James E. Prout

James E. Prout, a Partner in the firm’s Albany, New York office, joined Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP in October of 2021 as part of the merger with the Troy, NY law firm of Martin, Shudt, Wallace, DiLorenzo and Johnson.

Jim practices primarily in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, real estate law, and commercial mortgage transactions.  Jim works with clients in need of estate planning documents including wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, Health Care Proxies, Living Wills, and Powers of Attorney.  He counsels clients in planning for estate tax minimization and in creating trusts for management and control of assets, including trusts for minor and disabled children. He also counsels clients in the area of charitable giving, including the use of planned giving instruments to meet his clients’ goals of philanthropy and tax planning. He represents both individual and corporate clients in the purchase and sale of real estate and in other related matters. He serves as counsel for both lenders and borrowers in commercial and residential real estate mortgage transactions.