Where can I find a good Estate attorney?
Where can I find a good Estate attorney?
I have setup our living trust with the help of a lawyer.
Now I need advice on how to move my assets in it.
Also, based on a recent bad legal incident, I want to know how to safeguard the trust from being sued by other parties.
Please share any information you may have.
Thanks a lot!
- Sandip
Now I need advice on how to move my assets in it.
Also, based on a recent bad legal incident, I want to know how to safeguard the trust from being sued by other parties.
Please share any information you may have.
Thanks a lot!
- Sandip
Re: Where can I find a good Estate attorney?
Why can't the lawyer who set up the trust tell you what to do? And advise on how to protect your assets from lawsuits?
If you no longer trust the attorney who set up the trust, I would pay a new attorney to review the trust before I moved assets, in case there are issues in how the trust is set up.
I thought it was as simple as retitling assets in the name of the trust ?
Oh duh, the title of your post is how do I find a good estate attorney. I would ask around and see if the same names come up more than once as a start.
lafder
If you no longer trust the attorney who set up the trust, I would pay a new attorney to review the trust before I moved assets, in case there are issues in how the trust is set up.
I thought it was as simple as retitling assets in the name of the trust ?
Oh duh, the title of your post is how do I find a good estate attorney. I would ask around and see if the same names come up more than once as a start.
lafder
Re: Where can I find a good Estate attorney?
You might contact your state bar association for a referral to an asset protection planning attorney. In most states there is no asset protection for assets transferred to a revocable living trust. In many states there is no asset protection for the grantor's assets transferred to an irrevocable trust established by the grantor. Alaska and Nevada trusts may afford some degree of protection, but you'd need to consult an attorney there to get the details.
gatorman
gatorman
Re: Where can I find a good Estate attorney?
Thank you gatorman and Lafder!
Re: Where can I find a good Estate attorney?
With either a will or trust (or a combination), it seems to me that a competent attorney would provide adequate and detailed guidance and instructions on doing this. Didn't this attorney provide this guidance? if not, why not?slahiri wrote:I have setup our living trust with the help of a lawyer.
Now I need advice on how to move my assets in it.
Also, based on a recent bad legal incident, I want to know how to safeguard the trust from being sued by other parties.
Please share any information you may have.
Thanks a lot!
- Sandip
A few years ago, my wife and I redid our wills, etc. and chose complex wills with disclsimer trusts - and, as part of the "package" from the attorney were detailed instructions on changes to beneficiary designations on retirement
look for the money
At funerals of rich people
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Re: Where can I find a good Estate attorney?
Poking around on yelp for a "real estate" attorney, I kept coming across "estate attorney" in listings. So check yelp.com and see if the reviews there help guide your decision.
Re: Where can I find a good Estate attorney?
gatorman wrote:You might contact your state bar association for a referral to an asset protection planning attorney. ....
Neither of these is likely to be a good place to look.small_index wrote:Poking around on yelp for a "real estate" attorney, I kept coming across "estate attorney" in listings. So check yelp.com and see if the reviews there help guide your decision.
However, any firm with a good tax and trusts and estates practice should be able to create an asset protection trust, either domestic or offshore. Anyone with a high enough net worth to be considering creating an asset protection trust should be able to find competent counsel if he/she doesn't already have one.
Re: Where can I find a good Estate attorney?
If you are in NYC, bsteiner is the man.
Re: Where can I find a good Estate attorney?
If you're in the U.S., you might wish to consult the American College and Trust and Estate Counsel web site:
https://www.actec.org/public/AboutACTEC.asp
ACTEC fellows are selected by their peers, and they therefore cannot "buy" or self-nominate their way into membership.
https://www.actec.org/public/AboutACTEC.asp
ACTEC fellows are selected by their peers, and they therefore cannot "buy" or self-nominate their way into membership.
Re: look for the money
We do not actually go to funerals (unless we actually knew the person who passed). Asking for the information for the attorney of the deceased could be considered... bad taste.daveatca wrote:At funerals of rich people
As far as where to find an attorney practicing in that area of law, most bar associations have "sections". The estate planning section would have those who practiced that area of law as a focus of his/her practice. It would be a good place to start.
I'm not a financial professional. Post is info only & not legal advice. No attorney-client relationship exists with reader. Scrutinize my ideas as if you spoke with a guy at a bar. I may be wrong.
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Re: Where can I find a good Estate attorney?
Could you elaborate on why many positive yelp reviews would be a poor place to pick an estate attorney?bsteiner wrote:Neither of these is likely to be a good place to look.small_index wrote:Poking around on yelp for a "real estate" attorney, I kept coming across "estate attorney" in listings. So check yelp.com and see if the reviews there help guide your decision.
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I searched in Yelp for "estate attorney" in "New York, NY" (without the quote marks). I looked at the first 50 or so names. There were only a few that I recognized, and all but one were postings by the lawyer without any reviews. I only recognized one who had reviews, and while the reviews were favorable, the lawyer wasn't one whom I would recommend.small_index wrote:Could you elaborate on why many positive yelp reviews would be a poor place to pick an estate attorney?bsteiner wrote:Neither of these is likely to be a good place to look.small_index wrote:Poking around on yelp for a "real estate" attorney, I kept coming across "estate attorney" in listings. So check yelp.com and see if the reviews there help guide your decision.
You're better off asking people whose judgment you trust, getting a few names, and then checking their bios and their firms' websites, and their ratings on martindale.com (A, B or C, based on peer review, and without any grade inflation).
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/y ... ior-814981small_index wrote:Could you elaborate on why many positive yelp reviews would be a poor place to pick an estate attorney?bsteiner wrote:Neither of these is likely to be a good place to look.small_index wrote:Poking around on yelp for a "real estate" attorney, I kept coming across "estate attorney" in listings. So check yelp.com and see if the reviews there help guide your decision.