Tom guided me through settlement of Mom's estate by explaining things clearly and understandably -- no legal jargon or unnecessary complexity. He is on time for meetings. The fixed price process was fair and relieved a lot of stress for my Dad and the family. Tom responds promptly, provides assis...tance to the degree you request and keeps the process on track. I recommend him without qualification.

My fiance and I meet with Thomas Bouman a few months ago to complete estate planning prior to our wedding. We spent a few hours one on one with him to review all of our wishes, he explained the general rational for estate planning and his recommendations for our specific situation. Within a couple w...eeks he had our documents ready and we reviewed them in his office. He was very professional and courteous. In addition, his website makes it very convenient. Overall I would recommend him to my friends and family.

Mr. Bouman has worked on two estates for me in the last several months. One was for a surviving family member and the other for my personal estate planning. He is thorough, explains things well and is extremely knowledgeable in the areas I consulted him on. I appreciated his professionalism, atten...tion to detail and dependability and timeliness in preparing the necessary documents.

My husband and I were recently referred to Tom when we moved to Arizona and needed to update our estate planning. We had hired a recommended attorney in San Jose to create our initial package 5 years ago and we were basically happy with it--we just needed minor updating. Tom could have simply mad...e the minor updates we requested, updated the language to suit Arizona and current law, and been done with it, especially since he had quoted us a very reasonable, flat-rate, package-revision fee. Instead, he broached good questions, made recommendations for improvements, replaced existing language with language that was stronger legally, and generally delivered an estate package superior to what we originally had. Tom's service was impeccable, he was personally responsive, he turned the package around quickly, and he is obviously well informed about estate law. You get the impression that he is, in fact, passionate about what he does. Although we just got our package about 2 weeks ago, I've already happily recommended him to several acquaintances.

We are currently in the midst of creating our Family Trust with Thomas Bouman. It is obvious he knows the law and how it pertains to trusts, but I must say he presents it in a non-lawyer language so it is easy to understand. I felt emotionally overwhelmed everytime I thought of creating a trust, but... he made the process as simple as having a conversation with a friend. His prices are very competetive also. All in all a painless experience!