PRIMARY
PRACTICE
AREAS
DIVORCE AND FAMILY LAW
BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
REAL ESTATE
GENERAL BUSINESS COUNSEL
ESTATE PLANNING
CIVIL/COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
TRUSTS AND PROBATE
PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENTS
OUR VISION
We are committed to providing the highest level of legal service with the individual care and attention clients deserve. Our practice is rooted in the principle that sophisticated and effective legal service can be accomplished with dignity and professionalism. We obtain results without losing sight of client interests.
Forrest Legal LLC is a law firm with a high concentration on family law and domestic relations. We handle issues of divorce, child custody, child support, paternity, adoption, surrogate birth issues, and prenuptial agreements. Forrest Legal LLC attorneys are also trained in the collaborative divorce process, which emphasizes cooperation and litigation-free divorce solutions. Forrest Legal LLC also regularly provides general estate planning services.
Although we have a heavy concentration in family law, Forrest Legal LLC is a full service law firm that will ensure all of your legal needs are met. Our lawyers have significant experience in many different areas, including business, creditors' rights, bankruptcy, federal and state court litigation, and real estate. Thus, we are able to counsel clients through numerous legal issues. However, when presented with an issue outside of our practice, we are willing and able to help you find the right professionals to assist you. It is our goal to help you receive the best legal service possible, whether it be from us or another professional.
OUR ATTORNEYS
Rising Star
2010 - 2015
Super Lawyer
2016 - 2023
Christopher M. Forrest
Owner, Attorney at Law
Tel: (260) 422-0718
Christopher ("Chris") Forrest is the founding member of Forrest Legal LLC. Mr. Forrest comes from one of the state's largest and most prestigious law firms, Barnes & Thornburg LLP. After practicing several years with Barnes & Thornburg as a business and litigation attorney, Mr. Forrest decided to pursue a practice that also incorporated the area of domestic relations law. Thus, he formed Forrest Legal, a locally rooted law firm dedicated to providing the highest quality of legal service. Mr. Forrest's goal is to combine the sophistication and quality typical of a large law firm with the individualized service of a small, local firm.
Mr. Forrest's practice has been heavily concentrated in the areas of divorce, family law, domestic relations, and matrimonial law. He has represented clients in connection with various types of domestic relations issues, including dissolution of marriage, child support, child custody, paternity, adoption, surrogate birth issues, and the preparation of prenuptial agreements. Mr. Forrest's family law experience is broad, as he has handled numerous issues of varying size and complexity. Mr. Forrest has also trained in the collaborative law divorce process. Collaborative divorce promotes cooperation and litigation-free solutions that meet the needs and interests of everyone in a divorcing family.
In addition to family law, Mr. Forrest's practice regularly includes general estate planning, general business and transactional counsel, and commercial and civil litigation. Mr. Forrest has experience representing clients in a broad range of business and commercial subjects, including commercial transactions, asset recovery and protection, bankruptcy, contract negotiation and drafting, real estate, and business formation. Mr. Forrest has also represented clients in both federal and state court litigation on a variety of different issues, including bankruptcy litigation, contract disputes, and other commercial subjects.
Mr. Forrest graduated from Manchester College, where he obtained his B.A. in philosophy. He received his J.D. cum laude from Indiana University - Bloomington in 2002.
Mr. Forrest is a member and former chair of the Allen County Bar Association Family Law Section. He has been honored by Super Lawyers Magazine each year since 2010, and has been identified as one of the few Super Lawyers in his geographical region and practice area each year since 2016. Mr. Forrest is admitted to practice in the state of Indiana, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, and the Seventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals.
FORREST LEGAL LLC
203 W. Wayne St., Ste. 408
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
Tel: 260.422.0702
Forrest Legal LLC is located in the heart of downtown Fort Wayne. Our office is located on the fourth floor of the Central Building, across the street from Ash Skyline Plaza (home of Proximo, DeBrand, and Ruth's Chris Steak House). There is ample parking in the Ash Skyline Plaza Parking Garage, which accepts credit cards. There is also two-hour metered parking around the building on Wayne St. and on Harrison St.
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