Carrie Snoke Lott ~ Associate
cslott@daggerlaw.com

Ms. Lott obtained her Bachelor of Business Administration, summa cum laude, from Ohio University. She received her law degree, cum laude, and her LLM in Business and Tax from Capital University Law School. Ms. Lott joined Dagger, Johnston, Miller, Ogilvie & Hampson, LLC in 2004 and engages in the general practice of law with an emphasis on real estate law, business law and estate planning.

Ms. Lott advises clients on all aspects of real estate sales and acquisitions (commercial and residential property), including contract preparation and negotiations, due diligence, and coordination of the closing. She assists clients in the development of their property, which may involve subdivisions, deed restrictions, the formation of homeowners’ associations, the creation of shared driveways, zoning changes or administrative issues such as variances. She also advises clients on commercial real estate financing (construction and permanent) including loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration. Ms. Lott is an Ohio Title Insurance Agent and researches title to real estate, assists in the remediation of title defects, and issues owner’s and loan policies of title insurance on behalf of Old Republic National Title Insurance Company. Ms. Lott has extensive experience with other real estate matters including the Low Income Housing Tax Credit; landlord/tenant issues; underground storage tanks, landfills and other environmental issues; Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 exchanges; liquor licenses; real estate taxes and Board of Revision complaints, partition auctions; leases; easements; mortgages, and mechanic’s liens. She is also available to assist clients with oil and gas matters.

Ms. Lott advises clients on all aspects of business law, including helping clients choose the proper entity for their needs and the formation of that entity. She also advises clients on general business law issues including corporate governance, acquisitions and dispositions of their assets or the entire businesses, succession plans, other business transactions, and dissolutions.

With respect to estate planning, Ms. Lott understands that people have worked their entire lives to acquire the assets they have and that they wish to preserve those assets for their heirs. With this knowledge, Ms. Lott meets with her clients to gain an understanding of the nature of their assets and how they wish for their assets to be distributed upon their deaths. She then carefully drafts estate plans designed to protect her clients’ assets and carry out their wishes. Ms. Lott makes sure her clients’ estate plans include all of the necessary documents such as wills, durable powers of attorney, living wills, health care power of attorneys, trusts, a gifting plan, and proper beneficiary designations. Ms. Lott also reviews how her clients’ assets are titled and advises her clients of alternate ways to hold title to possibility eliminate the need for probate upon their deaths. If probate is needed, Ms. Lott will advise the executor or administrator of the estate on all aspects of probate administration, including opening the estate, inventorying the assets, settling the debts, distributing the assets to the heirs, and paying estate taxes.

Ms. Lott is an active member of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and of the Fairfield County and Ohio State bar associations. She is a Director and President of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Fairfield County, Inc. Ms. Lott previously served as a 4-H advisor and a Board Member for the Zane Trace Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation. Ms. Lott and her husband Jamie reside in Lancaster.