Tag: Practice Management
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Journey to the Third Question: Navigating Planning for those with an Alzheimer’s or Dementia Diagnosis
The estate planning and elder law fields need specific planning options geared at not just the legal documents but the aging and health care network that exists. Gone are the days when people seek out a “general practitioner.” Today, clients demand specialized providers and best-in-class care, with elder law being no different. As attorneys in…
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Estate Planning Excellence: The ACE Roadmap to Success
The list of things they teach you in law school is long. We know how to read a case, how to draft a brief, and how to craft an argument. We know how to issue spot. We know how to “think like a lawyer”. The list of things they don’t teach you in law school,…
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Always Learning
I was new to estate planning in the early nineties, and I was reminded recently that even though it may seem like the nineties were ten years ago (and it truly does, to me), they were thirty years ago. Some of you reading this were born in the nineties. My reference is only to point…
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Take Steps Now to Harness AI for the Future
I am fortunate to be in a position that affords me access to other attorneys grappling with this subject and people with technical backgrounds who have a good understanding of current and developing AI technology. Although I am not an expert, I have experience in the area that other estate planning and elder law attorneys…
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The 3 Levels of Practice Automation
The use of automation in estate planning law firms has been steadily increasing in recent years. The technology can do more, and clients are increasingly more willing to interact with it. Whether you use a lot of automation in your practice already or are just getting started – the savvy question to ask is: how…
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The Merging of Estate Planning and Elder Law
Two major pressures are moving the practices of Estate Planning and Elder Law together. The dominant pressure is one of demand. The second pressure is the continuing erosion of value proposition.
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The Cobbler’s Children
I will confess that I, as an estate planner, spent several years without an adequate estate plan of my own. It makes me wonder how many of my colleagues are in the same boat. As estate planners, we should arguably have the most up-to-date and well thought-out estate plans.
