Our Story
Sheldon Mayer didn’t set out to start a law firm. He set out to combine
two things he grew up watching his parents do: think brilliantly about
hard problems and care deeply about the people facing them.
His path to law began in the study halls of Lakewood, New Jersey, and a
community kollel in Sydney, Australia, where years of rigorous Talmudic
analysis sharpened the kind of thinking that complex estate planning
demands. That foundation led him to Washington University School of Law
in St. Louis, where he considered a dual degree in law and social work.
He graduated with the law degree, but the social work impulse never
left. “In estate planning, there’s a lot of counseling,” he explains.
“I’m not a therapist, but sometimes I tell people I’m a counselor at
law, because we do the counseling part also.”
Growing up, Sheldon saw his father (a quiet, brainy man) work through
the legal strategies to help a neighbor going through a crisis, while
his mother provided the emotional support. “I wanted to combine those
things,” Sheldon says. “To take legal analysis and apply it to a person
who has a problem, a worry, someone who could be helped.”
His path to law began in the study halls of Lakewood, New Jersey, and a
community kollel in Sydney, Australia, where years of rigorous Talmudic
analysis sharpened the kind of thinking that complex estate planning
demands.
Growing up, Sheldon saw his father (a quiet, brainy man) work through
the legal strategies to help a neighbor going through a crisis, while
his mother provided the emotional support. “I wanted to combine those
things,” Sheldon says. “To take legal analysis and apply it to a person
who has a problem, a worry, someone who could be helped.”
His path to law began in the study halls of Lakewood, New Jersey, and a
community kollel in Sydney, Australia, where years of rigorous Talmudic
analysis sharpened the kind of thinking that complex estate planning
demands.
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