Estate Planning, Probate & Elder Law Attorneys

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» Client Work Breakdown

It's always hard for a lawyer to figure out what to call him/herself. What type of lawyer am I? Well, I'm the type of lawyer who currently has 33 active client files, in the following areas:

Estate Administration/Probate/Trust Administration: 18 (plus 3 "inactive" client files), or 54.5%

Estate Planning: 10 (plus 6 "inactive" client files), or 30.3%

Estate Litigation: 4, or 12.1%

Guardianship: 1, or 3.0%

» Crazy Article Round-up

Here's a double dose of crazy for your reading pleasure:

1. Probate and Switch, by Lou Ann Anderson. My favorite part: "Attorney misconduct is rarely punished so our country is full of attorneys who will bend or break rules. These 'bottom feeders' are the vanguard flag carriers emblematic of why the general public has such disdain for the legal profession."

2. Illiinois [sic] Guardianship Law Similar to Slavery-Law Should Be Stricken as Vague, Prohibiting too Much Speech and Too Discriminatory, by James Timothy Struck. Looking for the link between slavery, Nazi Germany, and guardianship? Here it is!!!

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