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The attorneys in the Estate Planning and Administration Group of Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C. are highly experienced in the development of estate plans and the administration of estates. Our attorneys have the diverse expertise necessary to serve clients with estates of any size.

Our primary goal is to create estate plans that fulfill our clients' personal desires, family needs, business interests and philanthropic goals. Our extensive experience and skill enable us to develop estate plans that accomplish our clients' objectives with the lowest possible tax cost. We consult with certified public accountants, corporate fiduciaries, insurance consultants and investment advisors to ensure a comprehensive solution. Our plans address our clients' concerns regarding closely held businesses, complex real estate holdings and other business ventures.

Our administration services are fully automated with the most advanced software available. In addition, our estate and trust administrators have over 15 years experience to assist our attorneys with the administration of estates and trusts. This unique combination of legal skill, administrative experience and automation allows us to provide the most efficient estate and trust administration services in the region.

The legal services we provide include the following:

Basic Estate Planning

Simple Wills
Wills establishing trusts for minor children
Durable Powers of Attorney
Healthcare Powers of Attorney and Living Wills

Complex Estate Planning

Wills and testamentary trusts
Revocable and irrevocable trusts, including GRATs and GRUTs
Charitable remainder trusts and annuities
Special needs trusts for beneficiaries unable to care for themselves
Federal estate tax and generation skipping transfer tax plans which utilize:
 
Family gifting programs
Corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies and other business entities
Qualified plans, individual retirement accounts, and other tax deferred assets

Business Succession Planning

Enabling the transfer of a family business to the next generation at the lowest possible tax cost through the use of:

Wills, testamentary trusts, and revocable and irrevocable trusts
Corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies and other business entities
Buy/sell shareholder agreements, installment sales, grantor trusts
Complex gifting plans including voting and non-voting stock
Charitable gifting
Irrevocable life insurance trusts and split dollar life insurance arrangements
 

Estate Planning & Administration

For more information contact Thomas C. Hoffman at thoffman@kmgslaw.com or 814-459-2800.


Attorneys

Jack M. Gornall
Michael A. Fetzner
Robert G. Dwyer
Christine Hall McClure
David M. Mosier
Brian Glowacki
Jeffrey D. Scibetta
Thomas C. Hoffman, II
Jerome C. Wegley
Nadia A. Havard
Elliot J. Ehrenreich










 
120 West 10th Street   Erie, Pa  16501-1461
Phone: 814.459.2800  :  Fax: 814.453.4530  : Email: KNOX@KMGSLAW.COM