At Schlather & Birch we have served the Cooperstown community for more than forty-two years. As the strength of any law firm is dependent on the quality of its support staff, Schlather & Birch employs fourteen full time and three part time paralegal and para-accountant staff to assist our two attorneys and our in-house Certified Public Accountant. Our expertise in both legal and accounting matters gives us a unique depth of knowledge to guide our individual and institutional clients in the following core areas of practice: real estate, wills, trusts, estate administration, retirement planning, tax preparation, business formation, bankruptcy, foreclosure and elder law.