We perform estate planning for all size estates to conserve and transfer wealth, to preserve businesses, real estate and other assets, and to achieve the lifetime and testamentary goals of each client while minimizing administrative costs and taxes.

Estate planning techniques vary as the tax laws change. Closely monitoring these changes, we tailor clients' estate plans with care, always keeping their particular goals in mind.

Mr. Asher's expertise in this area includes:

• Revocable living trusts
• Wills with testamentary trusts
• Advance health care directives
• Durable powers of attorney for asset management
• Estate planning for gay and lesbian couples
• Gift Programs
• Generation-skipping transfer tax planning techniques
• Irrevocable trusts
• Estate planning for special needs or disabled individuals
• Grantor-retained income trusts, unitrusts and annuity trusts
• Life insurance planning, including the use of irrevocable trusts
• Charitable giving programs, including the use of charitable lead and remainder trusts and private foundations
• Estate valuation freezing plans
• Analysis of available discounts in valuing business assets
• Family limited partnerships and limited liability companies
• Non-commercial or private annuities
• Installment sales, including self-canceling installment notes
• Retirement funding
• Personal residence trusts

We also handle all aspects of the estate and trust administration, including, when appropriate, opportunities for "post--mortem" estate planning utilizing disclaimers, asset allocation decisions, intra-family sales, tax elections and other techniques to achieve optimal tax results and implement family needs and goals.

Mr. Asher represents clients in the administration of decedent's estates (probate), and representation in audits with the Internal Revenue Service in estate and gift tax matters.

For more information, please contact the Law Offices of Afshin A. Asher, Inc.