My husband and I had the most amazing honeymoon in 2000. We went on a 10 day cruise in French Polynesia. We flew from Los Angeles to Tahiti, where we were immediately taken to the cruise ship, which at the…
Will Lawyer The last thing you may be thinking about following a divorce is the importance of updating your will. Chances are, your will is one that you created with your ex spouse. Because of this, the decisions you made…
Estate Planning Lawyer When a person sits down to start writing his or her estate plan, rarely do they imagine that their trust will go through litigation. Despite doing their very best to prevent their trust from being disputed in…
Burt Reynolds, the legendary actor, sadly died in September 2018, at the age of 82. According to his Last Will and Testament, which was reportedly obtained by TMZ in a People Magazine article, he left his only son out of…
Clients often have the desire to rule from the grave. Although this seems like such a negative thing, I actually think of it as a positive thing. My background as an immigrant family, coming to the United States in the…
I recently watched the movie “All the Money in the World.” It was great. It is true story of the grandson of John Paul Getty, Sr. being kidnapped for ransom, and the events that occurred to set his grandson free.…
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 1 in 5 adults in the United States experiences mental illness. That’s about 43.8 million people, or around 18.5% of our country. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It is a time…
53.6% of 25 year olds in Illinois currently live with their parents. To give you some perspective, in 1999, only 25% of all 25 year olds lived with their parents. How did we go from 25% to 53.6% so quickly?…
Yesterday, April 12, 2016, was EQUAL PAY DAY. Woohoo! For those who may not know what this means, it’s the day that a woman would have to work up to beginning on January 1st of the previous year, to make the same amount…