The Forgotten People

The Forgotten People

We Americans have big hearts. We have fund-raisers to combat homelessness, cancer, childhood hunger, recovering drug addicts, veterans, and the families of fallen law enforcement. Every religious group, ethnicity, philosophy, health condition, and political group has...
How to Prevent Court Battles Over an Older Man’s Money

How to Prevent Court Battles Over an Older Man’s Money

A recent study of online dating websites found that women find men most attractive at 50, and men find women most attractive when they are 18. This doesn’t seem shocking to me. Prior to focusing my practice on asset protection, I practiced probate litigation. I can...
How to Organize Your Important Documents and Digital Information

How to Organize Your Important Documents and Digital Information

Life has gotten a whole lot more complicated than it was when I was a child in the 1970’s. My parents had keys to the house, their business, and our boat. They probably had a few other random keys as well. But they didn’t have long lists of passwords to various...
Transferring Assets to a Trust

Transferring Assets to a Trust

If you want to transfer your assets to a trust (a) so that your money or other assets are protected from creditors and (b) you nevertheless have access to to those assets, you basically have the following options: Option One is to create a trust that names a trust...
99% of Asset Protection Plans Don’t Work

99% of Asset Protection Plans Don’t Work

I saw attorney Jay Adkisson speak at an attorney conference today. He’s been an asset protection attorney for decades. Now he spends most of his time helping creditors collect on judgments, but also help with asset protection. In other words, he plays on both sides of...