How to Hire An Estate Planning Attorney?

Wills & Trusts Attorney

Hiring an experienced wills and trusts attorney is important. Attorneys specialize in many different areas of law. Real estate attorneys navigate the real estate industry while civil litigation attorneys are experienced in civil litigation and trial work. A wills and trust attorney concentrates in assisting seniors, couples, and professionals plan their estates in ways that are practical. When I first started practicing wills & trusts, I drafted complex and complicated documents that clients could not understand. Quite frankly, the industry standard in wills & trusts is to develop complex and complicated documents that clients do not understand. In reality, this is a major problem because it ignores the reality that Client's beneficiaries will not understand these documents and often times go without legal counsel or go to legal counsel that do not specialize in estates & trusts.

Thus, an experienced wills and trusts attorney understands that KISS (keeping it simple stupid) makes sense for estate planning. Second, experienced estate planning attorneys understand how tax law affect your goals. Many estate planning and non-estate planning attorneys lack a tax background and therefore, do not understand when a simple gift to your children can have tremendous tax consequences. In estate and gift taxation, a mistake costs a 50 percent tax burden, which is excessive.

Fourth, experienced estate planning attorneys understand the unique issues facing seniors such as how most seniors do not want to loose control over their money. For example, many estate planning attorneys will recommend legal solutions that are complex and make sense from a legal standpoint, but do not understand many other factors contribute to a person or family make decisions. Experienced estate planning attorneys at least are aware of the inherit conflicts that surround estate planning, which cause families to be destroyed and legal fees and costs to be excessive. Therefore, experienced estate planning attorneys are better equipped to provide you good results and assist you to minimize family conflicts or feuds.

Sean L. Robertson, Attorney at Law
Robertson Law Group, P.C.
9923 South Ridgeland Avenue, Suite 99
Chicago Ridge, Illinois 60415
w) 312 377 2480 f) 312 377 2480
e) RobertsonLawGroup@gmail.com

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