Wills and Trusts, Estate and Tax Planning
LEWIS PHILLIPS HINKLE has a strong commitment to its wills, trusts, and estates practice. Partner Christina Goshaw Hinkle and associate Beth Von Hagen devote a majority of their practices to this area. They provide a broad spectrum of estate and tax planning services, including such basics as drafting wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, and health care directives for people across a range of asset levels. When needed, they are available to assist clients with more sophisticated and complex planning, such as revocable living trusts, credit shelter (also known as family or bypass) trusts, QTIP trusts, charitable giving, conservation easements, family limited partnerships and family limited liability companies, irrevocable life insurance trusts, intergenerational planning, special needs trusts, blended family planning, gift planning and the preparation of gift tax returns, qualified personal residence trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, asset protection planning, and closely held business planning. Continual changes in the estate tax laws require considerable care and expertise in the delivery of these services. Ms. Hinkle and Ms. Von Hagen strive to provide attentive, thoughtful, and personalized service to each client's plan.