Attorney
Jeanne E. Longsworth
Estate and Business Succession, Business Law, Non-Profit & Tax Exempt Organizations
- Fort Wayne
- 260.399.9711
- jeanne.longsworth@gutweinlaw.com
About
Jeanne Longsworth brings more than three decades of experience helping individuals, families, and business owners protect and transfer wealth. She concentrates her practice in wealth transfer and preservation, estate planning, business succession planning, and estate, probate, and trust administration.
A licensed attorney and Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Jeanne draws on her legal and financial background to counsel business owners, corporate executives, physicians, and other professionals on formulating and achieving their long-term objectives through carefully tailored estate and succession strategies. She is known for her ability to craft customized solutions that reflect each client’s unique circumstances and goals.
Jeanne founded Longsworth Law LLC in 2007 after more than 20 years as a partner at one of Indiana’s largest law firms.
Education
- Valparaiso University School of Law – J.D., 1987
- Indiana University – B.S. Accounting, 1984
Admissions
- Indiana
Community
- Co-Chair, Trust & Estate Specialty Board for the Indiana State Bar Association
- Former Chair and Vice Chair, Allen County Bar Association’s Probate, Trust & Tax Section
- Former District 4 Representative, Indiana State Bar Association’s Real Property, Probate & Trust Section
- Former President and Board Member, Fort Wayne Estate Planning Council
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Indiana CPA Society
- Former President, Fort Wayne Community Foundation (1999-2001)
Recognition
- Super Lawyers List in Estate Planning (2006, 2021 – 2026)
- The Best Lawyers in America® (2009 – 2026)