PRACTICE AREAS
BUSINESS SUCCESSION PLANNING & ASSET PROTECTION
Most estate plans, or high net worth individuals seeking to protect their assets, utilize trusts. Trusts can be very useful in limiting tax liability, protecting from creditors, and avoiding the probate process. The best way to describe a trust is simply a property interest held by one person at the request of another.
ESTATE PLANNING
There are few things more important than leaving your hard-earned assets to the relatives or family members that you choose. As such, families should develop a lasting relationship with an attorney that they trust – more specifically, an attorney experienced and knowledgeable in probate, trusts, and estate planning.
EXPERT SUPPORT SERVICES
Wolff law works one-on-one with premiere experts in the banking, securities, and wealth advisory fields. We have consulted on numerous cases on behalf of corporate and individual trustees, national banking institutions, and wealth advisory firms in litigation involving banking law, fiduciary duty, estate administration, trusts, hedge fund management, investment due diligence, escrow transactions, and lender liability.
PROBATE LITIGATION
Often, a will is challenged on bases such as incapacity, undue influence, fraud, mistake, or the lack of certain statutory requirements (for example, for a will to be valid in Florida, it must be signed by the decedent and two (2) attesting witnesses). Legal issues like these result in litigation over transfers of property under you or your loved one’s will.
REAL ESTATE
From advising business owners investing in real estate, providing transactional services to first-time homebuyers or pre-construction investors, to litigating title or property interests, brokerage fees, and defending foreclosure, our attorneys have experience in all facets of real estate – Florida’s fastest growing and most internationally renowned market.
TRUST ADMINISTRATION AND LITIGATION
Many inheritances in Florida involve a trust. Trusts are legal instruments that arise as a result of someone’s intention to create one. According to Black’s Law Dictionary, a trust is defined as an equitable and enforceable right to the beneficial enjoyment of property to which another person holds the legal title.