Chad D. Miller
Prior to joining our firm, Chad practiced in the areas of General Business and Commercial Law, Estate Planning, Medical Assistance Planning, Probate, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan transactions with a mid-size law firm serving central Minnesota, located in St. Cloud, MN. After practicing there for several years, Chad and his wife Heather decided to move back to their hometown of Fergus Falls, MN to raise their family, and he joined the Krekelberg Law Firm in 2009.
Chad is a speaker throughout central and western Minnesota on the topics of Estate Planning, Probate, and Medical Assistance Planning as well as Business Entity Formation.
Chad D. Miller is a native of Fergus Falls, MN, where he currently resides with his wife, Heather, and their three children. In his free time, Chad enjoys spending time with his family, as well as being an avid hunter and fisherman.
Chad practices in the areas of:
- Estate Planning;
- Medical Assistance Planning for nursing home care;
- Elder Law;
- Real Estate Transactions;
- General Business Law; and
- Commercial Law
Admitted to Bar:
- Minnesota – 2006
- North Dakota – 2007
Education:
- Fergus Falls Community College, n.k.a. Minnesota State Community and Technical College – Fergus Falls (A.A. 2001)
- Named as one of the top ten students of his graduating class of 2001.
- Top Biology Student of 2000-2001
- Member – Phi Theta Kappa Honor’s Society
- Concordia College in Moorhead, MN (B.A. summa cum laude 2003)
- Double Major History and Political Science.
- Alpha Society Member
- Valparaiso University School of Law in Valparaiso, IN (J.D. 2006)
- Honors Program Scholar
- Course Honors – 2006 Elder Law Seminar
Professional Memberships:
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Elder Law Section,
- Agricultural and Rural Law Section
- North Dakota State Bar Association
- Otter Tail County Bar Association
- Past Vice President
- Past Member of the Stearns/Benton County Bar Association;
- Estate Planning and Probate Section
- Past Member of the Central Minnesota Estate Planning Council;
Community Involvement:
- Lake Region Hospital
- Board of Trustee’s Member
- Secretary
- Chair of the Governance Committee
- Executive Committee Member
- Board Member Lake Region Hospital Foundation
- Fergus Falls Chamber of Commerce;
- Past Member of the Advocacy Committee
- Member Crossroads Church in Fergus Falls, MN;
- Past Board of Overseers – Chairman
- Past Member Crossroad Church Foundation – Past Chair
- Blandin Foundation Community Leadership Program – 2017 Cohort
- Past Board Member Dollars for Scholars Fergus Falls
- Past Board Member of Matthew House
- Past Board Member of the Fergus Falls Area College Foundation
- Past Board Member of the M-State Foundation
- Past Board Member of the Otter Cove Children’s Museum
- Past Member Fergus Falls Noon Kiwanis;
- Past Member of the CentraCare Foundation Planned Giving Committee;
- Past Member of the Minnesota Center Chorale;
- Past Member of the Downtown St. Cloud Kiwanis Club