PRACTICES

Our estate planning and trust attorneys represent families in implementing highly customized and practical estate plans. We have experience handling planning for any size estate, from basic estate planning, including wills, revocable trusts, durable powers of attorney, and health care directives, to more advanced estate planning, including qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs), intentionally defective irrevocable grantor trusts (IDIGTs), irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs), family gifting programs and family limited liability companies (FLLCs), and charitable giving programs. We assist families in the use and administration of charitable trusts, including charitable remainder trusts (CRTs), charitable lead trusts (CLTs), and family foundations/private foundations to maximize wealth and accomplish philanthropic objectives. We are mindful of the risks presented to business professionals and executives, physicians and dentist, contractors and developers, and owners of farms and ranches and we provide asset protection solutions (including family holding company structures, foreign asset protection trusts, and domestic asset protection trusts) to assist them with preserving assets from lawsuits, creditor claims, taxes, and even Medicaid. Our estate and trust attorneys are also highly competent tax attorneys, able to help families navigate the complex and changing area of estate tax, gift tax, and generation-skipping transfer tax. Finally, we don’t believe preparation of the legal documents for a solution is enough—rather, we want to be a planning partner for our clients. Accordingly, we assist clients with all aspects of implementing the planning solutions we provide. For example, we fund our clients’ trusts, assist in the administration and operation of private foundations, and help families maintain their gifting programs. Our estate planning and trust attorneys are in the business of providing practical solutions that work to provide peace of mind and lasting legacies.

To help you find peace of mind and create your lasting legacy, call our office and schedule your complimentary estate planning consultation.

For more information on estate planning, including estate tax planning, revocable trusts, asset protection, and estate administration and probate, please visit www.hunterestategroup.com, a website maintained by our firm’s lead estate planning and tax partner, Jason C. Hunter, to provide valuable, free information.