Contra Costa County Estate Planning Attorney
Over 25 Years Experience!
Highest Quality Rating for Skill and Integrity
Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers
Call 925-947-1333 for a free initial consultation.
An estate plan can accomplish a number of goals in addition to ensuring your assets pass to your intended beneficiaries in the most efficient and cost-effective manner. When properly implemented, with a combination of wills, trusts, and advance directives, your estate plan can take into account all possible contingencies.
With more than 25 years of estate planning experience and an indepth knowledge of tax law, attorney Elliott Abrams is well prepared to advise clients with even the most complex estates on strategies to protect their assets and their loved ones.
A carefully crafted estate plan can save your family the time and expense of probate while also minimizing estate taxes and ensuring your loved ones receive the assets you want them to receive. It can streamline the management of your assets now and in the future, including the smooth transfer of a family-owned business. And it can discourage later court challenges by dissatisfied relatives and beneficiaries.
To learn more about protecting your assets and your loved ones through estate planning, contact the Law Offices of Elliott Abrams. Your initial consultation is free. We provide the following estate planning services:
Drafting
- Wills
- Durable Power of Attorney
- Advance Health Care Directives
Formation and Funding of Trusts
- Living Trusts
- Revocable trusts and irrevocable trusts
- Life Insurance Trusts
- Special Needs Trusts
- Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRAT)
- Grantor Retained Income Trusts (GRIT)
- Qualified Personal Residence Trusts (QPRT)
We handle the funding of newly created trusts (retitling assets, changing beneficiary designations on 401Ks, IRAs, and insurance policies). This is a service few other estate planning lawyers provide, but it's a detail that can easily be overlooked and without it your estate plan is ineffective.
Trust and Estate Administration
- Short and Long Term Trust Administration
- Trust Accountings
- Tax Reporting
Gift and Estate Tax Planning and Asset Protection
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Charitable trusts
- Entity formation: Family Limited Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, Subchapter S Corporations
Estate Planning Packages: For most clients, we prepare a living trust, a will for each person (if a married couple), powers of attorney, advanced health care directives, as well as the necessary documentation to fund the trust.
Contact us at 925-947-1333 for a free, initial consultation with Elliott Abrams to learn how we can put our in-depth knowledge of estate planning to work for you. We work to provide you with timely, accurate, and cost-effective advice. When a question or concern arises, you can be assured that we will be there for you.
Law Offices of Elliott Abrams
2033 North Main Street, Suite 750
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
925-947-1333
The Law Offices of Elliot Abrams serve clients throughout California and the San Francisco Bay Area including Walnut Creek, Concord, Martinez, Orinda, Berkeley, Piedmont, Pleasanton, Livermore, Danville, Clayton, San Ramon, Alamo, Oakland, Pleasant Hill, Lafayette, Dublin, Benicia, and all cities within Contra Costa County, Alameda County, and Solano County.