Our clients achieve comprehensive estate planning goals when they use our Trusts and Estates Practice Group. From basic to complex situations, we address our clients' estate planning objectives and suggest tax-saving strategies. If one ignores estate-planning issues, the result will be that the estate will be burden by the “death tax” or worse the estate will be distributed by the probate court in the manner the law imposes. In 99 percent of situations, this will not be in accordance with a client's desires. For those who want to direct the passing of assets at death, name an executor, and keep taxes and expenses to a minimum, it is crucial to plan one's estate with an experienced attorney.
