Professional Experience
Jim Shenk is one of the founding partners of FGKS Law. His practice focuses primarily on business and estate planning matters. Although Jim does not maintain regular hours at the office, he continues to be a resource to his past clients in certain instances.
Practice Areas
The core of the FGKS Law practice is the counseling of businesses of all sizes on a wide range of corporate and commercial issues, including formation, contracts and other operational issues, and short-term and long-term business and succession planning. Read more here.
FGKS Law counsels and represents clients in all planning, evaluation, and implementation phases of business acquisitions, divestitures, and mergers. The purchase or sale of a business, and the organizational and operational issues that relate to that transaction, require a particular skill set and level of experience that our attorneys possess. Read more here.
FGKS Law counsels individuals with respect to their estate and other life planning needs, such as asset preservation and distributions through wills and trusts, and guardianships and powers of attorney. We also represent clients with respect to estates and other matters pending before probate courts. Read more here.
FGKS Law advises and represents clients with respect to all matters involving residential and commercial real estate and related improvements, including transfers, leases, development, easement and land use restrictions, financing, annexation, zoning, title defect issues, mechanic’s liens, and foreclosure proceedings. Our title agency, Western Ohio Title Agency, in consultation with our attorneys, handles title searches, real estate closings, and the issuance of title insurance commitments and policies. Read more here.
FGKS Law advises and represents banks and other financial institutions on all aspects of their commercial and consumer lending, deposit, and other business practices, including loan documentation and structuring, loan workouts and restructuring, and regulatory compliance. Read more here.
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Education
Bachelor of Arts
Juris Doctorate
Community Leadership
Jim has served as a director of the Minster Community Improvement Corporation from 1980 to present, and president from 1988 to 1990.
Past board member
Past board member
Past board member
Past board member
Past board member