Friends Don’t Let Friends Go Without an Estate Plan

by Trust Counsel | Aug 3, 2026 | Articles, Estate Planning

How to have the estate planning conversation with the people you love without making it weird.There’s a phrase most of us remember from decades past: “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk.” It was simple, direct, and it worked, because it...

Trump Accounts: What Every Parent of a Baby Born 2025–2028 Needs to Know

by Trust Counsel | Jul 24, 2026 | Articles, Asset Protection

If your baby was born on or after January 1, 2025, the federal government has set aside $1,000 for your child. The account is available now. Contributions opened on July 4, 2026. And most families have not yet taken the step to claim it.The account is called a Trump...

Asset Protection Trusts for Business Owners: Who Needs One and When to Act

by Trust Counsel | Jul 15, 2026 | Articles, Asset Protection

Four years before a wrongful termination lawsuit landed on his desk, Marcus transferred his investment real estate portfolio into a lifetime asset protection trust.There was no lawsuit on the horizon. There was no specific threat he was trying to outrun. There was...

Asset Protection Trusts for Business Owners: How They Work

by Trust Counsel | Jul 10, 2026 | Articles, Asset Protection

The lawsuit came from a contract dispute with a former vendor. By the time it was resolved, the business owner had spent fourteen months in litigation, paid six figures in legal fees, and watched a judgment place a lien on real estate he had spent two decades...

The New Tax Law and Your Family’s Trust: What to Know Now

by Trust Counsel | Jul 3, 2026 | Articles, Estate Tax

A client forwarded me a CNBC article last week with a note: “Does this affect our trust?”It was a reasonable question. The article described a provision buried in the One Big Beautiful Bill that tax lawyers and accountants are calling a double taxation...