Our firm offers assistance in all aspects of Estate Planning to clients located in the greater Pittsburgh area. We understand that every client's most important estate-planning goal is to secure a future which provides for them and for the ones they love. Our attorneys can work with clients to create AB trusts and living trusts, as well as guardianships and wills. We can also help create various healthcare and financial directives, including medical powers of attorney, living wills, and financial powers of attorney and appointment.  Our goal is to make sure that each clients' personal matters and financial affairs are appropriately handled and structured.

Many people are unsure if, or when, they should seek the advice of a lawyer as they begin the process of Estate Planning. If they own property, have children, have recently been married or divorced, or wish to make a special bequest to a church or charity, friend or relative, they should consider making or updating their will. Our estate -planning lawyers will work to assure each client that their property will be distributed in accordance with their wishes after their death.

Proper estate planning can enable our clients to reduce or eliminate death taxes. By setting up a living trust, clients may avoid probate. Much like a will, a living trust determines what happens to property in the event of  death. While you are alive, you remain in control and have the power to change the trust at any time. Setting up a living trust may allow you to avoid some expenses of probate, and with substantial estates, may save your heirs from some death taxes; it Is a particularly useful option if you own real estate In another state. Talk with us to see if this is an option you should consider.

Another important reason to meet with an estate-planning lawyer is to set forth in a legal document your wishes and directives regarding your healthcare and finances. These documents are critical, in the event you are rendered unconscious or otherwise unable to state your wishes. Our lawyers can help you draft medical powers of attorney, living wills, and financial powers of attorney and appointment that will help your family and medical providers make important decisions if you are unable to do so.

To set up a consultation, contact us online or call us at (412)835-3050.

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