Asset Protection Chandler AZ — Skabelund PLLC, Award-Winning Asset Protection Attorney Serving Chandler and the East Valley
Asset Protection
in Chandler, AZ.
Protecting the Wealth
You’ve Earned.
Chandler is Arizona’s technology capital — home to Intel, Microchip Technology, PayPal, NXP Semiconductors, and dozens of major employers creating significant executive compensation, equity positions, and professional wealth. Attorney John Skabelund, Top 1% of U.S. Attorneys and Attorney of the Year for Trusts & Estates 2023, protects Chandler residents with custom protection plans built to hold up when tested.
Chandler’s Tech Economy Creates Wealth That Deserves Legal Protection.
Chandler, AZ has evolved into one of the most economically significant cities in the Southwest. It is home to a massive concentration of semiconductor and technology companies — Intel alone employs thousands of Chandler residents — along with a growing healthcare sector, significant real estate investment activity, and thriving business ownership throughout the Price Road Corridor and Loop 202 area.
This technology-driven wealth — executive compensation packages, restricted stock units, equity positions, professional real estate investment, and business ownership — represents exactly the kind of asset profile that creditor claims, malpractice actions, and business disputes are designed to reach. Standard corporate and LLC structures provide a first layer of protection. But Chandler’s high-income professionals and business owners frequently need more than one layer to be genuinely secure.
Skabelund PLLC’s Tempe office at 1400 E Southern Ave, Suite 1020 is approximately 10–15 minutes from most Chandler neighborhoods via the US-60 or Loop 101. Same-week appointments frequently available.
Technology Executives & Equity Holders
Chandler tech professionals at Intel, Microchip, PayPal, and NXP accumulate significant equity compensation and personal wealth. A comprehensive asset protection plan shields that wealth from personal liability that corporate indemnification alone may not always cover.
Chandler Real Estate Investors
The Chandler real estate market — particularly the Ocotillo corridor and Fulton Ranch area — has seen significant appreciation. Each property is a separate liability. LLCs and trust structures isolate every asset in your portfolio from cross-claims.
Medical & Healthcare Professionals
Chandler Regional Medical Center and the surrounding medical district create a large concentration of physicians and specialists with outsized malpractice risk. Asset protection provides the second legal layer that malpractice insurance alone cannot guarantee.
Business Owners Along the 101 & 202
Chandler’s business corridors have generated significant business ownership wealth. Business owners face personal liability through personal guarantees and disputes that standard entity structures alone cannot fully contain.
What Skabelund PLLC Does for Chandler Clients
Every plan is custom-designed for your Chandler assets, professional profile, tax situation, and goals. No templates — every structure built from scratch.
Domestic Asset Protection Trusts
For Chandler tech executives and professionals with significant personal wealth, Arizona’s QASP Trust Act allows self-settled irrevocable trusts — DAPTs — where you remain a discretionary beneficiary while shielding assets from future creditors. One of the most powerful structures in U.S. asset protection law.
Learn More →LLC & Entity Structuring
Properly structured Arizona LLCs activate charging order protection — limiting creditors’ ability to seize membership interests or force distributions. For Chandler real estate investors and business owners, the technical details of how each LLC is structured determine how much protection it actually provides.
Learn More →Trust & Estate Planning
Chandler estates — particularly those with equity compensation, real estate, retirement assets, and business interests — benefit most from integrated planning that simultaneously protects assets from creditors and minimizes estate tax exposure.
Learn More →Chandler Homestead Protection
Arizona protects up to $425,000 of primary residence equity automatically under A.R.S. §33-1101. Chandler homeowners in Fulton Ranch, Dobson Ranch, and Ocotillo with significant appreciated equity are exposed above that cap. QPRTs and irrevocable trusts protect the remainder.
Read Arizona Homestead Guide →Privacy & Asset Structuring
For Chandler professionals and executives, structuring entities and trusts to remove your name from publicly searchable records is often the most effective first layer of defense — making you a difficult target before any claim is ever filed or threatened.
Learn More →Business Law & Succession
Chandler business owners need plans that integrate asset protection with succession strategy — buy-sell agreements, entity restructuring, and ownership transition structures that protect the business and the owner simultaneously while coordinating with your CPA’s tax plan.
Learn More →Your Chandler Home Has Some Protection. Is It Enough for What You’ve Built?
Arizona’s homestead exemption under A.R.S. §33-1101 automatically protects up to $425,000 of primary residence equity from most creditor claims — no filing required. Chandler homeowners in Fulton Ranch, Ocotillo, Dobson Ranch, and Sun Lakes whose properties have appreciated significantly hold equity above the cap that is fully exposed without additional legal structures.
A.R.S. §33-1101
Protected
Required
What It Does NOT Cover
- ✗Mortgage, deed of trust, HELOC — consensual liens are never shielded
- ✗Mechanic’s liens, child support liens, and spousal support liens
- ✗Equity above $425,000 — fully reachable by creditors without additional structures
- ✗Investment and rental properties — homestead exemption does not apply
Protecting Equity Above the Cap
- ✓Qualified Personal Residence Trust (QPRT) — Transfer your Chandler home into an irrevocable trust, retain use for a set term, and shield equity above the cap while reducing estate tax exposure.
- ✓Irrevocable Asset Protection Trust — Properly structured irrevocable trusts place assets beyond the reach of future creditors after applicable statutes of limitation.
- ✓Domestic Asset Protection Trust (DAPT) — Arizona DAPTs allow you to shield equity above the homestead cap while remaining a discretionary beneficiary of the trust assets.
Guides & Insights for Chandler Clients
Chandler’s Tech Wealth Deserves Legal Architecture
That Holds Up.
Chandler professionals work in an industry that values precision, architecture, and systems that perform under pressure. Asset protection should be no different. Skabelund PLLC was founded by an attorney who spent a decade in trust and estate litigation — building protection structures from the ground up with full understanding of how they’re challenged. Every Chandler client plan is designed to the same standard: it has to hold up in court, not just look complete on paper.
The Attorneys Serving Chandler, Gilbert & the East Valley
Know exactly who you’re working with before you engage any firm — their credentials, experience, and approach.
John Skabelund
Founder & Lead Asset Protection AttorneyJohn Skabelund spent a decade as a trust and estate litigator at one of Arizona’s largest law firms before founding Skabelund PLLC. He holds a J.D. from ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and an MBA from W.P. Carey School of Business — bringing legal precision and financial fluency to every Chandler protection plan he designs.
- Attorney of the Year — Trusts & Estates 2023, U.S. News & Best Lawyers
- Top 1% of U.S. Attorneys — America’s Most Honored Lawyers
- Best Lawyers in America
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent — Highest Possible Rating
- J.D. — ASU Sandra Day O’Connor · MBA — W.P. Carey School of Business
Logan Woodruff
Asset Protection & Estate Planning AttorneyLogan Woodruff holds a Series 65 Investment Adviser Representative license alongside his J.D. — meaning he genuinely understands the financial landscape Chandler clients navigate. Licensed in four states and a Wealth Counsel member, he brings practical financial insight to every asset protection and estate planning engagement.
- Series 65 License — Investment Adviser Representative
- 10 Years in Asset Protection & Estate Planning
- Licensed in Arizona, Texas, Utah & Oklahoma
- Wealth Counsel Member
Serving Chandler and Every Community Around It
Skabelund PLLC’s Tempe office is the most convenient Phoenix-area location for Chandler residents — accessible in approximately 10–15 minutes via the US-60 or Loop 101. All East Valley communities are served in-person, with virtual consultations available for all 50 states.
Tempe Office — Closest to Chandler
1400 E Southern Ave, Suite 1020, Tempe, AZ 85282
~10–15 minutes from most Chandler neighborhoods via the US-60 or Loop 101.
Asset Protection Chandler AZ — Frequently Asked Questions
Chandler’s Premier Asset Protection Attorney.
~10 Minutes Away in Tempe.
Flat fees. Annual reviews. Custom plans — never templates. The protection that holds up when it needs to starts with one conversation.