With 19 years experience in Wealth Planning, Protection and Management, Gregory Herman-Giddens, JD, LLM, TEP, CFP and his fellow attorneys
at TrustCounsel have the knowledge and experience to help you develop an estate plan carefully designed to protect your family, preserve your assets, and save taxes. Our high level of technical expertise does not prevent us from being "user-friendly" lawyers - we strive to provide our clients with prompt, courteous service with minimum of "legalese."
To contact us, please call (800) 201-0413 or email us at
info@trustcounselpa.com. Local office numbers are provided below.
Elected as a 2011 "Super Lawyer" in
Estate Planning and
Probate law by other North Carolina attorneys,
Mr. Herman-Giddens holds a Master of Laws in Estate Planning degree, and is both a Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and a Certified Financial Planner(TM).
He is a Registered Trust and Estate Practitioner in the
international Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and a North
Carolina Registered Guardian.
He is rated a perfect 10 (superb) on avvo.com.
Attorney Kristin L. Burrows concentrates her practice in
Elder Law, and is accredited by the Veterans Administration.
She assists clients with guardianship matters as well as
planning for Medicaid benefits, Special Assistance, and VA Aid
and Attendance.
TrustCounsel is the publisher of the nationally recognized and syndicated
North Carolina Estate Planning Blog, the
first North Carolina specific web log on
estate planning,
asset preservation,
probate and taxes.
We serve clients throughout North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee
and New York. Greg Herman-Giddens is also licensed as a solicitor in
England and Wales.
We offer comprehensive estate plans and elder law services at fixed prices based on factors such as the complexity of the plan. We also have fixed prices for business formation services, and percentage fee arrangements are
available for estate and trust administration. Other matters are generally handled on an hourly fee basis. Visa and
MasterCard are accepted.
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Greg Herman-Giddens On the Radio
Track 1. All about converting standard IRAs in to Roth IRAs, which can be done within certain limitations. Also, how to take advantage of market volatility when converting an IRA, and
the importance of having a tax professional oversee the whole process.
Track 2. Strategies for appropriate investments, and the best ways to protect funds through losses and mismanagement. Also, the importance of properly setting up IRA beneficiary designations to maximize the benefits of IRA trusts.
Track 3. For estate and investment planning, you want to make sure your IRA tax deferral is stretched out as long as possible. One way to ensure that happens is to take
only the required minimum distribution if possible.
Podcasts
Track 1. Greg Herman-Giddens featured in Rocket Lawyer podcast "Tips from a tax lawyer for filing your 2010 return"
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