Estate planning is personal, and so is the help you get here. You’ll work with a small team that knows you and keeps everything moving.
Brent leads the legal work; Paula keeps everything around it organized and on track. From your first call to your finished plan, the same two people stay close to it.
Attorney & Founder
Brent graduated from law school on a Saturday and was sworn in as a Special Probate Judge that Monday — his introduction to the practice of law was issuing decisions from the bench. An entrepreneur of more than 20 years, he founded Helms Law Group to help families plan with clarity.
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Chief Operating Officer
Paula keeps the firm organized and your plan moving, so nothing slips and you’re not left wondering where things stand. She’s spent more than two decades making sure the details don’t become your problem.
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You may not see most of what Paula does — and that’s the point. As the firm’s Chief Operating Officer, she’s the reason your questions get answered quickly, your documents are where they should be, and your plan keeps moving from the first phone call to the last signature. When the process feels calm and organized, Paula is usually the reason.
She has spent more than two decades keeping law firms running well, from boutique practices to large, multi-office regional firms. Before Helms Law Group, she led operations as Chief Operating Officer of Clark Partington in Pensacola and as Executive Director of Hartman Simons & Wood in Atlanta. She and Brent now run the firm side by side, which frees Brent to do what he loves — practice law and help Alabama families protect what they’ve built.
Paula calls Fairhope home. She’s a devoted wife, the proud mother of five grown sons, and grandmother to eight grandchildren who keep her on her toes — and away from the office, you’ll find her traveling, reading, or deep in a lively game of Mahjong.
