Richard Bryan

Estate Planning and Elder Law require a lawyer with both technical abilities and compassion, and sophisticated estate planning strategies involving various business entities and varied family relationships, and which are intended to last for generations of your family.  The right lawyer for you is the one who can achieve the best results effectively and efficiently, and with whom you will be extremely satisfied with the work product and performance. And that’s why you’re going to want to hire Rick Bryan.

I am committed to providing exceptional value to my clients, which includes not only estate planning advice and documents using the most modern solutions, but also includes returning phone calls immediately and going the extra mile to provide exceptional client service.  Estate Planning is a general term which includes a wide variety of tools, techniques and strategies which are used to help people manage, protect and grow their weath, and then pass that wealth along to future generations in an orderly and tax efficient manner.  Minimizing estate taxes and probate costs, and maximizing the amount of wealth which can pass to children, grandchildren, and charities, is a major focus of estate planning.  Most people think of estate planning as simply a will or a trust, and while those are the basic tools used in estate planning, the subject is actually much broader than that.  Asset protection planning, for example, to protect investment assets, real estate assets, or business assets, is an important part of estate planning.  Tax planning is another important part of estate planning, most particularly for the business owner.

Call for an appointment; let’s talk about your legal issues and see if we can find a solution for your estate planning, elder law, or business needs.  

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Living Will

Power of Attorney

Last Will and Testament

Revocable (Living) Trusts

Irrevocable Trusts

Life Insurance Trusts

Grantor Trusts

Asset Protection Planning

IRA/401(k) Protection Trusts

Probate and Administration

Probate and Trust Litigation and Contests

Trust and Estate Taxation

Post-Mortem Tax Reduction Strategies

Guardianship Matters

Elder Law

Medicare and Medicaid Planning

Spendthrift Trusts

Beneficiary Controlled Trusts

Business Law (Corporations, Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies)

Tax Controversy (IRS, NYS Dept of Taxation, Sales and Unemployment Tax)

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