by Leslie Marenco | Aug 10, 2014 | Articles, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, High Net Worth, Probate, Wills
James Gandolfini, who won three Emmy awards portraying mob-boss Tony Soprano for eight years on HBO’s The Sopranos, died on June 19th, 2013 in a very unexpected manner. That day, he was touring Rome with his 13-year old son, Michael, when he suffered the sudden and...
by Leslie Marenco | Aug 10, 2014 | Articles, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, High Net Worth, Trusts
When news breaks that multiple celebrities within a month’s time are cutting their kids out of their estate plans, it’s not hard to see which way the wind is blowing… Not wanting their children to be unmotivated “trust fund” brats that...
by Leslie Marenco | Aug 8, 2014 | Articles, Celebrity Estates
As discussed in a previous newsletter article, Casey Kasem, the celebrity radio host who counted down America’s Top 40 popular songs for years, died on June 15 at the age of 82 and left behind an estimated $80 million fortune. He also left a family feud of biblical...
by Leslie Marenco | Aug 1, 2014 | Articles, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning
As discussed in a previous newsletter article, Casey Kasem, the celebrity radio host who counted down America’s Top 40 popular songs for years, died on June 15 at the age of 82 and left behind an estimated $80 million fortune. He also left a family feud of biblical...
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...
by Leslie Marenco | Jul 3, 2014 | Articles, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Trusts
Now you guys know (because you read by Newsletters and Blog, right?) that all of us Estate Planning Attorneys are tax nerds at heart so it should be no surprise that I would comment on this story. Estate Planning and tax saving techniques really do go hand in hand...
