Estate Planning
We have created living, irrevocable and testamentary trusts for multiple individuals with various needs and goals. These goals often include tax avoidance/deferral, wealth preservation and accumulation, asset protection, legacy planning and various special needs. In some cases, we have administered trusts for over 20 years, providing legal guidance, financial planning, insurance protection and personalized beneficiary distributions. We have effectively accomplished these various goals for individuals of moderate means as well as very high wealth individuals. In these uncertain times, this type of effective estate planning can give you substantial peace of mind and assurance that your wishes will be carried out now and well into the future.
Business Transactions
We have represented multiple small and medium sized companies, creating the necessary business entities, establishing appropriate business frameworks for the effective operation of the business, provided for equity investors and loans, dealt with employment and human relations issues, and otherwise provided comprehensive advice to the owners and operators of various types of businesses.
Personal Injury
Our client was a young girl who was a passenger in an automobile which was involved in an intersection collision. The little girl was badly injured as a result of the accident and required multiple surgeries for facial injuries. The case settled just before trial. Our client received a structured settlement which paid her multiple six figures in various increments at various intervals in her life (known as a structured settlement) and she is now married, has a child and his thriving. We also recovered significant emotional distress damages for her mother who witnessed her daughter’s injuries when she took her to the hospital.
Our client was a young girl who was visiting a neighbor and the neighbor’s dog unexpectedly bit her in the face causing significant, traumatic injuries. After several months of negotiation, we recovered a significant sum for the child.
Orphans Court Litigation
Our client was the executor of estate involving an individual who died in a plane crash. As part of the estate administration, we sued the manufacturer of the airplane which he was flying and prior to trial settled for a significant sum which ultimately was paid out to the decedent’s heirs.
Our client was one of two heirs. She was the primary beneficiary in her mother’s will and her brother challenged the will. We consistently won at every turn in this contentious litigation, despite multiple appeals to the appellate courts. Ultimately, the will was upheld and our client recovered a multiple six-figure sum through the administration of the estate and distribution of property to her.