Daniel J. Krause

Founder of Krause Donovan Estate Law Partners, LLC, Dan has helped thousands of families with estate planning and estate administration since 1999. A retired Army Major and JAG Officer, Dan is a board-certified Estate Planning Law Specialist. He is certified by The Estate Law Specialist Board, Inc., the sole American Bar Association accredited organization to bestow this distinction.

Dan and his law partner, Nelson Donovan, wrote the book _Estate Planning in Wisconsin: Privacy, Protection and Taking Control_, published in 2017. It is an easy-to-understand primer for non-experts, covering the basics of estate planning, including wills, trusts and powers of attorney.

Besides offering education classes for the public, Dan has lectured on estate planning law throughout the years for classes of civilian and military attorneys and accountants. He has also contributed content and drafting expertise to four major drafting library packages used by attorneys nationally.

Dan attended law school on scholarship at NYU Law, graduating in 1999. He also received an M.A. in Philosophy from NYU that year. He has been a US Army Medic, a Peace Corps Volunteer (Kenya) and an elected member of his local Board of Education.

Dan is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Wealth Counsel, Elder Counsel, the Elder Law Section and the the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin. Dan is licensed to practice law in Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota as well as the two federal courts in Wisconsin and multiple tribal courts in Wisconsin.

Dan lives in Oregon, Wisconsin, with his family.

NYU School of Law

J.D. | Law

1999

Honors: Dean’s Merit Scholarship
Fellow for Institute of Judicial Administration

NYU Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

M.A. | Philosophy

1999

University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

B.A. (1992) | English, Political Science

1992

Honors: Chancellor’s Medallion; Academy of Letters & Science Distinguished Achievement Award; Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, Sigma Tau Delta Honor Societies Student Government.

Attorney

Krause Donovan Estate Law Partners, LLC

2000 - Current

Judge Advocate

US Army JAG Corps

2000 - 2016

Estate Planning in Wisconsin: Privacy, Protection and Taking Control

January, 2017

Estate Planning for Military Practitioners -Vol 2, Wisconsin National Guard JAG Onsite, Fort McCoy, Wisconsin

May 19, 2018

Wisconsin National Guard

Estate Planning for Military Practitioners, Wisconsin National Guard JAG Onsite, Fort McCoy, Wisconsin

May 21, 2017

Wisconsin National Guard

Trusts From A to Z, NBI Continuing Education, Madison, Wisconsin

July 20, 2016

NBI (National Business Institute)

Taxability of trusts, Irrevocable

Estate Planning Law Specialist

The Estate Law Specialist Board, Inc.

Oregon Area School Board

Member

2013 - Current

Wisconsin State Bar # 1034752

Member

1999 - Current

American Bar Association

Member

1999 - Current

Minnesota

Since 1999

Wisconsin

Since 1999

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin

Since 2008

U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin

Since 2003

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