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Estate Planning

The area of estate planning involves much more than simply creating a Will to dispose of your assets.  Estate planning is a process used to protect your individual rights and goals with regard to the most important lifelong issues, including your health care, childcare, personal property and real estate.  While a Will is one of the essential building blocks of a good estate plan, a Will alone will not insure that you and your family are adequately protected.  Unfortunately, tomorrow is not a guarantee to anyone, and prolonging the decision to create an estate plan could have devastating consequences on your entire family in the event of the all too common untimely illness or accident. Regardless of how big or small your estate is, or how old or young you may be, estate planning is beneficial for every adult and their family.  Responsible planning must start today and will last a lifetime.

The Purchase and Sale of a Home...

The purchase and sale of a home and navigating your way through the financing process usually represents one the most significant financial transactions in someone's life.  If you are buying or selling real estate, it is important that you have a competent real estate attorney representing your interests.

Your real estate attorney should assist you in all aspects of a real estate transaction from reviewing and negotiating the terms of your Purchase and Sales Agreement before you sign it, to ensuring that the closing on the purchase or sale of real estate transpires properly.

To protect your interests in any real estate transaction, you should ensure that your attorney prepares and/or reviews with you all the necessary documents before closing.  Your attorney should also be available to answer any questions you have at all stages of the transaction.  There are often many issues that develop as a real estate transaction moves toward the closing phase and having an attorney representing your interests can help you successfully navigate your way through this process.

Engaging a competent real estate attorney at the beginning of your real estate transaction can provide you with peace of mind during an otherwise stressful process. Let our lawyers help you with your real estate transaction.

If you are involved in a motor vehicle accident...

If you are injured in a motor vehicle accident or suffer substantial damage to your vehicle, immediately contact 911.

Stay at the accident scene until Police/Rescue personal arrive.

If your vehicle is on the roadway, turn the flashers on, or use flares to warn approaching traffic of the accident.

If possible, you should take notes about how the accident happened including the time, location, the personal information of the other driver(s), any witness(es) and any other relevant facts. Obtain the incident/police report number.

Do not make statements to anyone at the accident scene except for Police/Rescue personal.

If you are injured, immediately seek medical attention.