Estate Planning and Administration

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One of our primary goals is to help you preserve the assets that you have worked so hard to build. We regularly save our clients hundreds of thousands of dollars by helping them to minimize estate, gift and income taxes. In addition, we assist our clients by structuring their estates to provide for the efficient management of their affairs both during their lifetimes and after their deaths, and by clarifying their objectives regarding the disposition of their accumulated wealth.

Estate planning and administration are complex areas of the law that require significant expertise. For over 30 years a large part of our practice has been focused in these areas.

Based on your needs, we will create an individualized estate plan utilizing Wills, Powers of Attorney, Health Care Proxies, various types of trust arrangements, asset protection devices, and other entities. We can also help you to accumulate more assets and minimize taxes through proper planning with your IRA accounts or other retirement benefits. Many individuals have accumulated substantial assets in retirement accounts and proper planning is critical to ensure that you get the maximum benefits afforded by complex laws relating to these accounts.

We provide complete estate administration services to guide and assist you through all aspects of probate and the estate settlement process.

Our estate administration practice is geared toward making the settlement process as easy as possible for you and saving the maximum amount of estate and income taxes. Our firm handles all aspects of the estate settlement process, including the preparation of required state and federal estate tax returns, which results in considerable savings to our clients. We can also assist you with trust administration and the preparation of fiduciary income tax and gift tax returns.

In addition, will contests and other issues seem to be arising more frequently in connection with the settlement of estates. If you are confronted with these issues, we can provide you with experienced advice and representation in connection with litigation and the ultimate resolution of such disputes.

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Click HERE to obtain a FREE information kit and a copy of our Estate Organizer. This will help you to more efficiently manage your financial affairs and to ease the estate administration burden for your heirs.

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Elder Law

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This is a growing area of law.

We can help you and your family to:

• Protect your assets for your benefit during your lifetime. Plan and pay for nursing home and long-term care costs and qualify for Medicaid
• Preserve thousands of dollars in assets to pass along to your family instead of to the government
• Maintain control over your financial and health care decisions and ease the burden on family members in the event of an incapacity

Medicaid and other laws that impact seniors are complicated areas of the law that are constantly changing. Thus, it is important for you to find experienced attorneys who are aware of the intricacies of the law and the many traps for the unwary. We have extensive experience in assisting clients to qualify for Medicaid to cover nursing home and long-term care costs. This includes employing various strategies to help protect the husband or wife living in the community, whose spouse requires institutional care. We can also assist you with the important process of completing and filing Medicaid applications, as well as handling appeals of unfavorable determinations.

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Click HERE to obtain a FREE copy our Nursing Home Survival Guide. This Guide provides a straightforward explanation of the basic provisions concerning qualifying for Medicaid and gives examples of strategies to preserve assets if an extended nursing home stay is required.

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Real Estate Services

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Whether you are considering buying, selling or leasing real estate, our experience can help to protect your interests and save you money. We will provide you with valuable advice from the earliest stages of negotiations through each stage of the transaction, including addressing income tax issues and providing representation in connection with controversies that may arise.

We have significant experience in reviewing and drafting:

• Offers
• Commercial and Residential Purchase and Sale Agreements
• Mortgages and Promissory Notes
• Commercial and Residential Leases
• Use and Occupancy Agreements
• Like-Kind Exchange Agreements

In most real estate transactions there is a substantial amount of money involved. Our focus is on providing exceptional service and advice that helps to ensure that your interests are protected and that you obtain the best financial result.

We have developed a Home Buyer's Guide that will assist you with:

• The things you should consider before deciding where to buy
• How to negotiate the purchase price and to obtain an advantage over other buyers
• The things you should know before hiring a real estate agent
• How to save money on your mortgage
• The importance of a home inspection
• Legal tips to save you money

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Click HERE to obtain a FREE copy of our Home Buyer's Guide!

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Family Law and Divorce

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Our attorneys have the experience and expertise to successfully handle complex divorce and other family law matters, such as those that arise when the marital assets include closely-held business interests. We represent clients in a variety of family law matters, including prenuptial agreements; divorce and the division of marital assets; awards of alimony and child support; child custody and visitation; and adoptions and guardianships.

We will assist you in identifying and prioritizing your objectives.

We will then provide aggressive representation to help you achieve those objectives, whether your case is one that can be resolved through mediation or requires litigation.

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Civil Litigation

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If you are confronted with a business or personal issue that leads to (or may lead to) litigation, our attorneys are prepared to assist you.

We have experience handling a wide variety of litigation matters, including domestic relations matters, discrimination and wrongful termination claims, cases involving intentional interference with contracts and business opportunities, breaches of stock purchase agreements, contract and warranty disputes arising under the Uniform Commercial Code, premises liability and personal injury matters, insurance coverage disputes and alleged violations of laws governing competition and trade practices in the marketplace.

Our attorneys regularly appear in the Commonwealth's state and federal courts, and also have experience appearing before administrative tribunals.

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Business Representation

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We can help you to achieve your business goals through proper planning. From the start-up of a new business through the many issues that arise in the operation of your business, we will provide you with the necessary legal support to protect your interests. Proper planning is important to limit your liability, save taxes and to avoid potentially costly legal problems. Let us put our experience to work to assist you with your business.

We offer extensive experience in the areas of business organization and taxation. Additionally, we provide knowledgeable counsel in the areas of corporate reorganizations, sales, mergers and the resolution of business disputes.

We can assist you with:

• Organization of Partnerships, Corporations, Limited Liability Companies and other entities
• Reorganizations, Mergers and Dissolutions
• Purchase and Sale of business entities
• Employment Agreements
• Buy-Sell Agreements between business owners
• All types of business contracts
• Representation in connection with business litigation

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Click here to obtain a FREE copy of our Corporate Handbook. This Handbook provides general advice on operating a closely-held corporation.

Click here to obtain a FREE copy of our LLC Handbook.

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