Donald Walton served in the United States Navy for 20 years as an enlisted member, prior to attending college. He attended University of Arizona for his undergraduate degree, then followed up for his Juris Doctor. Donald's upbringing with his strong tie to his Cherokee family and his time in the service have instilled in him certain core values - Honor, Courage, and Commitment.
Private Path is a Veteran and Native American owned law firm. Private Path is licensed in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado.
Private Path was founded with the goal of providing services tailored to each client's unique needs. Our staff brings a wide variety of experience and a deep commitment to helping individuals, businesses, families, and tribes plan for their future. We understand the importance of privacy and personalization when it comes to our services. Understanding the family, our community, Tribes and tribal sovereignty is the foundation we build on. Which is why we can come to you at your home if needed to meet your needs in a private and comfortable setting.
If you are part of the sandwich generation—caring for both your children and your parents at the same time—it is crucial that you know whether or not your parents have an existing estate plan. While the final decisions within their estate plan rest with them, creating a comprehensive estate plan is an absolute necessity, regardless of when it is done.
I began my legal career as a debt collection attorney at a debt collection law firm, then in a law firm that mostly did in-house counsel for Tribes. Those firms made millions of dollars off the backs of people who got in tight spots. The second firm was mostly transactional, billing time for legal services. Every day I was unhappy in both. In the first firm, I would come in and speak to people in debt and struggling to make ends meet, I would do what I could to assist them to get out from under this financial and emotional burden, but knowing that they would most likely be back under it. At the second firm I ended up doing wills for Tribal members, assisting with probate cases , family cases, and general counsel work for the Tribal leadership. This was not why I went to law school. I went to law school to raise, not just myself, but the community as whole up. This was a big disconnect for me because I was not really serving those I was trying to help so much as putting band-aids on arterial bleeding.
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