Richard Wells Moore

The Law Offices of Richard W. Moore, P.A. is a Baltimore, Maryland law firm serving clients in the Baltimore, MD, Washington, D.C. metro areas, and throughout the world. Our firm concentrates in Immigration and Naturalization into the U.S.A, and our cases include, but are not limited to, Green Cards, Fiance Visas, Citizenship, Deportation and Removal, Family based and Employment Visas, and Asylum. For over 30 years, we have successfully represented clients from all over the globe in all types of immigration matters such as the following:

• Removal and Deportation
• Family based Visa petitions
• Labor certifications
• Fiancé Visas— K Visas
• Work Visas — H Visas and L Visas
• Student Visas — F-1 Visa, J-1 Visa and M-1 Visa
• Visitors Visas — B-1 Visa and B-2 Visa
• Citizenship applications
• Asylum and withholding of removal
• Criminal waivers
• Appeals to the BIA
• Motions to Reopen
• Habeas Corpus petitions

ESTATE PLANNING

In estate planning matters, we strive to be good listeners and to look at the whole picture in developing a customized strategy to meet our client’s goals for asset preservation, charitable intentions and addressing the special needs and circumstances of loved ones. The process begins by asking the client to complete a comprehensive questionnaire. We review the answers and their existing wills, deeds, insurance and trust documents and then propose a comprehensive plan of action, with projected results/savings, along with a proposed fixed fee to execute plan. The plans could include implementation of one or more of the following:

• Retitling and redistribution of assets between spouses
• Transfer of life insurance policies into Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust (ILIT)
• Establishment of charitable remainder or charitable lead trusts
• Drafting of new Wills, to include credit shelter trust or special needs trust provisions
• Creation of Revocable trusts, and retitling of assets into same, to avoid the headaches and costs of probate
• Establishment of a Qualified Personal Residence Trust (QPRT)
• Preparation of Family Limited Partnerships (FLP) to take advantage of minority interest discounts for gift tax purposes.
• We also regularly administer estates ranging from very small to those in the multimillion dollar range with the Register of Wills offices and Orphans’ Courts in all Maryland counties, and prepare complex Federal Estate Tax, fiduciary and gift Tax returns.

CORPORATE LAW

Representing Business Owners At the core of our client base are successful entrepreneurs, who are every day competing and succeeding in the marketplace, despite a myriad of legal pitfalls. We help these business owners anticipate (and avoid) such pitfalls, by learning as much as possible about how their businesses operate and encouraging preventative action. We apply over 40 years of experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating g contracts, buy-sell agreements, and employment agreements, and in forming new business entities.

The Law Offices of Richard W. Moore has the expertise and the experience to provide you with the high-quality representation you need.