Browse through the "Law Library" for general information on a variety of legal topics handled by the Firm. While not intended to be an exhaustive analysis, these readings respond to initial inquiries by prospective clients and to the merely curious as well. Obviously, advice of counsel should be sought before considering or implementing these estate planning or business strategies.

Legal Dictionary - A legal dictionary of terms and phrases that you may encounter in your reading.

• Basic Outline of Federal Transfer Tax System
• Benefits of the Revocable "Living" Trust
• Blended Family Estate Planning
• Capital Gains Tax Exclusion for Married Couples
• Creditor Protection for the Marital Residence in Living Trusts
• Ethical Will
• Increase Estate Tax Table (2008)
• IRAs: Are they Protected from Claims of Creditors?
• Living Trusts Revisited
• Tax on Generation-Skipping Transfers
• Top Ten Reasons to Plan Your Estate
• Trusts and the Marital Residence
• Virginia Estate Tax Suspended

• Charitable Trusts
• Charitable Lead Annuity Trusts (CLAT)
• Charitable Lead Unitrust (CLUT)
• Charitable_Remainder_Annuity_Trusts (CRAT)
• Charitable Remainder Unitrust (CRUT)
• Designated Beneficiary Trusts for IRAs - (Coming Soon!)
• Dynasty Trusts - (Coming Soon!)
• Estate Tax Exemption Trusts
• Grantor Retained Annuity Trust
• Grantor Retained Unitrust
• Life Insurance Trusts
• QTIP Marital Trust
• Qualified Personal Residence Trusts (QPRT)
• Revocable Living Trusts
• Special Needs Trusts
• Testamentary Trusts

     Wills

• Last Will and Testament
• Do I Need A Will?
• Pour-Over Will

     Powers of Attorney

• Advance Medical Directive
• Powers of Attorney

    Family Limited Partnership

• Family Limited Partnerships

• Augmented Estate
• Duties of Executor / Trustee

• Abuse of Powers of Attorney
• Survey of Elder Law
• Guardianship and Conservatorship
• Medicaid Planning Myths
• Changes in Medicaid Planning (DRA)
• Prenuptial Agreements
• Special Needs Trusts

• Business Entity Selection - Tax Consideration
• Business Succession - Estate Planning Family Business Owner
• Business Succession - Choice of Entity
• Business Succession_- The Advisors
• Business Succession_- Overview
• Business Valuation
• Buy - Sell Agreements - (Coming Soon!)

• Tax Man Cometh
• IRS Audit Procedures

• Consequences of Private Foundation Status
• Finding Legacies for Charity: First, Win Hearts of the Donor
• Public Charity or Private Foundation?

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