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.”
Congratulations to Margaret M. Hand, named to Best Lawyers in America for 2020. Ms. Hand was also recognized as Lawyer of the Year for achieving the highest overall peer feedback.
Married couples often don’t give much thought to the characterization of their property as community or separate. In general, community property is all real or personal property acquired by a married person during the marriage. Separate property is all property owned by the person before the marriage, all property acquired by the person after marriage by gift, bequest or devise, and the rents and profits from the person’s separate property.
Principal Ryan Szczepanik discusses the value of dedicated trusts and estates firms in a new article[..]