There are gifts, and THEN there are gifts. The biggest gift you’ll ever give, however, is the one you won’t see opened: your estate. And though you can’t put it under a tree, with proper planning, and a good estate planning attorney, you can ensure that it is wrapped up neatly and gets to your loved ones.
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The Art of Legal Writing
There are different kinds of creative writing, but all legal writing entails the imagination to consider and address a universe of possible circumstances that might exist at times in the future, as that contract or will is implemented, and to imagine the range of things that could go wrong. A good lawyer needs to be part essayist, part programmer, and part fortune-teller.
Family Gatherings are the Perfect Time to Talk Turkey About Estate Planning
At your Thanksgiving table, there may be lively conversation about important issues like football, politics, and cornbread recipes. But it’s also a good time to take stock of the deeper issues in the background of your lives, like estate planning.
Using DocuBank to Store Important Legal Documents
Using DocuBank to securely store your important legal documents. DocuBank is yours use as you wish. It was created for the particular purpose of storing healthcare proxies for use in medical emergencies.
12 Things to Know About a Real Estate Closing (Part 2)
There is a lot of work that goes into real estate closing long before money exchanges hands. From the purchaser’s offer to the negotiation of the contract, to the due-diligence examinations on the condo or coop (or home inspection of a house), to the review of title, to the loan application, and many other things must take place fist. Part 2
12 Things to Know About a Real Estate Closing (Part 1)
There is a lot of work that goes into real estate closing long before money exchanges hands. From the purchaser’s offer to the negotiation of the contract, to the due-diligence examinations on the condo or coop (or home inspection of a house), to the review of title, to the loan application, and many other things must take place fist.
Mutual Respect is Key to the Attorney-Client Relationship
From simple transactions to complicated, consequential and expensive matters like legal work, a strong bond between the client and the service provider can only be achieve when both parties understand the other’s desired expectations and exhibit a mutual respect for one another.
Take Death Preparation Seriously, Before It’s Too Late
Planning for our passing or a loved one passing is the best thing that one can do for their loved ones. You can save them from further grief and trouble by putting things in order now. Let them focus on you when the time comes, not on banks and bills and bickering.
Trusts Are Great Except When They're Not
Trusts can be used in multiple ways and in multiple settings to accomplish very specific as well as broadly intended goals, but they can only achieve their purpose if they contain these essential core functions: Actional legal provisions, an amendment strategy, and a designated trustee.
Navigating New York Real Estate Transactions: Problem-Solving Done Properly
Every problem has a unique anatomy that we must try to first understand and then analyze. A problem doesn't have to turn into a fight, even in a New York real estate transaction. When we sit down calmly to review the problems and their possible solutions, we can develop sensible and workable solutions. That is the business I am in.