California Estate Planning Attorneys

Craton & Switzer Estate Planning Lawyors Craton & Switzer LLP is a law firm that provides personalized legal representation for individuals and business clients. For our individual clients, we focus on helping you and your family create effective tools to protect your assets during your lifetime and to provide for your loved ones thereafter. Included in this practice are full estates planning services including formation of trusts, powers of attorney, advanced health care directives, property agreements, wills as needed, and a range of advanced estate planning tools as applicable.

We provide guidance and expertise in the creation and maintenance of asset protection entities, including limited liability companies and corporations. Our firm also provides full service administration of trust estates and probate administration after the passing of family members or friends. Our litigators are able to represent clients in pursuing or defending matters of estate related disputes, trust accounting matters, and probate disputes.

For our business clients, we provide legal services to form, operate, and maintain business entities of all types including, limited liability companies and corporations. We will work with you to ensure that your business entity best meets your ongoing needs and provides you with the best tools for liability protection. We will provide guidance and tools to help make the role of maintaining the legal requisites of your business entity as simple and efficient as possible. As challenges arise while in business, our staff can often help with questions regarding leasing, contract disputes and collection matters. With select civil litigation services, we are able to represent clients in pursuing or defending contract disputes between your business and its customers or vendors.

With over 45 years of combined legal experience our staff at Craton & Switzer is dedicated to personalized legal representation that goes beyond formula products and inaccessible attorneys. Understanding your needs and goals are our best means to providing quality, specialized legal services and guidance.

Ensuring the preservation of your legacy today and beyond remains our mission. We welcome your calls with inquiries about our services and expertise.

 

Most Popular Estate Planning Articles

  • Asset Protection

    Asset protection refers to legal processes used to protect assets against lawsuits and creditor seizures. While many methods exist, some of the more common include setting up a limited partnership, asset protection trust, or limited liability corporation.

    Many people believe asset protection is reserved for the wealthy, but this isn't the case. One of the greatest threats toU.S.residents is lawsuits. Believe it or not, around 50,000 lawsuits are filed every day.  People often lose everything they own because they didn't engage in proper planning.

    Personal lawsuits can quickly bankrupt a person's life savings and leave them swimming in debt for years to come. Professional malpractice and employment lawsuits can destroy a company that's been around for decades.

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  • Business Law

    Business law affects every company regardless of its size or type of entity. Companies that fail to become familiar with these laws can face stiff penalties or even jail time for non-compliance. Therefore, it is vital to understand which laws apply to your business long before opening the doors.

    Business law encompasses many venues including: advertising, privacy, disclosure, copyrights and intellectual property, finance, environmental regulations, uniform commercial code, workplace safety and health, and employment and labor laws.

    Advertising law pertains to the way in which products are marketed to the customers. Businesses must comply with laws and regulations established by the Federal Trade Commission when advertising products.

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  • Succession Planning

    Succession planning plays an instrumental role in readying employees for advancement. These methods are often referred to as 'grooming' employees, but the reality is these methods are vital for a company's overall success.

    Companies that don't engage in succession planning may find their self in challenging situations if key personnel leave their position. Bringing employees up to speed to fill the role often results in delays and financial losses.

    As a business grows and expands, owners need to identify employees that can be promoted into key positions. Owners should always have a 'right hand man' around that could take over business operations at any given time.

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  • Trusts

    Trusts are used to safeguard estate assets and reduce estate and inheritance taxes. Most people find the process somewhat confusing because there are different kinds of trusts and methods for setting them up. Some of the most common include: revocable, irrevocable, living, and testamentary trusts.

    Essentially, trusts are used to secure property that is intended to benefit other people. While there are many kinds of trusts, each includes similar elements. Each involves the person creating the trust, the person managing the trust, and the people that benefit from the trust.

    The individual that sets up the trust and is the owner of estate possessions is known as the Trustor. This person is also referenced by different names such as Donor, Settler, and Grantor. These terms vary by location, but always refer to the person making the trust.

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