A northern Indiana full service law firm, providing legal services for over five decades. Since 1957 Yoder Ainlay Ulmer & Buckingham has provided legal services to Elkhart, LaGrange, Kosciusko counties and the Michiana area.
A northern Indiana full service law firm, providing legal services for over five decades. Since 1957 Yoder Ainlay Ulmer & Buckingham has provided legal services to Elkhart, LaGrange, Kosciusko counties and the Michiana area, with sophisticated legal expertise and Midwestern pragmatism. The firm's 15 attorneys provide services in various areas of the law.
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Yoder, Ainlay, Ulmer & Buckingham, LLP got this award in 2021
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All Members and Associates are members of the Indiana State Bar Association and Goshen City Bar Association. The firm also has attorneys licensed in Florida, New York, and Michigan.
Representative Clients
Counsel For: Alpine Investors, L.P.; American Reliance Industries Co.; Anderson Silver Plating, Inc.; Ancon Construction Company, Inc.; AJP Corporation; Beer & Slabaugh, Inc.; Brunk Corp.; City of Nappanee Redevelopment Commission; Classic Transport, Inc.; Crystal Valley Financial Corp.; Culver Construction Corp.; D-J Construction Co., Inc.; Earthbound RV, LLC; Eby Ford Sales, Inc.; Elkhart Bedding Co., Inc.; Elkhart County Community Foundation; Elkhart County Government; Elkhart County Gravel, Inc.; Elkhart County Redevelopment Commission; Elkhart County Solid Waste Management District; Essenhaus, Inc.; Fiber By-Products, Inc.; First State Bank; Flair Interiors, Inc.; Goshen Buick and Hyundai; Goshen College; Goshen Health System, Inc.; Graduate Theological Foundation, Inc.; Greencroft Retirement Communities, Inc.; Hertzler Systems, Inc.; Hoogenboom-Nafziger Companies; Horizon Transport, Inc.; INterra Credit Union; Jason Industries, Inc.; Kuert Concrete, Inc.; Max Myers Motors, Inc.; Mennonite Church, USA; Mennonite Foundation; Mennonite Mission Network; Mennonite Mutual Aid; Parkland Plastics, Inc.; North Central Cooperative, Inc.; Nuway Construction Corp.; Oaklawn Psychiatric Center, Inc.; Parkland Plastics, Inc.; Pine Manor, Inc.; The Riegseckers, Inc.; Schrock Homes, Inc.; Showtime Conversions, Inc.; Show Haulers Trucks, Inc.; Smoker-Craft, Inc.; Spring Valley Farms, LLC; State Farm Insurance Cos.; Supreme Corp.; Town of Middlebury, Indiana; Town of Millersburg, Indiana; Triangle Rubber Co., Inc.; Walerko Tool & Engineering, Inc.; Wieland Designs, Inc.; Windshire Corp.; References: First State Bank, Middlebury, IN; Goshen Community Bank; Troyer Foods, Inc.; Intercambio Express, Inc.; Song Dodge, Inc.; Indiana Wood Products, Inc.; Team Construction Company, Inc.; SJC Industries Corp.
Counsel for: Alpine Investors, L.P.; INterra Credit Union; Elkhart County Government; First State Bank of Middlebury; Greencroft Retirement Communities, Inc.; Goshen College; Goshen Health System; Mennonite Mutual Aid Association.
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