Physicians of the Victorian age had a saying, “The operation was a success, but the patient died.”
Surgeon (and best-selling author) Atul Gawande, in Being Mortal, recounts the horrible last weeks of Joseph Lazarus, the first patient newly-minted Intern Gawande disconnected from … Continue Reading
I recently came across this and decided to post it. It was my last column as Chairman of the Elder Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association for the section publication Gray Matters. I meant it to be advice to newer attorneys. But it pretty well sums up my approach to law … Continue Reading
Are You Stressing Too Much?
Or Not Enough?
How much do you really, really, really need for retirement? Based upon decades of experience in elder law and talking to hundreds of people (and looking at their finances) my opinion: Not as much as other experts might say.
I want to … Continue Reading
Lately I have written a number of difficult posts that relate to trusts. A reader asked me why I hadn’t written anything that simply explains what a trust is. I was surprised to see that I hadn’t, so . . . .
First, let me set this up. I’m going to start with trusts and pickup … Continue Reading
I am NOT making this up. Last week the Internal Revenue Service issued advice to field personnel on how illegal drug traffickers should be handling taxable aspects of their, er, “business.”
Not many of my clients are drug dealers . . . OK . . . none that I know of. And I don't … Continue Reading