by Leslie Marenco | Jul 31, 2014 | Articles, Business Succession
Do you own a family business? If so, you’re in very good company. More than 90% of U.S. businesses are family businesses. Out of the Fortune 500, 150 are family businesses. Now, would you like to hear some really startling statistics? Only 30% of family businesses...
by Leslie Marenco | Jul 31, 2014 | Articles, Estate Planning
Yes, I know. It’s shocking… The gal that’s in love with her practice actually hates the words “estate planning”. I hate estate planning because it conjures up the images of a bunch of stuffy, grey-haired lawyers sitting around a marble, diamond-encrusted...
by Leslie Marenco | Jul 31, 2014 | Articles, Case Law, Estate Planning, Wills
I have written before about the risks of do-it-yourself estate planning and explained how people who use these methods end up with a false sense of security. They create documents that they believe will address their needs but wind up being ineffective and much more...
by Leslie Marenco | Jul 31, 2014 | Articles, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, High Net Worth, Trusts
After the death of Steve Jobs the rumors started circulating that he was so smart that he even knew how to avoid paying estate taxes better than anyone else. Jobs was smart and he seems to have had an attorney do a great job with his estate planning, but he certainly...
