Balch Law

Balch Law is a boutique Columbus-based firm that combines large firm experience with the attentive service often associated with smaller practices. Serving clients throughout Central Ohio, the firm focuses on estate planning, probate, trusts, elder law, real estate matters, and business planning. Legal strategies are tailored to individual circumstances, helping clients protect assets, preserve wealth, and address long-term personal and business goals. The firm is known for delivering practical guidance, detailed preparation, and responsive representation across a broad range of legal matters.

Balch Law provides comprehensive estate planning services designed to help individuals and families create effective plans for the future. The firm assists with last wills and testaments, living trusts, incentive trusts, gifting trusts, charitable trusts, life insurance trusts, powers of attorney, advance directives, and incapacity planning. Probate and estate administration services are also available, along with guidance on avoiding probate and addressing federal estate tax matters, including estate tax returns and portability elections. This broad experience allows the firm to develop customized solutions that reflect each client’s unique objectives.

Balch Law also represents clients in real estate law, small business law, and strategic business planning. Services include assistance with corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, family limited partnerships, contract drafting, contract review, contract negotiation, and buy-sell agreements. By combining legal insight with practical business knowledge, the firm helps clients make informed decisions and establish strong foundations for future growth. The firm’s approach emphasizes clarity, efficiency, and long-term value.

Balch Law is led by Jacintha Kraft Balch, JD, an Ohio Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Probate, and Trusts. With more than 30 years of experience in estate planning, probate, and trust matters, she brings extensive knowledge to every representation. Her professional background includes work at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, leadership of Huntington National Bank’s trust and estate planning department for six years, and more than 25 years operating her own law firm. Recognized with the highest Martindale-Hubbell AV® rating and named among Central Ohio’s Top Lawyers in CEO Magazine from 2009 to the present, she has earned a reputation for excellence, professionalism, and trusted legal counsel.