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Virus Prompted People to Consider the Unthinkable

May 06, 2020
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Margaret M. Hand
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The San Francisco Daily Journal profiled the HBH, featuring Principals Margaret Hand and Ryan Szczepanik discussing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the firm’s clients and work. The article titled, “Virus Prompted People to Consider the Unthinkable,” provides insights into what the two lawyers are seeing both in the planning and administration of trusts and estates and in related litigation, as well as how they’ve guided clients with answering difficult questions during this period.

“We’re asking clients about something that’s really hard to imagine, and what I find is people are best able to do that in moments of their lives when everything is calm,” Hand states. “But it’s very difficult to do in the midst of turmoil. When we make big decisions, we check our gut, and right now it’s saying, ‘Danger! The world is coming to an end!’ They’re feeling that way right now.”

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