About Rice and Rice Attorneys

Cliff Rice has been practicing law 40 years. He is a graduate of Indiana University and Valparaiso University’s School of Law and is licensed in both Indiana and Illinois. His has focused this practice on the area of estate planning for the last 20 years. Rice & Rice has written more than 8,000 living trust centered estate plans in that time. Donna Rice, Cliff’s wife, has more than 15 years of experience in law focusing on estate planning. They are members of the American Bar Association, Indiana Bar Association, Elder Law Council, Wealth Counsel and many other professional organizations.

Cliff and Donna built their practice on their Christian values and principles. They are faith and family focused; bringing that same compassion to their clients. They work to build that approach into the community through their outreach via WITW 93.5 LPFM, Living Faith Fellowship, establishment of Book of Life Ministries, hosting weekly Bible Studies at their offices and supporting of organizations in the area.

The professional staff of Rice & Rice bring decades of experience to the estate planning and trust administration process.

Cindy Mathias manages financial affairs acting as comptroller. As a paralegal, she provides support for plan development and trust administration. Cindy has been with Rice & Rice from the beginning. Her experience brings a combination of historical reference and current rules together to the benefit of our clients.

Barb Praytel is a paralegal who’s focus is trust settlement and administration. Barb has nearly 40 years of experience in these areas. She provides knowledge and guidance for clients at a time when they need steady support handling the affairs of their loved one’s trust.

Diane Sentore is a paralegal with oversight of document creation. Diane brings 26 years of experience to the process of developing the array of documents needed to complete each clients’ unique estate plan.

The goal of the entire staff is to provide our clients with an experience to achieve their legacy plans and do it in a way that they want to share it with others they know. Estate planning is not an easy subject to discuss, let alone understand. At Rice & Rice, we are client-centered – helping you through the process to define your needs, your estate and your legacy. We work to do this in a way that, in the end, you accomplish your goals, understand how it is organized and feel good about putting all the pieces in place.

Often, our clients express a sense of relief when the estate planning process is completed. They will also share that they should have done it sooner and there are several other people they know who should have a living trust centered estate plan in place as well. We encourage the clients to host their friends and/or family at one of our Seminar Dinners so they can have the same introduction to Rice & Rice and good estate planning.

If you would like to join us to learn more, join us at an Upcoming Seminar Dinner by clicking this link to see when we will be in your area. The dinner is complimentary. The seminar could give help you plan your legacy and provide a wonderful sense of relief.

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