Estate Planning

Assisting individuals, families, and business owners with issues involving succession planning, wills, and trusts.

Knowledgeable Estate Planning Attorneys

Wills, revocable trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, gift trusts, charitable trusts, family limited partnerships, marital property agreements, and powers of attorney are just a few of the planning tools our attorneys may use to create a customized estate plan tailored to your specific needs.

When planning for clients with closely held businesses, we provide income tax planning, liability protection, ownership and management succession, compensation plans, and other deliverables. In addition, we assist our business start-up clients with entity formation, including but not limited to, the preparation of organizational documents, buy-sell and other transfer restriction agreements, employment and non-compete agreements, and many other business agreements.

Our planning attorneys often speak publicly to various groups, including financial professionals, business groups, and the general public.

Wills and Trusts

Customizing the foundational estate planning documents that best fit each client’s unique situation while offering the highest level of asset and beneficiary protection.

Powers of Attorney & Medical Directives

Helping clients designate trusted agents to manage their financial and healthcare affairs, ensuring their personal wishes are honored and affairs managed during times of incapacity.

Asset Protection

Strategizing with clients to shield assets from lawsuits, creditors, and high taxes through legal tools like irrevocable trusts, LLCs, etc.

Charitable Giving

Providing integrated estate planning strategies that enable clients to take advantage of the benefits of charitable giving while establishing a lasting legacy.

Tax Planning

Crafting intelligent tax optimization strategies that preserve clients’ wealth by maximizing exemptions and capital gains efficiency, and utilizing the most advantageous trusts.

Trust and Estate Administration & Probate

Providing legal support to executors and trustees navigating complex court-supervised probate processes or private trust administration to ensure that assets are accurately inventoried, debts are settled, and final wishes are met.

Guardianships & Conservatorships

Assisting clients in protecting and managing the personal and financial affairs of incapacitated loved ones, while ensuring ongoing compliance with judicial reporting and fiduciary duties.

Testimonials

What clients say about us

Aaron and the team are top notch. They are true experts at what they do but most importantly are communicative, responsive, and trustworthy. We've worked together on a couple specific projects, and we'll be sure to reach out in the future as business needs arise. Thanks for being a loyal partner!

Jason Bryant

My partner and I have worked with Doug for two years and cannot recommend him highly enough! It was so challenging to find a fair, competent business attorney. When we started working with Hackstaff & Snow I knew we found a team to hang onto.

Dani Worthman

We hired Mr. Atkinson to help resolve an issue with a General contractor. His team was able to resolve our issues and reach the outcome we had hoped for. The teams legal knowledge on the issues, and the laws that applied to it was impressive, all of which helped to apply the pressure needed to resolve the issue. My only regret was I didn't hire him to read my contracts before I started the work on our house.

M0t0x150

Me and my husband worked directly with Bailey & Aaron over a real estate dispute, and I truly can’t put into words how amazing they were. Every time we spoke I was blown away at how friendly they both were (I feel like that’s hard to find in a lawyer), which made a huge difference during this really stressful situation we landed ourselves in. They helped us to a great resolution with our conflict and our experience couldn’t have been better! I would recommend them to anyone.

Everything was made easy, they took the stress off of us, and they always treated us so well.

We’ll be forever grateful that we found them!

Krissy Benallo

I've been a client of Hackstaff & Snow for the past 13 years. They have helped with the formation of multiple entities and the ongoing management and reporting for those entities. The level of care and attention I receive from John Snow is top notch. I feel they are always available for any question, big or small. I'm very happy with my choice to go with Hackstaff & Snow and I recommend them to all my friends and peers.

Adrian Feijoo