More On Negotiating Your Business Lease

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

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Estates Attorney in San Francisco Peninsula Offers Tips for Paying Your Grandchild’s College Tuition

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

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Menlo Park Real Estate Attorney Says Beware of Gifts To Children

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

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A Bay Area Trust Attorney’s Take on the Qualified Personal Residence Trust

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

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Physicians Should Consider Asset Protection Planning With a Silicon Valley Estate Planning Attorney

As medical malpractice claims continue to rise in the US, more physicians than ever are turning to asset protection strategies to help them avoid financial catastrophe in the face of a malpractice lawsuit. While nearly every physician is at risk … Continue reading

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Negotiating Your Business Lease | Palo Alto and Menlo Park Real Estate Attorneys

Unless you own the building where your business is, you will need to lease space, probably on a long-term basis.  A lot of business owners are presented with a preprinted form by the landlord and told to sign–and many just … Continue reading

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3 Costly Mistakes Made By Most Families With Special Needs Children

As a Peninsula estate planning attorney, I know families with special needs children have unique planning requirements. Unfortunately there are many misconceptions when it comes to securing the financial future your child deserves.  Even well-meaning caregivers and service organizations don’t … Continue reading

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Do You Need A Silicon Valley Trust Attorney With All The Online Options Available?

Trust lawyers are well aware of the variety of online estate planning tools available to those in Menlo Park and beyond.  The variety of products available can create a false sense of security, however, when an individual believes he or … Continue reading

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Menlo Park Elder Law Attorney’s Advice on Helping Parents Create an Estate Plan

In Silicon Valley, just as everywhere else in the nation, there is a tendency for people to put off estate planning.  Elder law attorneys recognize that there are multiple factors that lead people to procrastinate when it comes to the … Continue reading

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Critical Estate Planning Considerations for Single Adults In the Bay Area Without Children

When we typically think of estate planning, we see grandma and grandpa putting together a will and possibly setting up some trusts for the following generations. It’s all about providing for our offspring, right? Not necessarily. Even if you are … Continue reading

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