Sherrets Law Offices, Llc

What Sherrets Law Offices, Llc does

Sherrets Law Offices, LLC is a single-location Ohio law firm headquartered at 580 Lincoln Park Blvd., Suite 399, Kettering, Ohio, serving the southwestern Ohio market including Dayton and surrounding communities. Founded in 2002, the firm operates three core practice areas: Wills & Trusts (estate planning including document preparation for property distribution and personal contingency planning), Probate (legal representation through probate court procedures, will validity establishment, and estate administration), and Business Law (corporate counsel covering business formation, capitalization, documentation, and outside general counsel services for small-to-midsize businesses). The firm is led by a single named attorney, Carl D. Sherrets, who is certified as a specialist in estate planning, trust, and probate law by the Ohio State Bar Association and maintains the highest A-V rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

The firm's revenue model is professional services fee-for-service, with pricing determined through individual consultation rather than publicly disclosed rates; client engagement begins with a conflict-of-interest review and formal engagement letter. There are no proprietary technology platforms — the firm operates as a traditional legal practice relying on personal attorney-client engagement rather than automated or technology-enabled service delivery. Go-to-market is a hybrid of direct sales (phone and in-office consultations, plus off-site meetings at client homes, offices, or medical facilities) and community-led referral generation through Dayton and Ohio State Bar Association memberships, Super Lawyers recognition (2012-present), Best Lawyers in America 2024 Lawyer of the Year, and 15 years of adjunct teaching at University of Dayton School of Law. Marketing channels are limited to the firm website (dayton-attorneys.com), Legal Q&A educational videos, and professional referrals — there is no social media presence, app, or digital client acquisition infrastructure disclosed.

Customer segments are individuals and families needing estate planning services and small-to-midsize businesses requiring corporate counsel; no institutional or enterprise clients are disclosed, and no customer logos are publicized. The firm operates with no subsidiaries, no institutional investment, no parent company, and no disclosed headcount beyond the principal attorney, making it a classic sole-practitioner professional services firm whose revenue is constrained by the billable capacity of a single credentialed attorney.

Name

Sherrets Law Offices, Llc

Legal name

Sherrets Law Offices, LLC

Website

https://dayton-attorneys.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sherrets Law Offices, LLC is a single-location Ohio law firm in Kettering serving southwestern Ohio with wills/trusts, probate, and business law services. The practice is led by Carl D. Sherrets, an Ohio State Bar certified estate planning specialist, and serves individual families and small-to-midsize businesses through direct consultation and professional referrals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK)

Keywords

• Estate planning
• Probate law
• Wills and trusts
• Business law
• Legal services

Headquarters

HQ city

Dayton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Estate Planning: Attorney fees for wills, trusts, and estate planning services. Services include document preparation, legal counsel, and ongoing estate management.
2. Legal Services - Probate: Legal representation and counsel during probate proceedings, including court representation and estate administration.
3. Legal Services - Business Law: Outside general counsel services for small-to-midsize businesses, including business formation, corporate documentation, and ongoing legal advice.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sherrets Law Offices, LLC is a Dayton, Ohio law firm that provides attorney-led legal services in three practice areas: Wills & Trusts (estate planning), Probate (estate administration and probate court representation), and Business Law (corporate counsel, business formation, and ongoing outside general counsel services for small-to-midsize clients). Services are delivered through direct consultation by attorney Carl D. Sherrets, with meetings held at the firm's Kettering office or off-site at client locations.

Product overview

Sherrets Law Offices, LLC is a single-location Ohio law firm offering three interconnected legal service modules: Wills & Trusts (estate planning), Probate (estate administration), and Business Law (corporate counsel). The practice is led by Carl D. Sherrets, a certified specialist in estate planning, trust, and probate law. The firm serves clients in the southwestern Ohio area from offices in Kettering, with over 30 years of combined attorney experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wills & Trusts Estate planning legal services for individuals and families, including the creation of wills and revocable living trusts to specify how property should be distributed after death and to provide for personal well-being in future contingencies.
• Probate Legal representation and guidance through the probate process for individuals and families, including establishing the validity of a will, giving notice to claimants, resolving property ownership disputes, and finalizing property transfers through probate court.
• Business Law Corporate legal counsel for small-to-midsize businesses, covering business formation and capitalization, identification of the appropriate corporate structure, creation of corporate documentation, and serving as outside general counsel on an ongoing basis.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Trust & Will: Direct-to-consumer online estate planning platform offering wills and trusts at flat fees; emerging digital substitute targeting the same southwestern Ohio individual estate-planning segment as Sherrets.
• LegalZoom: Online legal services platform offering wills, trusts, and business formation at flat fees; emerging digital competitor targeting the same entry-level estate-planning and small-business-formation clients that Sherrets serves.
• FreeWill: Online wills and estate planning platform with strong nonprofit and consumer adoption; emerging digital competitor serving the same Ohio estate planning market with a low-cost, self-service model.

Regional players

• Sebaly Shillito + Dyer: Long-established Dayton, Ohio business and estate planning law firm; comparable in geography and overlapping service mix with Sherrets across business counsel and estate planning.
• Faruki Ireland & Cox PLL: Mid-size Dayton, Ohio-based business law firm serving as outside general counsel to small and midsize businesses; competes directly with Sherrets' Business Law practice line in the Dayton market.

Broad incumbents

• Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP: Ohio-founded full-service law firm with a longstanding Trusts & Estates practice; broader incumbent offering estate planning and business counsel that competes for the same Dayton/Ohio clients as Sherrets.
• Thompson Hine LLP: Large Ohio-based business law firm with a Trusts & Estates practice group; competes for mid-market estate planning and outside general counsel engagements in the broader Ohio market.
• Frost Brown Todd LLP: Large Cincinnati-headquartered regional law firm with a substantive Trusts & Estates practice serving Ohio clients; absorbs higher-end estate-planning and business-law work Sherrets would otherwise compete for.

Direct peers

• Gudorf Law Group, LLC: Dayton-area Ohio law firm focused on estate planning, elder law, and probate; directly competes with Sherrets for the same southwestern Ohio individual and family estate-planning clients.
• Schaffer & Associates LPA: Dayton, Ohio estate planning, probate, and elder law firm; comparable small-practice competitor serving the same southwestern Ohio client base with overlapping services in wills, trusts, and probate administration.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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