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Our considerable legal expertise includes family and asset protection, estate planning, wealth preservation, business succession, real estate investment and construction, but more importantly, planning strategies for all those areas. We look forward to working with you to address your legal needs and to design a plan to achieve your goals today and for years to come.
More On Negotiating Your Business Lease
Wed, 22 Feb, 2012
In a previous post, we discussed some items to consider when reviewing or negotiating your business lease. Here are some other areas you may want to highlight: Building Signage: Do you want to have a large sign on the building … Continue reading
Estates Attorney in San Francisco Peninsula Offers Tips for Paying Your Grandchild’s College Tuition
Sun, 19 Feb, 2012
The increasing cost of college tuition has sent many people turning to their San Francisco Peninsula estate planning attorneys to discover the most strategic, tax-friendly ways to meet their children or grandchildren’s future education needs. It’s well known that Ivy … Continue reading
Menlo Park Real Estate Attorney Says Beware of Gifts To Children
Tue, 07 Feb, 2012
Many parents are eager to help their children buy their first house. In Silicon Valley it can be very difficult for a child to come up with the down payment for the house. The parents are usually more than eager … Continue reading
A Bay Area Trust Attorney’s Take on the Qualified Personal Residence Trust
Sun, 05 Feb, 2012
When visiting an estate planning attorney, Bay Area residents want to know what they can do to best protect their assets after their deaths. One tool we can use is a Qualified Personal Residence Trust. By using a QPRT, an … Continue reading