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How to pick an estate attorney – 4 questions to ask
Here are the questions I want any client to ask before they hire Edwards Group LLC to complete their estate plan.
Category: How to Choose an Attorney
Will your estate attorney outlive you?
Interesting article in State Journal-Register yesterday. Percentage of attorneys in Illinois who are are between 50-74 years old went from 22% in 1993 to 39% in 2008.
http://www.sj-r.com/homepage/x2085729714/Number-of-lawyers-over-age-50-climbs?view=print
Fairly often, I hear new clients tell me they were looking for someone “younger than they are” to be around to handle their estate and help the family after [...]
Transitions in Life
By David Edwards on May 16, 2009 in Dave's personal stuff, How to Choose an Attorney, Wills and Trusts
BAILEY’S “NEW SCHOOL”
At our house, we are in the middle of a transition. 2 1/2 year old Bailey is switching to a new daycare. For the last couple of years, Bailey has gone 2-3 days a week to her “school” (Memorial Childcare) when Michelle is working as a nurse at Memorial Medical Center [...]
What is your job, what is the attorney’s job
Boring is defined as “so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.”
Well, hopefully this post is not really boring, but I wanted to make a point. I have a theory that most of the estate planning information being said or written by attorneys out there is BORING.
And by boring, I don’t [...]
Am I Your Type?
By David Edwards on Apr 23, 2009 in Counseling, not Documents, Getting the Job Done, How to Choose an Attorney, Wills and Trusts
There are 4 types of estate planning:
Do nothing. Let others sort it out later.
Do it yourself. Get a form and fill in the blanks. How hard can it be?
Use a document-driven attorney. Pay lots of money for a fancier form that someone else fills out for you.
Use a counseling-oriented attorney. Build a lifelong relationship [...]