With over 25 years of providing legal services to the Crowsnest Pass, Pincher Creek, and surrounding areas for over, Ratzlaff Danielson Law Offices have joined with North & Company LLP Law Offices, a law firm celebrating 50 years of service in over 13 rural Alberta communities.

By leveraging the expertise and resources of North & Company LLP, Luke Ratzlaff, the owner of Ratzlaff Danielson Law Offices, continues the Ratzlaff Danielson mission to empower clients to achieve their goals by giving honest objective legal analyses and strategic recommendations for resolving current and avoiding future issues. At North & Company LLP we continue to provide ethical timely cost-effective solutions to your legal problems.

Ratzlaff Danielson began with Valerie Danielson. In 2019 Luke Ratzlaff purchased the firm and expanded the team to 9 lawyers and staff, providing our community with legal services in the areas of family law, civil litigation, corporate and business law, real estate, personal injury, estate matters, and more. We now have the benefit of even more lawyers and paralegals with expertise in areas such as the following:

• Real Estate: Assist clients with residential and commercial purchases, sales, mortgages, and refinancing. We assist with drafting and negotiating lease agreements, management agreements, and purchase agreements. You can count on our experienced lawyers and paralegals to protect your interests and help identify and avoid costly issues in your property deal.

• Family: We protect your rights and the long-term best interests of your family. This includes prosecuting and defending Court of King’s Bench and Provincial Court claims for custody, spousal support, child support, property, and divorce. Often these matters can be resolved outside of court through negotiation or mediation, which we assist with and in fact encourage.

• Business: You have great business ideas. We help ensure you are not bogged down with the legal complexities of starting and running your business. This includes starting a business, incorporations, reorganizing, partnerships, business contracts, debt collection, and more.

• Mediation: We have lawyers who are registered mediators providing alternate dispute resolution services in areas such as family law, civil litigation, and business disputes.

• Litigation: Civil litigation, motor vehicle claims, and personal injury claims

• Debt Collection: We help recover debts from individuals and business. We locate, investigate, and provide a cost benefit analysis of pursuing different options to collect. We negotiate with your debtor and prosecute as necessary in small claims court or in the Court of King’s Bench.

• Estate Planning: We help you plan and arrange for what happens to your assets once you have passed with wills, powers of attorney, and personal directives. Whether your estate is simple or complex we help eliminate future uncertainties as to how your estate is administered.