John Martin Preston

Preston Estate Planning targets the more affluent elderly by placing full page ads in newspapers promising a free lunch and a free Kindle if seniors come to a meeting and bring their trust with them for review. John Preston told me that it didn't matter if their website was 10 years out of date bec...ause their audience did not much use computers or the web. At the luncheon, almost invariably the trusts are found to be significantly defective and in need of reworking. Their motto is "We Fix Trusts". Seniors are then offered a $100 gift card after they attend a free meeting with Mr. Preston or another lawyer for a more detailed review at a local rented office room. At the meeting I attended, my wife and I were told, after a cursory examination of our documents (prepared by a very highly regarded established local law firm) that they were among the worst he had ever seen and would not work as planned. Mr. Preston also told us that that there was not enough time to tell us all the problems with our trust and that it was too complicated for us to understand. However, if we agreed to have Preston Estate Planning do all the work that was necessary to "fix" the trusts, they would reduce the $7500 cost by $2000 - but only if we signed up at that exact moment - no waiting to think it over or get a second opinion or talk to family about it. I was not allowed to take any notes about the cost, and my request for Mr. Preston to return the required detailed questionnaire with its confidential, private, medical and financial information was not met, even after making the request in writing.