Tara Bachner is the Marketing Source Content Manager at WealthCounsel where she leverages her legal experience as a licensed attorney in the state of Michigan. Her legal journey began in East Lansing, where she practiced estate planning, probate and trust administration, business succession planning, and business planning. 

She proudly served as a board member of the Greater Lansing Estate Planning Council, collaborating with attorneys, accountants, financial planners, and insurance agents to stay current on important estate planning developments.

Outside of the legal realm, Tara enjoys spending time with her husband, two children, dog, and cat. And when time allows, she indulges in her passion for Legos.

Lissa is the Product Implementation Manager for WealthCounsel. She helps members with questions and feedback about WealthCounsel documents, and provides training, support, and guidance for all WealthCounsel drafting products.

Prior to joining WealthCounsel, Lissa was a litigation paralegal for 20 years in Orlando, Florida and was an affiliate member of the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA). She served as president of the OCBA Paralegal Section in 2010, which was the first paralegal section formed in Florida. In addition to actively participating in the OCBA, Lissa served on the Law Week Committee for many years, was a co-recipient of the American Bar Association’s 2005 Outstanding Law Day Activity and served on The Florida Bar's Fifth District Florida Registered Paralegal Committee in the Unlicensed Practice of Law Department.

Lissa lives in Florida and outside of work, she enjoys reading, bike riding and boating with her husband.

Fran-Marie is an Estate Planning Practice Coach at WealthCounsel.  As a Practice Coach, Fran-Marie’s goal is to help new and transitioning attorneys enter the world of estate planning with confidence in both the substantive law and in their practice building skills.  She does this by teaching workshops and webinars and coaching attorneys individually or in groups.

Fran-Marie has been practicing law in the area of estate planning and probate/trust administration since 2013.  In 2017, she founded a law practice with two other attorneys and continued to help clients create and maintain their ideal estate plan and also to assist fiduciaries take on the heavy task of winding down their loved one’s affairs.

Fran-Marie graduated from the University of Michigan for both undergraduate and law school.  She now resides in the Metro-Detroit area, where she enjoys yoga, reading, and spending time with her two busy children.