uncapping Strategy & Transfers
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Co-Ownership Agreements (Tenants in Common)
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Quiet Title Actions
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Firearm Law
Is it wrong to want a straight answer about what's legal from someone who won't flinch at the question?
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Michigan NFA Gun Trusts (Suppressors, SBRs, SBSs)
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Non-NFA Firearms Collection Trusts
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Firearms Inheritance & Estate Administration Playbooks
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Michigan Concealed Pistol License (CPL) Navigation & Prohibited Zones
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Self-Defense Legal Aftermath Checklists
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Restoration of Firearm Rights Evaluation & Petitions
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Liability Waivers for Instructors, Co-Ops, & Ranges
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Homeschool Law
Do you owe anyone an explanation for how your kids learn and is it unreasonable to want the paperwork squared away before someone questions you?
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Michigan Homeschool Option 1 vs. Option 2 Compliance Blueprints
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Educational Records & Student Privacy Shields
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Homeschool Co-Op Entity Formation & Bylaws
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Co-Op Liability Waivers & Codes of Conduct
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Independent Tutor & Outside Instructor Contracts
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Dual Enrollment & Public School Elective Access Assessments
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Religious & Philosophical Exemption Protections
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Truancy Allegation Defense Playbooks
The Whole Picture
Most people's legal work is scattered — a will from one office, an LLC from a website, a deed from whoever did the closing. Nobody's checked whether they agree with each other. Here, the business plan knows what the estate plan is doing. That's the point of one practice: nothing gets built at cross-purposes, and nothing gets built twice.
Christian Cholhan
FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL ATTORNEY
Before I was a lawyer, I certified and trained ski instructors as a Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) examiner. The effortless-looking carved turn everyone sees was actually decided earlier, in the setup.
The law works the same way. Estate plans, contracts, and business structures aren't tested when they're drafted. They're tested when you have to rely on them.
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Having worked in litigation, I’ve watched that test play out. As a business owner, I lived it, signing contracts I’d be held to.
Carve Law exists to get the setup right. I help families and business owners make sound legal decisions before they're urgent, with no surprises.
The Credentials
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Juris Doctor | Michigan State University College of Law
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BA, Philosophy | Fordham University
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State Bar of Michigan
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U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
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Grand Rapids Bar Association
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Business Owner 13+ Years
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Former PSIA Trainer and Examiner
Behind the Craft
A Christian before anything else. It's why I approach this work as stewardship, not paperwork.
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Husband and father.
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Built and ran my own business before founding Carve.
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I'd rather fix something than replace it. That goes for estate plans too.
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Philosophy major, then law school — I've never been able to hand someone a document without explaining why it's built that way.
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Lifelong skier, former PSIA examiner — now teaching my kids to ski.
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Love the outdoors — camping, skiing, hunting, biking with my family.