Many people assume that if they die without a will in New York, their assets will simply go to the people they would have chosen anyway. The actual rules are less intuitive than most families expect. Estate planning attorneys hear the same comment regularly: “If something happens to me, ...

A buy-sell agreement is the document most small business owners do not have until they wish they did. By that point, the conversation it would have settled has usually become a problem. Most small business owners across Western New York are diligent about insurance, property leases, vendor contracts, and tax ...

Military service changes how a family thinks about the future — and it changes the urgency of putting an estate plan in writing. For veterans and active-duty service members alike, a few core documents do most of the work. Anyone who has served knows that the military is diligent about paperwork — ...