Real Estate Leadership Strategies

Maximizing the Value of Trusts & Estates is an authoritative, insider's perspective on best practices for complying with the most common issues that face clients today. Featuring partners and chairs from some of the nation's leading firms, these experts guide the reader through the intricacies of managing their clients' estates and trusts, including an in-depth discussion of the major facets of the practice, such as probate work, trust litigation, and tax audits. Within the text, these seasoned professionals identify the laws behind grantor-retained annuity trusts, defective grantor trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, charitable remainder trusts, family foundations, charitable lead trusts, and qualified personal residence trusts, providing important insights and unique perspectives in each situation. Additionally, these leaders reveal their strategies for planning defensively, keeping abreast of change, and finding creative solutions in a variable area of law. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to success within this ever-evolving field.