A number of the Firm's attorneys are experienced and actively involved with estate planning and tax related issues that reflect our clients’ needs, goals, and desires, and protect the personal and business assets that our clients have accumulated. Our attorneys work closely with tax professionals and other financial specialists to minimize the impact of taxes, provide for an orderly distribution of estate assets and assist with the collection or payment of claims by or against estates. We offer all estate planning and probate services, including the preparation of simple and complex wills and trusts, charitable giving, durable powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney, representation in the probate of estates, estate claims payment and collection, selling of estate assets, guardianships, conservatorship, business succession planning and sophisticated tax planning. In addition, our lawyers have been involved in defending clients in both the prosecution and defense of will contests.