Principal Ryan Szczepanik discusses the value of dedicated trusts and estates firms in a new article on The Recorder. “While the large and midsized full-service firms are wooing lawyers to rebuild their trust and estates practices,” the author contends that lawyers committed to the practice should not overlook the benefits of a boutique. “As someone who practiced for many years at large firms before moving to my current boutique, I am accustomed to offering the highest caliber of legal services. I enjoy maintaining those standards while practicing in a more “user-friendly” environment. Boutique firms emphasize specialization.”
Principal Ryan Szczepanik discusses the value of dedicated trusts and estates firms in a new article[..]
If one becomes incapacitated and does not have the right legal documents in place, no one can legally make health care and financial decisions for that person. What can you do to avoid this scenario?
Spendthrift Trusts, Limited Protection for Deadbeat Beneficiaries. - California law has long recognized a settlor’s right to restrict a beneficiary’s use of trust assets. Restraints on alienation, spendthrift clauses, shutdown clauses and wholly discretionary trusts are a few of the tools settlors may use when creating a trust for the benefit of someone likely to have creditor problems.