Most people view estate planning in the same way they view a root canal: put it off until the pain is too great to ignore any longer. As practitioners we know that’s not true, but we have to make going through the process more palatable to our clients.

Estate planning is much more than just allocation and distribution of cash, real estate and other assets; it is a proactive legal process by which people can ensure that what they want to have happen is respected after they are gone while protecting their loved ones