Estate planning means making important decisions now, while they are yours to make, so the people you love are not left to make difficult choices—or guess at your wishes—during a crisis.
How I Can Help With Your Estate and Planning Needs
- Wills and pour-over wills
- Living and revocable trusts
- Irrevocable and charitable trusts
- Durable powers of attorney
- Health-care directives
- Estate administration
- Guardianships and conservatorships
- Probate litigation and defense
- Life insurance trusts
- Marital bypass trusts
- Trust modification
- Advance directives
Planning Through a Litigator’s Lens
I do more than draft estate planning documents—I litigate them when disputes arise. I have tried contested wills, disputed trusts, breach of fiduciary duty claims, and undue influence allegations. That experience affects how I draft: anticipating potential disputes, eliminating unnecessary ambiguity, and building a plan designed to withstand scrutiny. When needed, I also work with financial planners and CPAs so the legal, financial, and tax pieces of the plan work together.
Estate Planning Laws by State
Wills, trusts, and probate follow state law, and the rules differ in important ways. Read my plain-English guides to estate planning and probate in Idaho, Nevada, and California.