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.
Here are the questions I want any client to ask before they hire Edwards Group LLC to complete their estate plan.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]