The lawyers in Wills, Estates and Trusts Practice understand the personal and sensitive nature of the issues our clients face.
With the goal to help our clients arrange their personal and business affairs in the most efficient and advantageous manner possible, we make time to listen and to fully understand their specific requirements.
We then develop a customized estate plan by working closely with our clients and their other professional advisors. Through vehicles like tax-planned trusts and wills, we accomplish their personal objectives while minimizing adverse tax consequences. Our clients appreciate our ability to communicate these intricate issues in everyday terms.
Experienced in the complex issues relating to business succession planning and ongoing wealth transfer, we advise our clients to be better prepared to deal with aging, illness, incapacity, and death. Upon incapacity or death, we represent and advise estate trustees, beneficiaries, heirs, surviving spouses and other family members.
When disputes arise in the administration of an estate, we provide experienced counsel to assist in their resolution, whether by litigation or other dispute resolution mechanisms.
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