One of the more common worries of Colorado small business owners is thinking about how their company will proceed once they retire or pass on. Those who own 100% of their business usually want to leave the company in the hands of a family member, while others may...
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Colorado Estate Planning Blog
A spendthrift trust protects your beneficiaries from themselves
You have worked hard, devoted to an industry that led to a lucrative career. Through the years, you have been able to provide things for your family that you never experienced growing up. It has been a more-than-comfortable lifestyle. Now, you hope your family can...
Bringing employees into your company? Have an employment contract
You may have been one of the many Colorado entrepreneurs who started your company in your home. Perhaps you handled all the necessary tasks alone or with one other person until your business got off the ground. Fortunately, your company saw success to a point where...
Choosing an entity during the business planning process
There is much more involved with starting a business than simply having a good idea for a company and then creating a Facebook page. In the weeks and months leading up to starting a business, there are important decisions you will have to make that will lay...
4 Factors that may Affect Your Business’s Succession Planning
You have a significant amount of time, money and effort invested in the business you started. Eventually, though, you must either step aside and let someone else take the reins or wrap up your venture. After all, you simply cannot work forever.A business succession...
Can You Plan Your Estate During A Pandemic?
With COVID-19 spreading rapidly, communities and individuals alike are racing to protect themselves and their loved ones. Many of these precautions are simple and short term, such as working with neighbors to deliver groceries while someone is in quarantine. There are...
How has the Pandemic Changed How Our Law Firm Services Clients?
The pandemic has changed so much about how everyone is doing things, from wearing masks in public to homeschooling as the norm. That applies to the legal field as well. Here in Jefferson County, judges are holding hearings using webinar software, all jury trials have...
Keep good employees on board with a good benefits package
Perhaps you have lost one or two super-star employees to the competition and do not want to see any others go out the door.One way to keep good employees happy and disinclined to leave your company is to provide the kind of benefits package that keeps them on board....
Your Plan Only Works If It Is There When Most Needed Estate Planning in Times of Crisis
This is the first in a series of blog posts written in response to the Covid-19 crisis. I've been hesitant to write anything that could be construed as exploiting this terrible pandemic. Yet, like so many others, I've been looking for a way to use what I know to help....
How COVID-19 Is Shaping The Law In Colorado And Beyond
One of the first obstacles our office faced while making plans to quarantine was the document signing process. After all, an in-person signature with witnesses and notaries are an essential element of most of our legally binding documents. While we can discuss, draft,...