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I specialize in providing large firm legal experience in a small, personalized setting.  I am also a former Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator.. I am available to meet with clients and conduct consultations via video conference.

Martyn S. Elberg graduated from California Western School of Law in 2006. After graduation, Marty moved back to his hometown of Eagle Grove, Iowa to be closer to his and his wife’s family where they could raise their boys with the same Midwestern values they learned.  Soon after he was admitted to the Iowa bar, he opened his own practice to serve the small town.  After several years of being a general practitioner and transitioning their boys into responsible young men, Marty and his wife, Susie, moved to Florida. He now resides in Fort Lauderdale with Susie. Their children live in Iowa and Virginia. One is in the Army National Guard and the other served 5 years active duty in the US Navy and is now in the Navy Reserve.Marty has focused on Estate Planning since being admitted to the Florida bar in 2012. His experience goes back to when he prepared a simple will for one of his first clients in Iowa in 2007.  His practice has evolved where he creates full plans for a family’s well-being. Marty understands the fear of sitting down and planning for the inevitable, and he prides himself on his ability to truly listen to his clients while translating their vision into estate plans that meet their desires and expectations.  He appreciates the unique composition of each family and knows firsthand that thoughtful, creative customized planning can maximize both financial security and harmony therein.

Few activities are more important, yet more intimidating, than planning for your own long-term security and the continued well-being of your loved ones. The complexities of estate laws can lead many people to put off this crucial task until it’s too late, but with competent legal help you can lay a solid foundation for protecting your life and preserving your future.. The primary objective in crafting an estate plan is to protect your lifetime assets, safeguard your wealth, and carefully plan to provide for your loved ones according to your wishes. My Firm, located in Fort Lauderdale, provides service to Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade counties in Southern Florida. I offer prompt personal service to individuals, life partners, traditional families, and small business owners in all aspects of estate planning and wealth preservation.As an experienced Ft. Lauderdale Florida Estate Planning Attorney, I provide solid legal guidance in the following practice areas:. Having earned a Juris Doctorate of Law (J.D.) and an Executive Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.), I have the requisite knowledge and experience to advise you on what alternatives will work best to accomplish your objectives.I will work with you on a one-on-one basis to design an efficient and effective estate plan and will help you accomplish all of your goals in the most cost-efficient manner. I am accessible to my clients and maintain open communications with each client throughout the estate planning process. I am committed to prompt and professional service, and will work with you to maintain and update your estate plan as your life and legacy needs change.Keep in mind that one size does not fit all when it comes to estate planning. To meet your specific goals, you should be represented by an estate planning lawyer who will be sensitive to your objectives and who is experienced in trusts, estates, taxation, contested wills, probate and guardianship cases. As a skilled Ft. Lauderdale Estate Planning Attorney, I utilize numerous tools to help clients meet their unique financial goals, including:. With new laws being passed on a regular basis, the guidance of an experienced Ft. Lauderdale Estate Planning Attorney is critical in assuring that your unique estate planning goals are understood and carried out. Proper estate planning can ensure that your invaluable legacy is not wasted, and that loved ones are cared for according to your wishes. Avoiding probate costs, expensive court proceedings and unnecessary taxes are important elements in preserving the integrity of your estate.If you or someone you know in Florida needs the assistance of an experienced Ft. Lauderdale Estate Planning Attorney, call Shawn Newman today at ,  on this site to schedule your free consultation.

I have been practicing law since 2008. A member of the Wyoming Valley West 2001 graduating class, I began my career in law after graduating from Bucknell University in 2005 with a double major in Computer Science and Music, and receiving my J.D. in 2008 from the Northeastern University School of Law.. I interned with Shames & Litwin, at the US Attorney’s Office: Civil Division in Boston, Massachusetts, with Elliot M. Weinstein in Boston, and with The Honorable A. Richard Caputo in Scranton, PA,, and worked with Community Legal Services and Counseling Center in Cambridge, MA for two years after graduating before joining Elliot, Greanleaf, & Dean for 5 years. I have been chosen as one of PA Super Lawyers Rising Stars from 2012 through 2016.. Currently, I serve as Treasurer, HR Committee Chair, and Early Childhood Committee Chair of the Jewish Community Alliance of Northeast Pennsylvania, Trustee on the Temple B’nai B’rith Board, and Solicitor of the Pringle Borough and Jackson Township Planning Commission. I resides in Kingston with my wife, Kiera, and our daughter, Avery.

My name is John D'Onofrio, and as the founder of D'Onofrio Law Office, P.C., I have been providing clients with legal assistance for more than 37 years, always striving to professionally and timely serve my clients-the friendly residents of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania.. Through years of experience working in the legal field, I have gained insight and knowledge on a wide variety of estate planning and probate matters including, but not limited to wills, trusts, powers of attorney, living wills, estate settlement, trust settlement, special needs trusts, guardianship matters, asset protection, and elder care law matters. As such, I am here to provide the quality legal representation you need.. What sets me apart from the competition?. In 2010, I was graciously awarded the Jefferson Award. Established by Jackie Kennedy, this is a national recognition system honoring community and public service. I have the expertise and education to handle almost any estate planning complication, working hard to find effective solutions.. Attorney John A. D’Onofrio has been practicing law for over 37 years. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Mercyhurst University in Pennsylvania, and his Juris Doctorate degree from South Texas College of Law in Houston. Mr. D’Onofrio was an intern with the Harris County, Texas District Attorney’s Office in Houston where he served in the Misdemeanor Division presenting over 40 cases a day for plea bargains, hearings, and trials. He was then transferred to the Grand Jury Division where he presented over 850 cases to the Harris County Grand Jury. In 1985, Attorney D’Onofrio opened his own law office in Houston as a private practitioner. At first, he handled criminal cases, personal injury cases, bankruptcy cases, and estate and probate matters. After sustaining an accident in 1987, Attorney D’Onofrio moved his practice to Pennsylvania.. Currently Attorney D’Onofrio limits his practice to estate planning, asset protection, elder care law, special needs planning, trust administration, and probate administration. Mr. D’Onofrio is a regular speaker at Special Needs Planning and estate planning seminars. Attorney D’Onofrio maintains membership with the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Christian Legal Society, the Academy of Special Needs Planners, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and the Pittsburgh Airport Area Chamber of Commerce. He is licensed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the Pennsylvania Insurance Department. In 2010, Attorney D’Onofrio was honored with the Jefferson Award, which is a prestigious national recognition system honoring community and public service in the United States. After receiving this honor, Attorney D’Onofrio was featured in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. At D’Onofrio Law Office, P.C., Mr. D’Onofrio does everything in his power to provide Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania residents with trusted and affordable legal counsel. To find out about retaining the representation of Attorney D’Onofrio, do not hesitate to contact D’Onofrio Law Office, P.C.

Kim Gossage was raised in Sterling, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C., which means she is a die-hard Redskins fan. When her mother died unexpectedly at 46, Kim served as executor of her estate and as guardian for two elderly family members. As a result, she gained firsthand knowledge of how daunting the legal system can be for folks who are grieving and she learned the importance of planning at any age.. Kim moved to Charlotte as part of a church planting team in 1991 and graduated magna cum laude from UNC-Charlotte in 1995 with Bachelor’s degrees in history and political science. During law school at Wake Forest, Kim was active on the Moot Court Board, where she earned various honors for appellate advocacy and represented her law school in national competitions, and she also participated in the Legal Clinic for the Elderly. In 1998, she graduated from Wake Forest University School of Law and began practicing in Charlotte with an insurance defense firm.. While working in insurance defense, Kim tried hundreds of jury trials across North Carolina. Despite the fun (and stress) of trying cases, Kim wanted to return to working with seniors as she had done in law school. As a result, she and Jennefer Garrity joined in 2006 to form Garrity & Gossage, LLP. The firm has grown but remains committed to providing high-quality legal services with compassion and approachability.

At Weaver, Bennett & Bland, P.A., no one focuses on preparing for unexpected life events more than Eran Weaver. Co-owner and President of our firm, he practices in Estate Planning, Estate Administration, and Business Law. Eran provides experienced legal advice and puts into place solid plans to protect you, your assets, and your loved ones if you become disabled, incapacitated or die. No matter how straightforward or complex your situation is, you need to plan ahead, and Eran is the estate planning and estate administration attorney you want to legally advise you.. Contact Eran at our Matthews, North Carolina-based law firm for a 1 hour free estate planning consultation.. For the handling of your estate after your death, Eran can legally advise and help your loved ones and beneficiaries navigate the complexities of probate and estate administration. Also active in business law, Eran can help with business formation and include your business and its assets in not only your business succession plan, but also in your personal estate planning and estate administration.. Eran is extremely active in the business community and supports multiple charitable groups and organizations in the Matthews area.

***To request information about our services or to schedule an appointment, please contact our office directly at the phone number in my profile below rather than through the Avvo messaging platform.***. I strive to provide not only the best legal and planning advice possible, but also the best client experience available. There are lots of factors that can cause an estate plan to fail. We make sure yours won't! And we help pass on more than money by capturing your personal legacy. Have minor kids? Be sure to ask about our proprietary guardianship planning package: the Kids Protection Plan.. I used to believe that I went to law school a year too late. I needed to take a year after graduating from Chapel Hill to figure out whether I wanted to go to law school or divinity school. Taking that year off meant the difference between having my choice of prestigious jobs at major law firms, as the law school class ahead of me had, versus entering the job market during the height of the worst legal job market in living memory. Despite graduating with honors from one of the best law schools in the country and being a law review editor, I couldn’t get a job with one of those big law firms. I couldn’t even get a job at a smaller law firm. In that one year, law firms had stopped hiring. I thought, “What rotten luck.”. To make a very long story a whole lot shorter, I went out on my own. I was on a journey to find myself and run a successful business at the same time. I eventually found my niche in the estate planning field. I loved that instead of trying to resolve (or worse, perpetuate) conflict, I could help families prevent conflict before it happened. But being the new guy with no experience, I felt like I had no choice but to be the bare-bones, low budget guy.. As you can imagine, that didnt' make me happy, and worse, it didn't make most of my clients very happy either. I quickly discovered that I needed to take the opposite approach and offer as much value as possible to my clients by doing things differently from other estate planning attorneys. It changed my life.. First, we never charge an hourly fee. All of our services are offered on a flat fee basis with several flexible payment options. Our fees are always quoted up front so that you will never suffer the shock of an unexpected invoice. This means that you can always feel free to call us with your questions as they arise without fearing the bill that will follow.. Second, we commit to an ongoing relationship with every client. Instead of sending you home with a binder full of documents and never seeing you again, we will give you all the assistance you need to put your plan into effect. Not only that, but we will even call regularly to follow up and make sure that everything gets done right. And if you are uncomfortable doing it yourself, we will do it for you!. But the relationship doesn’t end there. All of our service levels include a free estate plan check-up every three years so that we can ensure that your plan keeps up with your changing life. You can also sign up for one of our membership plans to take advantage of our many enhanced services, including annual estate plan check-ups, unlimited plan revisions, 24/7 online access to copies of your estate planning documents, and even comprehensive planning meetings with your other trusted advisors to ensure that all aspects of your financial and life planning are in sync.. Third, we help you ensure that your kids will never end up in the custody of someone you would never choose in the event you are killed or hospitalized. Nearly all lawyers will give you a guardianship provision in your will and stop there. That’s just not enough. A guardianship provision in a will does nothing until your will is probated and a legal guardianship proceeding is completed. This can take weeks or even months! And a guardianship provision in your will does absolutely nothing if you are hospitalized or otherwise incapacitated. Our comprehensive Kids Protection Plans ensure that your kids are cared for by someone you trust at all times and in all circumstances.. Finally, we help you preserve and pass on the aspects of your legacy that traditional estate planning ignores—the human aspects. I learned the importance of preserving a personal legacy first-hand. In August of 2010, my grandfather (we called him PawPaw), gave me a birthday check for $100. When I went to cash it, I noticed he had accidentally dated the check “20010”. Realizing I would probably not live to see the year 20010, I kept the check in my wallet, meaning to have him write a new check with the right date. But soon after my birthday he started getting sick. Prostate cancer took him away from us on All Saints Day, November 1.. He didn’t leave much behind. My family has cherished every random bit of paper we could find that had his handwriting on it. I still carry that birthday check in my wallet to remind me of my PawPaw.. There is so much we could have done to preserve more of his personal legacy—his stories, his values, his religious convictions, and even the sound of his voice. Instead, all we have are fading memories. Through our process, you will leave your family a lasting record of who you are as a person and the things that are important to you in life. Believe me when I say that they will be so thankful you did.. I hope you can tell how excited I am about all of the new and different ways we have found to serve our clients! I began this story by saying that I used to think I had rotten luck because of the way that extra year between college and law school changed my career path. I couldn’t have been more wrong! I realize now that it was one of the greatest blessings of my life. If I had ended up working at a big law firm, I would never have ended up where I am today, offering what I honestly believe is the best, most comprehensive estate planning service for families in the Charlotte area. If you have a busy life, love your kids, and want to make sure they will be taken care of no matter what happens, give us a call to request a free information packet that will tell you all about our unique approach to family estate planning.