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This article was published in the Southland Voice earlier this Month                 “I need to do a will” is one of the most common call ins I get into my office. It’s a sentiment I rarely disagree with. I’ve written before that I believe everyone should have a will for a variety of reasons. OftenContinue reading “What Exactly is an Estate: An Overview of Basic Estate Planning”

            Unbeknownst to the general public, there’s been a long ongoing rivalry between the transactional attorney bar (your corporate, real estate, estate planning attorneys) and your litigation attorney bar. (criminal, divorce, civil, and personal injury attorneys). While this rivalry tends to be friendly at best and passive aggressive at worst, both sides of the barContinue reading “The Value of the Transactional Attorney”

*The following article was written for the Southland Voice: To know more visit https://www.facebook.com/southland.voice/ It can be over a law suit about money, divorce, a probate proceeding, or any number of things, but many of people have received the dreaded summons from court. Either the sheriff or a private investigator showed up to your home, placeContinue reading “So You’ve Received a Summons…”

*The following article was written for the Southland Voice: To know more visit https://www.facebook.com/southland.voice/ For most people a real estate transaction is one of the biggest purchases or sales they’ll ever make in their life. It seems simple enough at the outset, so it’s little surprise that many people try to handle it without anContinue reading “3 REASONS WHY IT’S A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY”

One’s spouse is often the biggest factor in setting up one’s estate plan. Generally, most of these decisions are seen as “team” decisions by the family and, by and large, that can be a good thing. It’s not at all uncommon for someone to name their spouse as their primary beneficiary, the executor of theirContinue reading “Divorce Consequences in Estate Planning”