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Logan K. Philipps
Principal
I concentrate my practice in one area: Special Needs Planning.
I help individuals and families in the special needs community to establish plans for a bright future. These plans may include trusts, guardianship, alternatives to guardianship, benefit applications, living arrangements outside the family home, and much more. I am acutely aware of the needs of individuals with special needs.
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For part of my childhood, I lived with my stepbrother who has special needs. I have seen first-hand the challenges and struggles that parents face. I frequently speak to parents, community groups, attorneys, financial planners, and educators about estate and special needs planning solutions.
​I practice this type of planning exclusively because I want to help people. I have worked my entire adult life in fields that helped people. Before going to law school, I taught fifth grade language arts and sixth grade history in Mariemont, Ohio. During law school I was drawn to the television dramatics of courtroom litigation. I clerked for the Federal Public Defender and one of the premiere criminal defense attorneys in Columbus.
After law school, I initially practiced in the area of criminal law. In my years as a defense attorney, I represented individuals charged with crimes ranging from the minor to the very serious. Much of criminal law is a reaction to something that has happened. Most of the time, I was helping to mitigate a bad situation. I was helping good people on the worst day of their lives. Today in my estate planning practice, I enjoy helping good people on good days, to help them plan for better tomorrows.
When I became a father, I became more acutely aware of the joy of being in a family and the challenges and fears that face parents. I felt compelled to change my practice area from one of reaction and mitigating damage to one of planning and building for the future. Today, I am able to use my teaching background to inform parents, grandparents and loved ones of the strategies available to protect family members and legacies.
Education
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The Ohio State University (M.A . - Public Policy)
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The Ohio State University (J.D.), Public Service Fellow
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Purdue University (B.A. - Elementary Education)
​Professional Associations and Community Involvement
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Wealth Counsel – Member
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Ohio State University Faculty Member - College of Education and Human Ecology, Lecturer of Estate Planning for Individuals and Families
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Autism Society of Central Ohio - Board Member
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National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Columbus Chapter - Past Board Member
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Ohio State Bar Association – Member
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Columbus Bar Association – Member
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Delaware County Bar Association – Member
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Autism Speaks Columbus Executive Committee - Past Member, Walk Co-Chair
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The Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer American Inn of Court – Past Member
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Friends of Delaware CASA – Past Board Member
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Central Ohio Association for Justice – Past Board Member
​Awards and Recognition
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Ohio Super Lawyers® - Rising Star 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
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Central Ohio Association for Justice – 2009 President’s Award Winner
Published Works​
Planning for Bright Tomorrows: Estate and Future Planning for Ohioans with Disabilities and Their Loved Ones
Co-Authored with Derek L. Graham on behalf of the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council, 2024
Click here for the PDF version of this book or request a copy.
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Supported Decision Making and Guardianship
Co-Authored with Derek L. Graham on behalf of the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council, 2024
Click here for the PDF version of this book or request a copy.
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Representative Payee Handbook
Co-Authored with Derek L. Graham on behalf of the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council, 2022
Click here for the PDF version of this book or request a copy.
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Two Planning Tools, One Goal: Financial Independence for People With Disabilities
Co-Authored by Logan Philipps and Doug Jackson, Deputy Director of STABLE Accounts, November 2019
Parental Predicaments: Drug Addiction and Inheritance
By Logan K. Philipps for the Columbus Bar Association’s Legal Connections publication in Business First, May 2018
Child Support Payments and the Special Needs Child
Co-Authored by Logan K. Philipps and William K. Root for the Ohio State Bar Association’s Law You Can Use column, 2017
