This is the fifth in a series of blogs on How to Practice in Estate Planning. I’ll sprinkle this series in among my typical timely blogs. This series is designed for attorneys who are currently practicing in another field and wish to transition to Estate Planning and Elder Law. However, many of the suggestions in […]

Happy Monday and welcome back from what I hope was an enjoyable and rejuvenating first weekend in August. This month always reminds me that the year is, once again, going by all too quickly. Soon, all the kids will return to school and before you know it, you’re lined up outside a Best Buy for […]

It’s not uncommon for businesses today—large and small, public and private—to utilize a diverse workforce of full-time employees, part-time employees, and independent contractors. To provide the top notch service our businesses need to be competitive, it is necessary to stay flexible and develop new strategies of meeting client needs. That fast pace can come at […]

As estate planning attorneys know, the basic estate plan includes a health care power of attorney and a health care directive or living will. Often, we give little notice to these documents. Clients do not like thinking of their own mortality or even the potential for a future illness. But, unfortunately, it involves issues we […]

It seems like we just wrapped up one webinar here at the Academy,** and we’re already gearing up for the next in our summer series! I’m so ramped up for this new webinar format we’re trying and I can’t wait to get you all on it with us! On August 6 at 2pm PT / […]

Here is another chapter in the continuing saga of LegalZoom fighting it out with the various state Bar Associations. The latest is from the ABA Journal which reports that LegalZoom just filed a $10.5 million lawsuit against the North Carolina Bar for its refusal to allow the national online legal services company from offering it […]

On June 26, 2015, in a 5-4 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Supreme Court held that there is a fundamental Constitutional right to marry which includes same-sex couples. The Court also held that same-sex marriages performed in one state must be recognized by every other state. Justice Kennedy, writing for the majority, started […]

Estate planning attorneys can find themselves dealing with more than just legal issues when their clients have a death in the family. Here are some books to help you understand and address practical and emotional issues when it’s time to put your estate planning work to the test. On Grief & Grieving: Finding the Meaning […]

 Many think that summer is always a slow time of the year, but that doesn’t necessarily have to be the case every year. If you want more activity in the summer months, you can eliminate your summertime blues with a little bit of forward thinking and planning. I was talking with a Member the other […]

This is the fourth in a series of blogs on How to Practice in Estate Planning. I’ll sprinkle this series in among my typical timely blogs. This series is designed for attorneys who are currently practicing in another field and wish to transition to Estate Planning and Elder Law. However, many of the suggestions in […]