Mills & Mills LLP: Toronto Wills & Estate Planning

At Mills & Mills LLP, we believe in forming lasting relationships. In a city filled with capable lawyers and law firms, our clients choose us because we provide legal advice that focuses on the long term. Many of our clients have been with us for decades, forming close professional relationships with lawyers they can turn to time and again for trusted advice. Our lawyers and staff stay with us because of their dedication to our firm, our shared values, and our commitment to the highest standards of the practice of law in serving our clients.

A comprehensive estate plan is essential in order to ensure that our clients’ loved ones, assets and business interests are protected in the event of death or incapacity. Mills & Mills LLP has over 130 years of experience in estate planning and we work with our clients to customize a plan that achieves each client’s specific goals.

Our commitment to individualized, professional service assures our clients that their interests are protected, and as a result generations of clients have come to us to serve their estate-planning needs. For four generations, we have been planning estates, and in some cases, can even trace back current clients to relationships established by our founders.

Because we provide continuity of service by maintaining one primary lawyer as our clients’ legal needs evolve, our lawyers develop detailed knowledge and appreciation of their clients’ personal and business interests. As a result, our lawyers are in a unique position to anticipate the needs of our clients, and to work with them to craft an estate plan that properly satisfies those needs. We also advise our clients on the most effective ways to arrange their personal finances and other assets in the present. This allows us to design an estate plan that will best protect those assets and provide the most benefit to their loved ones in the future.

Our Estates Group advises clients on how to most effectively arrange their affairs to avoid ambiguity, unnecessary probate taxes, and litigation.

Where the planning or administration of an estate will benefit from expertise in other areas of the law, our estate lawyers have the support of the other lawyers in our firm as well as access to accountants and other professionals if necessary.

Cross-Border Estate Planning

We are also able to provide advice and assistance with respect to multi-jurisdictional estate planning. This service is ideal for clients who have cross-border interests that require protection, or estate matters that require administration. Mills & Mills LLP is proud to be a member of the International Lawyers Group, which grants us access to a global network of professionals, whom we know and trust to assist in circumstances where the benefit of local counsel is required.

The Wills and estates services we offer include:

• Multiple Wills to avoid or minimize probate tax
• Mirror Wills for spouses
• Trust planning
• Special-needs planning
• Charitable giving
• Retirement planning
• Business succession planning
• Estate-related real estate planning
• Incapacity planning

Probate & Estate Planning Attorneys

Dana Law Group is an elite estate planning, trust administration, and probate law firm that serves individuals and families throughout Arizona. We have experienced estate planning and probate lawyers in Chandler, Scottsdale, Mesa, Phoenix, Sun City, Sedona, Avondale, Payson, Tucson, and Prescott. We create custom, personalized legal solutions that are closely tailored to your specific objectives and insure that your hard-earned assets are not subject to time delay or expense of probate court proceedings.

We additionally provide legal plans that insure that your loved-ones are protected and your wishes are carried out even in your absence. We do this by becoming familiar with your overall goals and objectives. One of our experienced estate planning attorneys can walk you through the process of customizing and designing an estate plan that captures your wishes. It is our goal to make your experience at the law firm a personalized one.

We seek to utilize cutting-edge, full-service estate planning combining common strategies that may include Revocable Living Trusts, Last Will and Testaments, Durable Financial Powers of Attorney, Living Wills, and Health Care Powers of Attorney. We can also help with administering an estate or a trust after the passing of a loved one. Navigating the process of probate or administering a Trust can be overwhelming. However, our law firm can provide assistance that makes the process easy and understandable in the most efficient way as possible.

Custom Designed for You & Your Family

At Dana Law Group, we understand that estate planning is a personal matter. The term “family” is a modern term and it can mean various things to different individuals. From the traditional family to the non-traditional family, with children or without children (biological, step-children, or adopted children), not all families fall under the cookie-cutter classification that the law seeks to cover or protect.

As such, creating a custom estate plan with an experienced estate planning attorney can be one of the most important things you do for your loved ones. At Dana Law Group, we will take the time to listen to your specific objectives and make sure that your family will be protected regardless whether your loved-ones fall within the traditional definition of family.

Delivering Experience, Strategy & Personal Service

We have over 50 years of combined estate planning experience at the firm and collectively we have created and administered hundreds of estate plans. Whether if you need a new trust, changes to a will, or are experiencing probate, you can rely on our personal approach and experience. Many have seen us grow from an original law office in Mesa to later expand to Scottsdale. We now cover the entire state to make it convenient for our clients to visit us in person, and meet with our experienced team.

We have encountered the unique circumstances that exist with people who come from a modest backgrounds to the ultra-wealthy (and everyone in-between). Although we haven’t encountered every situation, it is rare that we have not encountered a situation that is at least similar in some way or another to something we have done in the past. We understand that experience matters when creating legal solutions and we make sure that we stay current with cutting edge strategies used in Arizona and throughout the United States to make sure your personal affairs are in order and your loved ones are protected.

We Have Over 100 Years of Experience Handling Probate, Trust and Guardianship Litigation

Our dedicated legal team can help you in a variety of situations related to probate, estate and and trusts; our focus is helping individuals in litigation related to the following areas:

• Breach of Fiduciary Duty
• Citations to Recover and Discover Assets
• Decedent’s Estate Litigation
• Elder Law
• Elder Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation
• Lack of Mental Capacity
• Removal of Executors, Trustees and Agents under Power of Attorney
• Theft, Improper Withdrawals and Mismanagement
• Total Return Trusts
• Trust Contests
• Trust Construction, Interpretation and Reformation
• Will Contests
• Will Construction, Interpretation and Reformation

How Can We Help You?

• Are you or your family dealing with a dispute over the interpretation of a will?
• As there another beneficiary, such as a charity, who is mentioned in the will and now you are facing a dispute over the distribution of assets?
• Have you recently started a family, or added to your family and want to protect their future?
• Have you recently lost a family member and need to close their accounts, distribute their assets to beneficiaries or sell their property?
• Does your family disagree about the management of the family business?
• Are you suspecting financial abuse, physical abuse, or neglect of a senior?
• Do you have a family member who has been diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease and needs a guardian?
• Is your child with special needs turning 18?

Practice Areas

• Probate, Trust, and Guardianship Litigation
• Administration of Estates, Trusts, and Guardianships
• Estate Planning
• Alzheimer’s Disease Planning
• Elder Law
• Asset Protection
• Special Needs Planning
• Corporate Law, including Small and Family Business Planning
• Nursing Home Abuse/Neglect

About Hayes & Wilson PPLC

Hayes & Wilson PLLC is made of a team of Attorneys and legal-field professionals who bring a broad spectrum of knowledge and experience together to comprehensively serve our clients in the Greater Houston Metropolitan Area. We pair our Attorneys with our Paralegals on a per-case basis to bring the most appropriate combination of skills, talent, and understanding to each client’s unique situation.

Areas of Practice

The areas of practice encompassed by Hayes & Wilson PLLC’s services include but are not limited to:

• Estate Planning
• Probate
• Guardianship
• Elder Law (Care Management, Medicaid, VA Benefits)
• Special Needs Trusts
• Trusts

Planning for the Future

Our counsel includes matters pertaining to not only the present, but the future. We encourage our Greater Houston community to plan ahead. Our Attorneys help our clients develop a plan tailored to ensure their wishes are carried out. This includes but is not limited to:

• Wills
• Trusts
• Powers of Attorney
• Advance Directives

Dealing with the Present

We understand that making decisions regarding your and your loved ones’ well-being is sometimes overwhelming, particularly when time is of the essence. Our team approaches each of our clients with compassion, navigating them through the sometimes confusing, sometimes complicated legal processes that surround life-changing events such as:

• Death of a Parent or Guardian
• Provisions for a Special Needs Child or Adult
• A Loved-One’s Loss of Mental Soundness
• Guardianship Abuse
• Onset of a Disability

The Keystone Law Group, P.C.

Taking meaningful action for people involved in probate disputes requires a unique skill set. It calls for practical know-how in actions involving complex, specialized areas of the law, as well as the ability to provide strategic guidance in sensitive situations that often involve family conflict.

At Keystone Law Group, P.C., we have used creative thinking and carefully crafted legal actions to protect people’s interests in trust, estate, and conservatorship administration and any necessary litigation. We are a team of well-trained attorneys that deliver these services, always with a clear focus on achieving each client’s goals most efficiently. Our firm’s work has helped hundreds of clients resolve probate disputes effectively using a full range of remedies allowed by law.

Keystone Law Group, P.C. focuses exclusively in probate, trust and estate litigation and administration, and prides itself on providing specialized, efficient and effective legal advocacy in this area of the law. As a boutique firm, Keystone caters to each client’s unique needs and interests, but as one of the largest probate practices in California, Keystone can and has handled complex probate matters throughout the state.

Keystone’s attorneys not only stay current with the evolving laws, rules and procedures in this area of the law, but they have been invited to speak for attorneys, CPAs and other professionals on probate litigation and administration.

As one of the distinguished probate firms in California, Keystone has earned the respect of clients, attorneys and judges in the community for its dedicated and aggressive representation of its clients’ rights. The firm’s clients include trustees, executors, administrators, beneficiaries, heirs, creditors, guardians and conservators in all matters related to probate, trusts and estates.

With offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Keystone serves clients throughout Southern and Northern California, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Alameda, Marin, Orange, Ventura and San Bernardino counties.

Probate, Estate, Will Contest & Elder Law Firm In NYC, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island & Manhattan

At Mishiyeva Law, our main concern is making sure you get what is rightfully due to you. Our goal is to ensure that every client gets the best individualized attention and legal representation that is due under our legal system in the area of Probate, Estate Planning and Estate Litigation. We are not just another other law firm looking to bill you as often as possible. We have your best interests at heart. Having the right estate lawyer is crucial for any estate matter.

We represent beneficiaries, administrators, executors, trustees, partnerships, individuals, and other entities in probate proceedings, will contests, actions for breach of fiduciary duties, accountings, and petitions for partition of real property. We pride ourselves in delivering quality service to clients through cost-effective and progressive problem-solving. We value our clients’ time and money, which is why they can always expect us to provide straightforward and pragmatic advice.

Our mission is to operate at all times with integrity, transparency, and unwavering ethical standards. We work laterally with our clients every step of the way to ensure their needs are being met with the utmost of professionalism and respect. We place a strong emphasis on close client relationships, providing around-the-clock advice and support. We represent clients dealing with estate matters all over New York City, including New York County (Manhattan), Kings County (Brooklyn), Bronx County, Queens County, Richmond County (Staten Island), and Suffolk & Nassau County in Long Island.

Estate Planning, Probate, and Surrogate Court Representation

It has become clear that the number one way to avoid the many disputes that our law firm has seen throughout the probate process is through proper estate planning. To summarize what estate planning is, it is the process in which you indicate how you want your affairs to be handled at the time of death and how your personal and real property is to be distributed among loved ones.  You map out an exact plan as to how your property should be transferred. As your NY estate planning law firm, our goal is to save your estate money – from court fees to estate tax. Our clients typically ask the following questions when they visit our office:

• What is estate Planning?
• Who are the people involved in an estate plan?
• How much does it cost to make an estate plan?
• What are the important factors in making an estate plan?
• Does my estate need planning?

From drafting wills to trusts, we examine your personal situation and determine what is the best estate planning instrument available to protect your assets from unnecessary costs. We take into account all possible court fees, taxes (including federal and state), potential will contests and creditor claims. Whatever your situation may be, contact us so we may guide you towards the most important decision you will ever make not only for yourself but for your family as well.

Kamilla Mishiyeva, the founder of Mishiyeva Law, PLLC., assists executors and administrators settle the estate of their loved ones through efficient probate and administration proceedings. She takes satisfaction in taking a watchdog role when aiding beneficiaries in maintaining control and keeping their guard up to ensure that the executors and administrators are closing out the estate properly and without any unwarranted delay. Serving our local communities is a key goal of ours.

Contact us today with your estate matter.

Cassidy Nearing Berryman is a progressive law firm located in downtown Halifax with branch offices in Porter’s Lake and Sheet Harbour.The partners practised together as young lawyers beginning in 1982 and then formed Cassidy Nearing Berryman in 1994.

Cassidy Nearing Berryman responds quickly to client needs, offering top-quality legal advice at reasonable rates on matters of condominium law, real estate transactions, corporate/commercial issues, together with wills and estate planning.

At Cassidy Nearing Berryman, a proven record of success keeps long-standing clients with our firm, and this experience brings new enquiries to our law offices in Halifax, Porters Lake, and Sheet Harbour. Our commitment to each client never wavers as we work toward meeting their goals together.

Each member of the team within Cassidy Nearing Berryman is respected in both the legal community and the communities in which they live and work.

Our Legal Team

Patrick Cassidy Q.C., B.COMM, LLB, M.T.S., A.C.C.I., F.C.C.I.

Patrick Cassidy specialized in the area of Condominium Law since 1982. He acts for most of the condominium corporations in Nova Scotia as well as developers of condominium and fractional projects throughout Atlantic Canada.Pat is a frequent writer for various publications and a lecturer and teacher for several institutions across Canada and America.Pat is an elected member to Bar Council for the Nova Scotia Barristers Society and an elected member of the National Board of the Canada Bar Association. A Past President of both the Nova Scotia Chapter and the National Board of the Canadian Condominium Institute, Pat is currently the Co-Chair of the Steering Committee for the National Association of Condominium Managers.

William E. Nearing BSc, LLB

William Nearing received his law degree from Dalhousie Law School in 1981 after completing his BSc with honours in chemistry. His areas of concentration include real property, corporate/commercial, wills and estates, and probate.Bill has operated a successful satellite office in Porter’s Lake for over 30 years. Bill is a member of the Nova Scotia Barrister’s Society, the Real Estate Lawyers Association of Nova Scotia and the Canadian Bar Association.

Craig Berryman BA, LLB

Craig Berryman has been practising law since 1987. His practice is concentrated in property conveyancing and development, Estate Planning and Probate. With an office in Sheet Harbour and Halifax he has significant experience with both rural and urban property issues.An avid soccer fan and former player, Craig now coaches and chauffeurs his children to their games.Craig is a member of the NSBS and a board member of the Lawyers’ Assistance Program.

Devon Cassidy, B.S.c, L.L.B, L.L.M

Devon Cassidy attended Mount Alison University as an undergraduate, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. She completed her Bachelors of Law at the University of the West of England, Bristol Law School and her Masters of Law at Trinity College Dublin focusing on International Business Law. Devon began Articling at Cassidy Nearing Berryman in 2013. She was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 2015. Devon is practising in the areas of Real Estate, Condominium, Wills and Estates, Corporate and Family law.Devon is also a member of the part-time Faculty at Dalhousie Law School.

Niall Burke, L.L.B, B.L.

Niall Burke completed his Bachelors of Law at the University of the West of England, Bristol Law School. He began Articling at Cassidy Nearing Berryman in 2013. He was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 2015. Niall is practising in the areas of Real Estate, Condominium, Wills and Estates, Corporate and Criminal law.Niall is also a member of the part-time Faculty at Dalhousie Law School.