Ask General Counsel: Getting Divorced? Be Sure to Update Your Will, Trust and Estate Planning Documents.

Published by Ask General Counsel on InsideNova, 6/22/2022 Image from Inside Nova In this edition of Ask General Counsel, we discuss what happens to your estate plan (and what you should do) when you are getting divorced. Ask General Counsel is bi-monthly legal column by General Counsel, P.C., a law firm based in McLean that represents businesses,
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Ask General Counsel: How to Avoid Celebrity Estate Planning Mistakes

Published by Ask General Counsel on InsideNova, 1/26/2022 Image from Inside Nova In this edition of Ask General Counsel, Ann-Marie Murzin, who leads General Counsel PC’s Estate Planning Practice, discusses how to avoid celebrity estate planning mistakes.  Make sure that you are not making the same mistakes as these celebrities!   Lesson #1: Do Nothing – Prince,
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Estate Planning Checklist: A Guide to the 8 Most Important Estate Planning Documents

Whether you own a little or a lot, the last thing you want to do to your loved ones is leave a mess of paperwork and inaccessible online accounts if you become temporarily ill, incapacitated, or when you pass away. Without any estate planning, heirs may lose life insurance payouts, tax deduction advantages, or even miss accounts they did not
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Ask General Counsel: Do You Know What Your Estate Plan Actually Does?

Published by Ask General Counsel on InsideNova, 11/12/02021 Image from Inside Nova Deciding which family members will receive your assets upon death is one of the main considerations in estate planning. What happens to that adult child’s share named in the estate plan who predeceased their mother? Is the predeceased child’s share divided between the surviving siblings? Or,
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Estate Planning Choices of 3 Legends & The Valuable Lessons They Can Teach Us

The unique estate planning experiences of legends can be valuable lessons for us:  First, Chadwick Boseman, who brought the Black Panther to the big screen among other notable works, had no estate plan. Walt Disney, who made us smile in so many ways from creating Mickey Mouse, and his other productions to the amazing theme
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6 Estate Planning Lessons to Take From a Grumpy Old Man

6 Estate Planning Lessons to Take From a Grumpy Old Man
Only about one year ago, Emmy Award winning actor Ed Asner, who passed away this week, recorded a witty interview on the Kelly Clarkson Show.  Asner, who often played the role of a grumpy old man was far from that in real life. In the movie Up, Asner channeled his empathy in scenes so relatable they make people laugh and cry
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