ESTATE PLANNING

Estate planning is important, no matter what the size of your estate. Our attorneys offer practical solutions to the complex challenges of wealth preservation and attempt to eliminate or minimize risk. Estate planning allows you to ensure that your property will go to the people you want, in the way you want, and when you want. Proper planning will save money on taxes, court costs and attorneys' fees, and affords the comfort that your loved ones will not be burdened with unnecessary red tape and financial confusion.

We handle a variety of estate planning matters and advise our clients in order to gain the maximum benefit under the law, while carrying out their wishes.

We advise clients in the following areas:

• Wills and trusts
• Conflicts between fiduciaries and beneficiaries
• Estate administration
• Spousal tax planning
• Generation skipping wills and trusts
• Irrevocable life insurance, gift, and retained interest trusts
• Family limited partnerships
• Property transfers
• Charitable gifts