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Estate Planning – How to divide up the “stuff” without going all ‘Corleone’

Mar 9, 2020 | Blog

In working with clients, we (attorneys) are generally focused on the financial assets. These assets are usually easy to value and easy to quantify when a client says they want to be “fair,” in dividing those assets among the beneficiaries. What about the “tangible...

Is Law School Worth it?

Nov 18, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized

Attorney Amanda Shuman thinks so! She was quoted in this US News & World Report article discussing whether law school is worth the...

There Is No GANTT Chart For Grieving

Oct 12, 2019 | Blog

“Push through,” “be strong,” “put it behind you,” “move on.” These are some of the phrases we’ve heard (and perhaps said) when someone is sick, injured, down/depressed and even grieving. We go to work when we are sick, we minimize injuries and “power through.” We’re...

A New Vocabulary for “Estate” Planning

Sep 4, 2019 | Blog

Those of my clients and peers who’ve heard me expound on this, bear with me…words matter! They can incentivize or disincentivize our behaviors. Case in point “everyone needs an estate plan.” Well, chances are I’ve just turned at least 45% of you off and...

A Personal & Family Contingency Plan (a/k/a Estate Plan) > A Will

Apr 26, 2019 | Blog, Estate Planning

Famed film director, John Singleton, allegedly had a stroke a week ago and is in a CA hospital unable to carry on his film business. Mr. Singleton “had not signed any health care directive or power of attorney that would let someone make medical or financial decisions...

ESTATE PLANNING: “This Isn’t What My Stepfather Would Have Wanted”

Mar 20, 2019 | Blog

With the growth of blended families, having an estate plan in place becomes even more important. On February 7, 2019, The Boston Globe published an article entitled “A patriarch leaves no will and the home he meant for his Cambridge family may be lost,” which...