Your Family Lawyer for Life.
At August Law, we believe in providing personalized service for every client. Our approach is educational and proactive. We educate you based on the specifics of your family situation, your assets, and your individual needs, wants, desires and values. Then, we guide you in telling us what is most important. Finally, we create a plan, and the fee for that plan, to align with the objectives for your family and your assets.
We represent families throughout varying stages of life:
- Traditional two parent families or single parents wishing to provide for and protect their children and themselves
- Unmarried couples who are either solidifying their relationship through proper planning or dissolving their relationship with the assistance of caring counsel
- Blended families negotiating the challenges of creating new relationships with varying expectations
- Families with special-needs children looking to ensure that their children will be taken care of and able to continue to receive government assistance
At most estate planning law firms, the relationship ends when you sign your documents. At August Law, we see the signing of your estate planning documents as just the beginning of our relationship.
Family Wealth Planning Session™
Our process at August Law begins with a Family Wealth Planning Session™.
You will complete homework before we meet to help you feel organized… maybe even more than you have ever been!
We’ll review your homework and discuss what would happen to all you have and everyone you love if anything happened to you.
We’ll determine a plan to make sure everything goes the way you want. This way you are in control, and your family knows how much you care.
Should we decide there are options to take care of your family better than they are now, we will present these options to you and allow you to decide the level of service that is right for you and your family.
OUR ESTATE PLANNING SERVICE
Estate planning at August Law is not one-size-fits-all. We offer three levels of planning to suit your varying needs. From starter plans primarily for families with young children and little in the way of financial wealth; to more robust plans for well-established families concerned with matters of asset protection, preservation, and increased growth; either way, we’ve got you covered.
Generally, our fees range from $2,000 for a married couple with kids not focused on keeping the family out of court to $8,000 for an extensive plan. The extensive plan provides significant asset protection after death plus maximum protection protecting them from inadvertent loss to the State Department of Unclaimed Property or the court process.
We’ve priced our plans for you at the intersection of affordability and effectiveness. When we meet for your Family Wealth Planning Session™, we will review the three planning levels. Then, you will choose your fee based on your budget and the planning options most important to you and your family. Our plans are focused on ensuring your family has somewhere to turn if and when something happens to you. And, that your plan will work, and you have real security; not the false security that comes with a cheap set of estate planning documents.
There truly is no one-size-fits-all choice. You aren’t simply choosing the cheapest option because you don’t have any other basis for making your decisions. At August Law, our process is to educate you quickly and effectively so that you can make empowered, informed choices about what you want for the people you love.
3 YEAR REVIEW INCLUDED
With every estate plan, we include a no-charge three-year plan review to ensure that as your life changes so does your estate plan. We also confirm your assets are held properly to ensure maximum protection.
WHAT WOULD IT BE WORTH?
Can you picture someone who’s passed away, someone you love and miss deeply? Can you recall a conversation you had with them? Can you remember the sound of their voice and what they told you? What if you could hear their voice again?
What if they could speak to you—heart to heart—and share their wisdom and advice? What would it be worth to you to hear their words one more time?
What is it worth to you to know that they’ll always know exactly how much you love them? It’s worth a lot to us and we are honored to be able to provide you and your family with this gift.
Transferring Your Intangible Gifts
After you are gone, your loved ones will miss you deeply. They will long for your words of counsel and concern. Hearing your voice again would be a tremendous gift. Through our unique legacy process, you can give your loved ones the most precious gift – a lasting expression of your love. What could be more valuable?
At August Law, we believe estate planning is not just about transferring your financial assets and personal belongings. It’s also about capturing and transferring your valuable intangible gifts: who you are and what’s important to you – your values, insights, stories, and experience.
We could ask our clients to record a message for their loved ones and put it in a safe place… or to simply write notes to their children about how they felt about them. But we know few people would ever actually do it! We know that people get caught up with the day-to-day of life and focusing on leaving a legacy takes a back seat.
That’s why we built this process into our planning. At August Law, we make it part of our planning for every client to help capture and pass on more than just money. Our clients pass on their intellectual, spiritual, and human assets, who they are and what’s important to them.
Schedule a consultation for more information about how we can help you pass on your most valuable assets to your loved ones or about our resources for leaving your family with a true legacy.
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