Estate Planning Client Strategies: Leading Lawyers on Creating Flexible Estate Plans, Developing Trusts, and Meeting Client Expectations

Estate Planning Client Strategies provides an authoritative, insiders perspective on key tips for developing estate plans to best meet client needs. Featuring experienced partners from law firms across the nation, these experts guide the reader through some of the common challenges facing trusts and estates lawyers in todays legal climate. These top lawyers offer advice on creating business succession plans, utilizing trusts to protect client assets, and navigating the uncertainty surrounding the federal estate tax. From shifting family dynamics to recent developments in the law, these experts reveal proven strategies for drafting estate plans that are flexible enough to provide for the possibility of unanticipated changes in the future. Additionally, these leaders discuss issues that commonly arise in probate and comment on how probate can be a useful device to resolve various legal issues. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts on the keys to success within this ever-evolving area of law.