Selling Your Business (Without Losing Your Shirt)

Many Americans own a side business, or make most of their money from a company they help run. Very few of them get the money they deserve after building the business, because they either leave feet first in a health emergency, or fail to sell the place on terms that let them keep busy, get…

Should You Avoid Probate?

  A lot of lawyers sell four or five thousand dollar will and trust packages that might avoid probate court processes for clients who would be better off with a court looking over their child or other adviser’s shoulder to make sure estate administration is prompt and fair. Illinois law now allows transfer by affidavit,…