Clients come to me all the time with questions regarding pursuing an attorney for malpractice if you have already settled. We often have clients contact us who have settled their underlying matter and then, through some circumstances that have changed, they now are no longer happy with that settlement. That creates a unique problem particularly […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
As an experienced Media Estate Planning Lawyer, clients come to me all the time with questions about being left out of their parents will. If you have a situation in which your parents have executed a Will and at some point in time they have decided that you are no longer a beneficiary under the […]
As an experienced Media Real Estate Lawyer I am often asked about issues that arise during real estate transactions. One thing we see quite frequently with buyers in the context of a real estate transaction is that they often take title in their personal names and then look later to transfer the property into an […]
As an experienced Media Employment Attorney, I get questions all the time from clients about the Americans with Disabilities Act and reasonable accommodation for it. A lot of employers hear the term reasonable accommodation in the context of employees or applicants with a disability or a perceived disability and they wonder what that is. The […]
As an experienced Media Estate Planning Attorney I am often asked about legal liability for a power of attorney agent. Legal liability for an agent when it comes to power of attorney is they will be held liable for intentional misconduct or wrongdoing. Accidental wrongdoing will not result in any liability. This is often included […]
As an experienced Media Estate Planning Attorney I am often asked if it’s possible to reduce federal estate taxes for large estates. For people whose estates are in a range that they would be subject to the federal estate and you mentioned the figure of $5,450,000 of net worth for a married couple in practical […]
As an experienced Media Business Lawyer I am often asked if it’s worth it to hire a business Attorney. At Gibson & Perkins we understand start-up businesses. We were a start-up business ourselves at one point in time. One of the most important things is conserving your cash. For start-up businesses we actually have a […]
Handling Insolvent Estates can Lead to Liability If you represent administrators and executors in settling decedent’s estates, you will at some time encounter an insolvent estate. Insolvent estates are simply those in which the assets are insufficient to pay all proper charges and claims in full. When handled properly, insolvent estates can be just as […]
As a skilled Media Employment Attorney, I get questions all the time from clients regarding the remedies if your estate tax is too high. If you believe that you’ve received your tax bill and you believe that it’s too high, you do have a certain remedy and recourse with the county to appeal that particular […]