H. William Beseth III

An Accredited Estate Planner® certified by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils (NAEPC), Bill is a trusted advisor to individuals, families, and business owners helping them establish effective and dynamic estate plans with the goal of maximizing wealth during one’s lifetime and for future generations.

Bill has a unique combination of more than fifteen years of experience in creating effective estate plans paired with protecting and defending the rights of  fiduciaries and beneficiaries in will- and trust-related disputes and litigation. He has successfully guided beneficiaries through trial and appeals in difficult and emotional disputes with family members who served as the executor and/or trustee. Bill has also defended executors and trustees wrongly accused of breaching their fiduciary duty to beneficiaries. Combining his estate planning experience with a deep understanding of the sometimes-adversarial relationship between beneficiaries and fiduciaries, Bill provides thoughtful and practical counsel to clients.

Before entering private practice, Bill was a Judicial Law Clerk for Senior District Judge David D. Dowd, Jr. and District Judge Benita Y. Pearson, United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, where he managed an active and diverse docket of civil cases. He also served as a Judicial Extern to the Honorable Lesley B. Wells, a Senior District Judge in the Northern District of Ohio.

Early in his career, Bill spent over a decade as a successful financial professional with a Series 7 securities license and Ohio and Illinois state insurance licenses, helping individuals and families protect their assets.