Folks in the Princeton area are probably familiar with the US 1 newspaper that is handed out free to area businesses. It's a good paper that offers a lot of insightful articles on business-related issues and items of interest in the Princeton area. Usually, the newspaper includes an editorial, and a few months ago, one[...]
Amber Watson-Tardiff, who posts a regular column on NJ.com about Parenting Advice for New Jersey parents asked me to comment for an article she was writing about the fallout from Balloon Boy, including anticipating court intervention with the parents. You can read the whole article here - and I've pasted most of the column below[...]
Most people think of "doing estate planning" as the act of creating and signing a will. While in some cases, a will is the best instrument, you can't get to that answer without engaging in a comprehensive process where the lawyer gets to learn about you and your family, your goals and desires, your values[...]
In my first post, I talked a little about those attorneys who offer to do it all for you (real estate, commercial litigation, business representation), including your estate planning. Just as not all estate planning attorneys are the same, Myth #2 is that not all estate plans are the same. Despite what Suze Orman will[...]
The websites of general practice lawyers, as well as those of large, mega law firms, almost always include "Wills & Trusts" or "Wills & Estates" as practice areas. If you went by the sheer number of lawyers with this listing, you would probably conclude two things: First, almost everyone in a community has, or is[...]
President Barack Obama has been making the rounds across the country to promote his health care initiatives. One of the places where President Obama showed up was an online forum sponsored by the AARP. In his response to a question about a proposed health care bill, President Obama said that he and First Lady Michelle[...]
Recently, I posted about the need to pass on your "on line" information as part of a comprehensive estate plan. My article examined the various companies that offered to guard that information for you. It seems like the Wall Street Journal reads my blog because they just published an article of their own on Sunday[...]
We've become all too used to folks in media twisting a story to suit a certain purpose. When Michael Jackson's will was revealed, the media was reporting that he left everything to his Family Trust and then speculating as to what that meant. Of course, no one doing the reporting is an estate planning attorney,[...]
My friend Candice Aiston has posted a great article regarding the guardianship issues raised by Michael Jackson's early death. Here are the first two paragraphs and I urge you to visit her site and read the rest. Well-written and very informative: Like many people my age, I am a HUGE fan of "early" Michael Jackson. Loved[...]
It's been less than 24 hours since Michael Jackson's death, and already there have been articles posted on the Internet about the singer's estate plan. MSNBC posted this article, concluding that the singer's estate would not be settled without controversy. I feel passionately enough about what I do for a living to take advantage of[...]