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Barbara Flacker
Fox Rothschild LLP
2000 Market St - 10th Floor
Philadelphia PA 19103
Tel: 215 299-2846
Fax: 215 299-2150
E-mail: bflacker@frof.com

Estate Planning & Trusts and Estates

Effective interpretation of today’s tax laws to meet your immediate and long-term estate planning needs requires a sophisticated understanding and a proactive approach. From income tax and probate litigation to family business matters, Fox Rothschild offers the advantage of vast resources and a wealth of experience. Each attorney on our team strives to do more than learn your financial planning goals — we strive to become someone your family can turn to for thoughtful, tailored solutions.

Services
* evaluate and implement various estate planning strategies with a view to providing for continuity of family ownership in a family business or investment as well as in reducing the tax costs associated with making donative transfers, either during life or at death, or through the use of insurance, including life insurance trusts and split-dollar agreements
* collaborate with the referring lawyer, accountant, or financial advisor in addressing and solving client issues
* administer planning advice regarding the income and the associated federal and state transfer tax consequences in making gifts of equity interests in family owned enterprises or in conveying such interests at death
* work with clients and their legal advisors on commercial and investment transactions that have significant tax consequences, including sales, leases, exchanges, financing, and work-outs
* render advice on tax consequences incident to divorce or separation and structured settlements to civil litigation
* help develop overall estate plans that allow clients to achieve personal and financial goals
* assist numerous other law firms and their clients in reviewing and commenting on wills and trusts, and in administering probate and ancillary administrations
* address the associated state inheritance and estate tax issues in each estate plan, particularly to help avoid double-domicile issues or problems
* advise clients on issues concerning the tax savings from change in residence or expatriation
work on estate plans for persons migrating to the U.S. from treaty and non-treaty jurisdictions