Special Needs Planning: One Trust or Two

Article, Estate Planning

The importance of a Special Needs Trust was reviewed in a previous article in this paper. In that previous article, we noted that the purpose of the Special Needs, or Luxury Trust, is to provide assistance to the special needs child beyond that which is provided by...

Protecting My Life’s Work – Choosing the Proper Form of Business Entity

Article, Civil Litigation, Estate Planning, wealth preservation

PROTECTING MY LIFE’S WORK: CHOOSING THE PROPER FORM OF BUSINESS ENTITY “I’m a business owner (or soon to be one) what type of entity should I choose?” At McDowall Cotter, we make two classi cations: “non-asset protection” and “asset protection” entities. General...

VLOG – The Whys and Why Nots of Using a Professional to Manage Your Estate – McDowall Cotter 5/14/2020 12pm

On Thursday May 14th from 12:00pm – 12:30pm, attorneys Stefani Coggins and Robert Vale for their vlog on The Whys and Why Nots of Using a Professional to Manage Your Estate in the Event of Death or Incapacity. To join this vlog, please click...

VLOG – Partition Action – McDowall Cotter 5/13/2020 12pm

Join us on Wednesday, May 13th from 12:00pm – 12:30pm for attorney David Rosenbaum’s vlog on Partition Action: When two co-owners of real property can’t agree what to do with the property? What happens next?  To join our vlog, please follow this...

Keeping Trustees Out of Lawsuits: A Mini-Series – McDowall Cotter 5/1/2020 12pm

On Friday, May 1st from 12:00 – 12:30pm, attorney David Rosenbaum will be hosting Episode 5 of the Keeping Trustees Out of Lawsuits Mini-Series. The new McDowall Cotter, APC five part mini-series details the real story, the trials and tribulations of trustees,...