Estate and Trust Services

Estate planning is important for everyone, whether single or married, old or young. Without a will, your "estate" (everything you own: house/apartment, bank account, stocks, cars, etc.) will be distributed under state intestacy laws, in ways you may never have wanted.

Writing a will, creating a trust, or both, will help ensure that your assets go to those you intend after your death. Other kinds of trusts are used to control the use and management of your assets while you are alive. And writing your advanced directive, often called a "living will", will serve as your specific instructions for your health care and the management of your assets in the event of your infirmity or temporary incapacity.

 

  • Advanced Directives
  • By-Pass Trusts
  • Contested Probate
  • Death Without a Will (Intestacy)
  • Estate Planning
  • Living Trusts
  • Living Wills
  • Medical Powers of Attorney
  • Modified Estate
  • Probate
  • Powers of Attorney and Trusts
  • Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts

Sorel guides Plaintiff to win oral contract case: Jury finds oral contract breached by Insomniac Design, Inc.

Representing District Design Group, LLC, Christiane E. Sorel successfully tried the case against Insomniac Design, Inc. for breach of oral contract. The jury rendered its verdict October 17, 2014, affirming the existence of an oral contract between the parties. Getting a jury to uphold an oral contract in the District of Columbia is challenging enough; proving breach of that contract is rare indeed. Fierce competition among Independent Information and Communication Technology (ITC) results in subcontractors all too often starting work on “rush” jobs without proper documentation.   Unscrupulous clients and/or prime contractors (“primes”) are poised to take advantage, believing that the legal system protects them from strict enforcement of oral contracts. No longer.

Prevention – protecting yourself and your company from predatory entrepreneurs – is key. Call today for a consultation.