An estate plan is how you protect the people you love and the assets you have worked to build. Without one, decisions about your property, your healthcare, and even your business may be left to default rules and courts. The estate planning attorneys at Kaufman & Hilbert PC bring decades of combined experience to wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and business succession planning — every plan prepared by experienced attorneys, not handed down a chain of associates. We design plans with the discretion and judgment that executives, business owners, and families with meaningful assets expect.
Estate and probate rules vary from state to state, but every sound plan starts the same way: a clear picture of your assets, your family, and your intentions. We turn that picture into enforceable documents, including:
The will is the foundation of most estate plans, directing who receives your property and who administers your estate. Trusts can add privacy, continuity, and control — holding assets for beneficiaries, planning for incapacity, and sometimes streamlining or avoiding court-supervised administration. We help you choose the right combination rather than applying a one-size-fits-all template.
A complete plan addresses lifetime decisions as well. A financial power of attorney names someone you trust to manage your affairs if you cannot, and an advance healthcare directive records your medical wishes and designates who speaks for you. These documents spare your family uncertainty at the worst possible moment.
For business owners, the company is often the largest asset in the estate — and the hardest to transfer well. We coordinate estate planning with buy-sell agreements, ownership structures, and management transition so the business, your partners, and your family are all protected.
We serve executives, business owners, professionals, and families with meaningful assets — clients whose plans must account for company interests, equity compensation, real estate, and family complexity. Some are creating a first will; others are restructuring a plan after a divorce, a sale, or a move. Each receives the same senior-led, confidential handling.
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Senior-Led Representation. Experienced attorneys design and draft your plan personally — your estate is never a training exercise.
Full-Service Strategy. Our corporate, real estate, family law, and estate planning practices work as a single team, so succession plans and marital agreements stay aligned.
Discretion & Judgment. Your finances and family arrangements stay private; we handle sensitive dynamics with care.
Responsive, Practical Counsel. Clear documents, plain-language explanations, and prompt answers.
Listen & Assess
We start with a confidential discussion of your assets, family, and goals, and review any existing documents.
Strategy
We recommend a structure — wills, trusts, powers of attorney, succession arrangements — and explain each choice.
Execution
We draft your documents, walk you through them, and oversee proper signing so the plan is valid and complete.
Resolution & Ongoing Counsel
We help you fund trusts, update beneficiary designations, and revisit the plan as your life and the law evolve.
A will is the starting point, not the whole plan. Powers of attorney, healthcare directives, beneficiary designations, and sometimes trusts address situations a will alone cannot — including incapacity.
A will takes effect at death and is typically administered through a court process. A trust can operate during your lifetime, offering privacy, continuity, and ongoing management for beneficiaries.
Review your plan after major life events — marriage, divorce, a new child, a business sale, or a move — and periodically even without them, since laws change.
Default rules and ownership documents decide, often poorly. Ownership may pass to heirs unprepared to run the company, and partners may face disputes. A succession plan keeps the transition orderly.
Whether you are creating a first will or restructuring around a business and a blended family, the right time to plan is before you need it. Kaufman & Hilbert PC — Your Full Service Law Firm — is based in Alpharetta, Georgia, and serves clients nationwide. Call +1-770-299-0792 or email [email protected](General Inquiries), [email protected](New Client Consultation) to schedule a consultation.
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