Lauren Trask Millovitsch

Lauren Trask Millovitsch

5.0
Rating: 9.1

Licensed for 17 years

Estate planning Lawyer at Davidson, NC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate, Tax, Trusts

130 Harbour Place Drive, Suite 270, Davidson, NC

About Lauren

Biography

Practice Areas

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Practice Areas

Estate Planning 25%

Lauren advises clients regarding the preparation of basic Wills, Trusts and Powers of Attorney, as well as more advanced Trusts and other documents to address their family and wealth preservation goals. In addition to the preparation of general estate planning documents, Lauren counsels clients on sophisticated wealth transfer techniques.  generation-skipping trusts, sales to intentionally defective grantor trusts, the creation of family limited liability co

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Probate 25%

Following the death of a family member, Lauren guides the survivors through the estate and trust administration process, from the first probate filing to the final asset distribution. This includes advising fiduciaries on their duties and powers, preparing court inventories and accountings, and preparing federal estate tax returns. Her experience in handling estate and trust administration helps make this difficult period manageable for the family.

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Tax 25%

Lauren counsels clients on estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax matters. She also prepares federal gift and estate tax returns.

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Trusts 25%

From Revocable Living Trusts to Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts, Lauren advises clients on how trusts can avoid probate, minimize taxes and protect beneficiaries.

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Licenses

Licensed in North Carolina for 17 years

State: North Carolina

Acquired: 2008

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No misconduct found

Location

Creamer Millovitsch

130 Harbour Place Drive, Suite 270, Davidson, NC, 28036

Creamer Millovitsch

200 West 1st Street, Winston-Salem, NC, 27101

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Lauren Trask Millovitsch's Reviews

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Posted by Gary | May 02, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Estate Planning

Estate Planning

We had not updated our Wills or our Trust in 10 years and our circumstances in almost all areas of our Estate Plan needed to be significantly updated in order to represent our current Estate. Our original documents [Wills and Family Trust] were initiated in the State of CA and we are now permane...nt residents of NC so we asked our CPA for a recommendation for a new Attorney to handle our Estate Planning needs. Thankfully, he recommended Lauren. In our view, she seemed to be the exact fit we were looking for as an administrator of our Estate for the future. Lauren was very thorough in developing an understanding of what our preferences were in terms of all financial matters pertaining to our Estate and during the time we spent together finalizing our Estate Planning Documents, she convinced us that our heirs will be happy we chose Lauren to oversee our Last Will and Testaments.

Posted by James and Mary | February 10, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Estate Planning

Positive and Productive Legal Experience with Lauren Millovitsch

My wife and I recently hired Lauren Millovitsch, an attorney with Blanco Tackabery Law, to help us with some complicated estate planning. During our only meeting with Lauren, she took all the facts and information that we provided her and provided us with a complete written summary of what she pro...posed. This included a revocable trust agreement in my name and an revocable trust agreement in my wife's name. Each trust agreement met all of our criteria which included specific tangible personal property distribution and fiduciary provisions. We were most impressed how Lauren was able to fulfill everything that were wanted in these documents in such a legal matter that we could easily understand. Since it had been almost ten years since we had our Last Will and Testament and our Durable Power of Attorney documents executed, we had Lauren review and update each of these important documents. It was amazing the changes that needed to be made to these documents to make them current with our wishes. Lauren reviewed our Living Wills and our Health Care Power of Attorney and said they were fine and did not need any changes. Lauren provided us with extra copies of specific documents for our designated family members who would serve as Executor and Successor Executor if needed. Lauren provided us specific language to update our 401k's and our separate life insurance policies noting that we only had listed a primary beneficiary and we needed to add a contingent beneficiary. Lauren explained how we could title assets in our Trusts to avoid probate and provided details in a Memorandum. Lauren provided us a complete notebook with all documents included and a follow-up checklist which included estate planning documents; health care providers and agents; beneficiary designations, safe deposit box; and asset retitling. Going to a lawyer and going through Last Wills and Testaments, etc., is not something that my wife and I looked forward to doing. We had put off doing this for several years. We are so happy and pleased that we went to Lauren Millovitsch for this important legal process. Lauren was so knowledgeable in everything that we needed to have done. Lauren's warm and caring personality mixed in with her professionalism made our first experience with Blanco Tackabery Law a very positive and rewarding experience.

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Lauren Trask Millovitsch's Lawyer Endorsements

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Michael Anderson

Estate planning lawyer | Jan 31

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I have had the opportunity to work on several matters with Lauren, and find her to be one of the brightest and most talented lawyers in the field. She is sensible and smart in her approach to planning and administration matters, and brings an unsurpassed combination of knowledge and wisdom - together with warmth and empathetic client service - to her clients, and in so doing she brings effective results at very reasonable fees.. I would trust my closest friends and family members in Lauren's capable hands...."

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Experience

Rating:  9.1 (Superb)

Honors

2017

Legal Elite Young Guns, Business North Carolina

2017

Rising Star, Super Lawyers

2017

AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

2016

Rising Star, Super Lawyers

2016

Legal Elite Young Guns, Business North Carolina

2015

Rising Star, Super Lawyers

2014

Rising Star, Super Lawyers

2014

Legal Elite Young Guns, Business North Carolina

2013

Legal Elite Young Guns, Business North Carolina

Work Experience

2017 - Present

Managing Partner, Millovitsch Creamer

2008 - 2017

Shareholder, Blanco Tackabery

Associations

2017 - Present

Foundation for the Carolinas

Cabinet of Professional Advisors

2011 - Present

Charlotte Estate Planning Council

Member

2009 - Present

North Carolina Bar Association, Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section, Legislative Committee

Member

2008 - Present

American Bar Association

Member

2008 - Present

American Bar Association, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section

Member

2008 - Present

North Carolina Bar Association

Member

2008 - Present

Iredell County Bar Association

Member

2008 - Present

Forsyth County Bar Association

Member

Sample of Legal Cases

Planning for Blended Family

Successfully provided for spouse while protecting children's inheritance

Elective Share Dispute

Saved estate hundreds of thousands of dollars

Sale of Business to Trust

Growth in value of business passes to children estate tax free

Termination of Irrevocable Trust

Successfully terminated trust

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Education

2008

Wake Forest University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

2005

Boston College

Bachelor of Science

Speaking Engagements

2016

Estate Planning Seminar

Estate Planning

2015

Estate Planning Seminar

Estate Planning

2014

Estate Planning Seminar

Estate Planning

Publications

2015

Financial Strategies for Life Blog One Person You Cannot Disinherit…

2015

Financial Strategies for Life Blog Beware the “Free” lunch or dinner!

2012

Financial Strategies for Life Blog A Parent’s Right to Know

Languages

English

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