Everyone needs an estate plan unless you are happy leaving someone you may not know to settle your estate.

Wills and Trusts are as individual as the people who need them. From simple Wills to Trusts and complex estate planning for generations to come, we have the expertise to provide you with a customized plan employing estate planning tools that best fit your individual and family needs.

Whether you are single, married, have children, have a partner or significant other for whom you would like to provide, a well-drafted estate plan ensures that your assets go where you want them to whether that be to friends, family, your spouse, or charity. Based on your needs, we will discuss whether any estate planning documents are required at all. If you're single and have people you’d like to leave your estate to a well-drafted Will or Trust is critical.

Changes to your status, such as divorce, a new relationship, or death in the family should be reflected in your estate planning documents. We also assist clients in preparing documents that direct healthcare decisions and financial affairs should you or a family member become incapacitated or need immediate help making these important decisions. We work closely with our clients to identify their unique estate planning goals and maximize giving under estate tax requirements.

After your estate plan is in place, we assist clients with the administration and management of their estate plan and often update the plan as family and business needs change.

Documents to Download

Estate Planning Survey

Estate Planning Survey – Individuals

Prenuptial Agreement – Asset Summary

The death of a loved one is not just sad, it can be disorienting and confusing, and everything takes longer and is more complicated than it seems. And if your loved one’s estate is complex, these sentiments intensify and will take their toll.

When you are dealing with a death, we can assist you in serving as the estate executor (called personal representative in wills) or as trustee in handling the affairs of the estate. Our assistance will typically include advice on your legal duties, inventorying estate assets, advice on and coordination of tax obligations, and distributing assets in accordance with governing documents. We can also assist you as a beneficiary with questions and ongoing representation about how an estate is being handled. We can help you resolve issues related to estate and trust disputes, such as litigating will contests. We can also help resolve issues concerning will and trust implementation and administration through agreement, mediation, or court proceedings.

Estates may be probated whether or not the person died with a will. We work closely with the personal representative or administrator of an estate to move it smoothly and efficiently to completion, and make it as easy on you as possible from start to finish.

Our loved ones are supposed to be there day-by-day, to grow up, raise their children, or grow old along with us. But when something goes wrong and when someone you love dies, it can feel as though your whole world has crashed around you.

We all know accidents happen, sometimes with injuries we never imagined in a worst-case scenario. Car crashes, diving accidents, falls, dangerous dog attacks, construction accidents – catastrophic injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and deaths do occur. When a death is due to someone else’s negligence, we call it a “wrongful death.” If your loved one dies from such a catastrophic injury, what do you do? How do you know if it is wrongful death? How do you even know what you can do?

Our experienced trial lawyers can guide you through the law and its recent legislative changes. We have successfully represented clients and their families harmed by wrongful death and the harmful and negligent acts of others. We’ll work through your case so you understand the steps that must be taken and see it through to conclusion.

If you run a business, you should know a good business lawyer - not because you plan to get in trouble, but to help you make sure you don’t.

We provide cost-effective plans in advice to help you run a business, choose and form an entity, consult about proper practices and hiring the right specialist to help.

We’ll work with you to get the details right in the first place so you won’t have to worry about what happens later. And if something does happen because business, like life, doesn’t always go according to plan, we’ll guide you through so you can concentrate on your business while we concentrate on representing you.