Whether you’re just starting a family, or your children have grown and have families of their own, everyone can benefit from some form of estate planning.  I offer a full range of estate planning services, including:

• Will  The staring point for any estate plan, a will enables you to see that your money and property go where you want them to after your death, and allows you to designate a guardian for your children.
• Living Trust  A living trust is an estate planning strategy in which, during your lifetime, your property is owned by a separate legal entity, called a "trust".  Depending on your estate planning objectives, you can retain total control over the trust assets, limited control, or no control at all.  While a living trust is not for everyone, it can be a useful technique to reduce your estate tax and/or more smoothly transfer control of your assets upon your death or disability.
• Advanced Tax Planning Strategies  If you have, or expect to have, a net worth in the millions of dollars, you and your loved ones may benefit from various tax planning strategies that could reduce or eliminate your estate tax liability.  Possibilities include: familiy limited partnerships or limited liability companies; life insurance trusts; charitable lead or charitable remainder trusts; grantor retained interest or grantor retained annuity trusts; and many more.
• Special Needs Trust  If you have a child or other loved one with a disability, a special needs trust can enable you to more effectively use your limited resources to improve their quality of life.
• Health Care Power of Attorney  A health care power of attorney allows you to appoint someone else to make medical decisions for you if you are unable to do so.  It also allows you to make your wishes known whether and under what circumstances you would want life-sustaining treatment to be stopped, and to designate a person to make sure your wishes are carried out.