If only I had a dime for every attorney who’s told me “My search rankings are awful! I googled myself and didn’t come up on the first page,” I would be writing this blog while sitting on my own private tropical island. While I do understand the desire, I can’t be emphatic enough in telling […]

This week I’m sharing a blog on Medicaid from Dave Zumpano, who focuses in Medicaid planning. I’ll be sharing Medicaid blogs from Dave Zumpano monthly in this space. Now, here’s Dave’s blog: Blog Author: David J. Zumpano, Esq, CPA, Co-founder Lawyers With Purpose, Founder and Senior Partner of Estate Planning Law Center Invariably, in every […]

If you could increase employee engagement, enhance company culture, improve current employee morale, prevent unnecessary spending on recruiting and training, reduce turnover and time-to-productivity, would you? If owning a business was easy, everyone would do it. For those brave and bold business owners, we have heard your cries (sometimes literally) and developed a service we […]

Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, died last week. Here’s the CNN story about her death. To Kill a Mockingbird and it’s tale of the fight for justice inspired millions, including many lawyers. We watched as Gregory Peck brought life to attorney character Atticus Finch in the film adaptation. Nelle Harper Lee […]

A recent trip to a nearby tack shop to pick up some chicken feed got me thinking about the culture of our businesses seen through the eyes of our teams. My wife and I headed over to a nearby tack shop on a Sunday, a little before 1pm. I decided to wait in the car […]

It’s no secret most people don’t like moving and an office move is no different. The packing and unpacking, negotiating leases and searching for the perfect spot is never fun. But, leases expire and firms outgrow their space so sometimes it’s unavoidable. Although I can’t help you with the actual logistics of moving, I can […]

As we just passed President’s Day, I thought it would be apropos to discuss some changes which President Obama would like which are in the proposed budget. Of course, since President Obama is part of the Democratic Party and since the Republican Party holds majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, I […]

When parents tell their adult children, “It’s all taken care of,” regarding their end-of-life arrangements, what do they mean? Assuming they’ve worked with an AAEPA-affiliated estate planning attorney, of course they’ll have a will, a trust, and advance medical directives in place, with health care and financial power of attorney designees and back-up designees. These […]

As another Academy team member discovers they have been hacked and have an unknown router connected to their network, we wonder what safeguards we should be taking to prevent it from happening to us. Sadly, you can’t prevent it, but there are some things you can do to make it more difficult on the hacker. […]

Planning for alternative families is more important than planning for traditional families. While planning improves the outcomes for all families, it is simply crucial for alternative families. This leads one to ask the simple question: Why? Because the law is designed to take care of mainstream, traditional families. So, what is a traditional family? A […]