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As an estate planning attorney in New Haven, Connecticut, clients often come to me and say they want to avoid probate. This usually occurs after they have been through the probate process for a parent or other family member and have learned the hard way just how much of a nightmare it can be.  Fo...

I am an estate administration legal assistant in New Haven, Connecticut, and frequently help clients probate estates. In my last post I provided an overview of the probate process. This may have compelled some of you to start thinking about whether you need to retain a probate attorney. If you ha...

I am a legal assistant in our tax practice in New Haven, Connecticut and routinely work to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service.  Most people are unaware that when a married couple files their returns jointly there is something called “joint and several liability”.  This means ...

As an estate planning attorney in New Haven, Connecticut, I counsel clients in all stages of life and with varying backgrounds. Some clients are single, some are married, some are divorced or widowed, and some are in second or third marriages. While all of these situations require different consi...

I am a business bankruptcy and insolvency attorney who routinely represents businesses in a variety of bankruptcy matters.  When a corporate client calls me, it is usually because something has gone wrong – maybe they couldn’t pay their rent due to a reduction in monthly sales, so the landlord is...

I am an estate administration legal assistant in New Haven, Connecticut, and frequently encounter clients who are in the vulnerable position of just losing loved ones and unfamiliar with the Connecticut probate process. My main objective is to inform clients of the administration process in a str...

I regularly represent clients in business insolvency and bankruptcy matters in Connecticut. Recently, with the passage of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act on April 1, 2022, conversations among business law and bankruptcy practitioners have again turned to the topi...

I am a tax attorney who routinely represents taxpayers before the IRS in Connecticut in civil tax matters.  With the increase in online retail businesses, we are seeing a surge of businesses receiving bad 1099Ks under the owner’s social security number rather than the business federal identificat...

I am an estate planning attorney in New Haven, Connecticut. As such, I’m often asked the question, “when should I get an estate plan?” Although estate planning involves much more, the potential client is generally asking the me when they should get a will or trust.  I routinely handle estate plan...

The focus of our tax practice is representing taxpayers before the IRS.  An Offer-in-Compromise allows a taxpayer to settle their tax debt for less than the full amount. Although this is one of the most common options for tax resolution it is not always the best route for everyone and there are s...