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Practice Areas
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Wills and Trusts
Wills and trusts are agreements that direct others on how handle your assets after your death. Every person should have a will in place. This ensures that your wishes concerning the distribution of your wealth and assets will done in accordance with your decision. If you do not have a will, a court will decide. A will is a public document and process. A trust provides another type of control. A trust allows property to be distributed quickly and privately because property placed in a trust does not go through the court procedure known as probate. Trusts are important to have in place for complex assets or ownership in businesses.
Homeowners’ Associations
Homeowners’ Associations are no different than any other business. It is important that the residents, associations, and property owners has well defined legal agreement in place to avoid conflicts. A typical association may represent millions of dollars of property and funds. The tasks of maintaining a community are complex and many decisions require years of advance planning. With proper legal agreements in place you can avoid the anger and enmity that occurs when neighbors have disputes. HOA agreements should be reviewed annually to consider possible updates based on zone law and other changes in regulations. Call us to today to review your current HOA agreement. We can advise you on possible changes and help you get the new agreements in place.
Corporate, Transactional & Real Estate Law
We have vast experience with assisting clients in these areas. Services we provide in this area include, formation of entities (incorporations & limited liability companies), review of contracts (shareholder agreements & commercial leases), purchase and sale of businesses (asset purchase agreements & stock purchase agreements) and advising homeowners & condo associations.
Wrongful Death
Despite the circumstances of a wrongful death it is important to address the situation and seek the wrongful death compensation that you and your family deserve. Wrongful death is a civil claim brought against a person or organization who may be held liable for a death, whether accidental or intentional. Wrongful deaths are often caused by negligence. Negligence can mean two things: acting in a way that a reasonable person would not under similar circumstances or failing to act in a certain way. When someone dies due to the fault of another person or entity, the surviving family may be entitled to bring a wrongful death lawsuit. If you are seeking compassionate expertise and knowledgeable legal advice for a wrongful death case, reach out to us.
Estate Administration & Probate
Assisting families when someone passes away is the largest area of our law practice. We offer assistance to clients in the administration of estates and probate whether simple or complex and provide as much or as little legal assistance as the personal representative and/or trustee desires. Services we provide in this area include filing Petitions to Probate Wills and Petitions for Letters of Administration (where the person who passed away had no Will), collection of life insurance proceeds and retirement plan benefits, Deeds of Assent (to transfer real estate out of the probate estate) or Affidavits (for real estate title purposes where property is owned as joint tenants with rights of survivorship), and Petitions for Discharge to close a probate estate.
Estate Planning
We have vast experience with assisting clients and work closely with each of our clients to accomplish their individual goals. Services we provide in this area include, preparation of Wills (including those Wills with trust arrangements for minor children), Financial Powers of Attorney, Advance Directives for Health Care and Revocable Trusts. We also look closely at titles to personal residences and life insurance & retirement plan beneficiaries to make sure these meet the client’s overall estate plan.