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Arizona estate planning attorney Allison L. Kierman provides the below information, updates and resources for clients. If you have any questions regarding this information, would like Allison to speak before your organization or at your office, or would like Allison to write an article for your newsletter, paper, or magazine please contact us.
Successor Trustee Checklist for Revocable Trust After Grantor’s Death
Below, you will find a checklist that will help you navigate being the successor trustee for a revocable trust. Preliminary TasksAllow family grieving time and facilitate final arrangements.Order death certificates …
The Lesson Plan for Your Estate
Below are some basic questions and answers about estate planning and how estate planning, or the absence of an estate plan, may impact your life. What is an estate? Although …
Selling Your Small Business: What You Should Know
Determining whether to start a business is a major life decision. For small business owners, deciding when and how to sell the business is arguably even more consequential. Before selling …
Key Considerations for Noncompete Agreements
Companies grow by investing time and money in various resources, including their employees. Yet business owners are often anxious about losing their investment, i.e., the time they spend training new …
Planning Ahead Pays Off in Estate Planning
Estate planning. It’s a phrase that many typically think it does not apply to them; they think they do not have enough money for an estate plan. Yet, it is …
Strategies for Protecting Your Business’s Intellectual Property
Before launching a business, entrepreneurs spend a substantial amount of time and money researching and developing their products or services. You may have worked with graphic designers and a marketing …
Risky Business: Piercing the Veil and How It Puts Your Business at Risk
When you create a limited liability company (LLC) or a corporation, the concept of limited liability is one of the key rationales for those entity choices. Limited liability is typically …
Why Your LLC Needs an Operating Agreement
Congratulations! You have decided to form a limited liability company (LLC) to run your business. After completing your state formation process, your LLC needs to have the right documentation in …
How to Move a Business to Another State
A business owner may relocate a business to another state for a variety of reasons, including increased real estate costs, property taxes, business taxes, or business regulations in the old …
Considerations for Forming a Limited Liability Company for Real Estate
For individuals who own real estate, it is important to consider the best way to structure your ownership. When you are just starting out as an investor in real estate, …