The protection of assets and their transfer to future generations are among the most important goals an individual can have during his or her lifetime. Attainment of these goals is at the heart of estate planning. Over the years, LaCourse, Davis, Coffey & Gudgel has earned the trust and confidence of clients by bringing skill and insight to the challenging and highly personalized process of estate planning. Effective estate planning requires that the planner possess experience, technical knowledge, and skill. Our attorneys provide comprehensive estate planning and trust and estate administration services to clients.

Family-related issues often arise in a business setting. We takes great care to assure that its practice addresses the needs of family-owned businesses. We help clients understand and accomplish what is necessary for keeping the business in the family, despite the death or disability of family members who are active in the business.

Attorneys in the Estate Planning and Administration Department draft simple and complex wills, trust agreements, family limited partnership agreements, and other instruments designed to implement sophisticated testamentary and lifetime gift programs in favor of family members, charity, or both. Such programs can achieve dramatic reductions in gift and estate taxes and often result in income tax savings.