Trusts and Estates

Trust and estate planning can be complicated, but strategic planning is vitally important in helping you minimize tax liability and maintain control of your assets. USLAW NETWORK Trusts and Estates attorneys regularly help clients navigate federal and state tax regulations, establish estate and gift tax planning, create trusts and wealth transfer matters and much more so their clients can make the best decisions for their unique situations. USLAW attorneys offer counsel in the full range of trust and estate services.

WHY CHOOSE USLAW TRUSTS AND ESTATES LAW FIRMS?

Comprised of representatives from across the NETWORK, the USLAW NETWORK Trust and Estates Practice Group focuses on helping clients preserve their wealth. Attorneys provide tailored estate planning and wealth transfer strategies customized to each client to meet their specific goals. The USLAW Trusts and Estates Practice Group offers deep experience and best-in-class client service to deliver tax-efficient strategies for transferring wealth and reducing estate, gift and income taxes. Our team of attorneys provides clients with access to a multi-state legal network of national breadth and scope while permitting them to retain their traditional relationships with local counsel with whom they have developed a longstanding, trusted relationship. Attorneys within this practice group represent and advise clients ranging from high-net-worth individuals and families to business owners, family-led businesses, family limited partnerships, farm operators, beneficiaries and executors, and more.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Members in the USLAW Trust and Estates practice group have experience handling a wide range of transactions across industries, including but not limited to:

  • Business succession planning
  • Charitable giving
  • Conservation easement
  • Dynasty trusts
  • Estate planning
  • Family limited partnerships
  • Gifting – tax and non-tax implications
  • Grantor trust
  • Living wills and trusts
  • Long-term care planning
  • Payable-on-death or transfer-on-death assets
  • Powers of attorney
  • Retirement planning
  • Trust creation – revocable, irrevocable, testamentary
  • Trust disputes
  • Wealth preservation
  • Wealth transfers
  • Will drafting

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