Allison Tellinghuisen

With the holiday season upon us, the spirit of giving is in full force.  Besides being a good way to celebrate this year’s festivities, gifting property can also be an important estate planning tool.  There are many benefits to gifting property, such as reducing your taxable estate, transferring tax obligations to your children who may …

Should You Incorporate Lifetime Gifts Into Your Estate Planning?Read More

While much maligned in election season and scorned as part of C-suite settlements coming from the recent Me Too movement, Mutual Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Agreements – more commonly referred to as NDAs – remain an integral part of business relationships. Their purposes are far less nefarious, providing vital protection of the products and processes at …

The Need for NDAs in BusinessRead More

The pandemic has been difficult for all of us, and we are all eager for life to return to normal.  For many of us, this public health crisis has affected our lives and businesses in ways we never would have thought possible only six or seven months ago. Estate Planning attorneys (lawyers who draft Wills, …

Estate Planning during the PandemicRead More

Estate planning, if you really boil it down, is simply the process of determining, in advance, “what should happen” if a person is no longer able to make decisions for themselves. The reason for not being able to make decisions could be due to either death or incapacity. In both circumstances, estate planning puts a …

The Two Estate Planning Documents Everyone NeedsRead More

Businesses have shifted from remote work as a necessity to considering remote work as a business choice. In hopes of aiding the ongoing conversation, here are some things to consider when evaluating or developing a remote work policy. Productivity and Accountability. How do you measure productivity, and does it reflect value to your company? What …

Considerations in Remote Work PoliciesRead More