Alexander J. Wolf

Alex Wolf draws on his small-town Midwestern values while working with high net worth individuals, business owners, and nonprofit entities as they seek to build and preserve a legacy. Alex provides sophisticated, yet practical legal advice in a manner that is easy to understand and implement.

By investing the time to understand his clients’ circumstances and goals, he delivers planning that is uniquely tailored to his client’s needs and objectives. Ultimately, he is determined to solve his client’s estate, business and tax planning needs so that they are free to focus on what matters most to them.

Alex’s practice focuses extensively on estate planning and estate administration, business succession planning, and organizational/tax planning for closely-held businesses and nonprofit entities. Some specific areas of focus include:

• Sophisticated wealth transfer techniques intended to help minimize the impact of gift, estate and generation-skipping taxes, including dynasty trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, and charitable lead/remainder trusts, as well as leveraged sales and pre-liquidity event planning
• Basic estate planning, including wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney and advance directives, as well as assistance with asset titling and beneficiary designations
• Post-death administration (probate and trust administrations), including the preparation of inheritance and estate tax returns
• Asset protection planning and premarital planning
• Advising entrepreneurs and business owners regarding the fundamental legal concepts relevant to structuring and operating their business in a manner that will help them to achieve their personal and professional goals
• Business continuity planning intended to minimize the negative impact that an unexpected death or other unfortunate development might have on a business’s ongoing viability
• Business exit planning for business owners looking for a way to orderly exit their business in a financially secure manner while preserving the business for the next generation of owners and employees
• Serving as outside general counsel to many public charities and private foundations, which includes providing advice related to formation, governance and compliance with tax-exempt rules and regulations

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Honors & Awards

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow
Best Lawyers^® Trusts and Estates "Lawyer of the Year" in Omaha, 2021
The Best Lawyers in America^®, Nonprofit/ Charities Law and Trusts and Estates, 2018-2024
Chambers High Net Worth Guide, Private Wealth Law, 2018-2023
Omaha Magazine Top Lawyers of Omaha, Wills, Estates & Trusts, 2021
"AV" Rating, Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell
Midlands Business Journal "40 Under 40" honoree, 2018

Community & Professional

Greater Omaha Chamber, Board of Directors (2023-Present)
Nebraska State Bar Association
Omaha Estate Planning Council
Big Garden, Board Member
Youth Frontiers, Advisory Board
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Nebraska Chapter, Board Member, Executive Committee
Aksarben Foundation, Councilor and Outside General Counsel, Former Floor Committee Member
Member, Hope Brews Committee Member; Co-Chair (2015), Event Chair (2016), Co-Chair (2017)
Business Ethics Alliance, Board of Trustees
Alzheimer’s Association Midlands Chapter, Walk to End Alzheimer’s Committee Member, 2008-2015
Leadership Omaha Class 40
YPO Member