Want to get your affairs in order without it being a big ordeal? Get the basics done right with Tom McGlaughlin of North Star Legal Services, LLC.
Everyone needs estate planning. Chances are, if you are reading this, you already know the fact, and you are just looking for the right approach. But on the off chance you are not aware, maybe a friend or relative has sent this your way, know that if you are an adult, and want to keep some degree of control and dignity over your future, wealth, or legacy, you are in the same buck as everyone else, and need to get some kind of estate planning done.
But what kind? Thats the tougher question. In Harrisburg, most folks who do not have their head in the sand and live in denial take one of two approaches to estate planning: they get quick, cheap, print and sign documents off the internet, or they visit a big name law firm that tries to upsell them into getting complex and intricate estate planning documents they do not really need.
Both approaches are flawed, and estate planning attorney Tom McGlaughlin is tired of having to pick up the pieces of the first during probates, or watching folks spend far too much of what limited wealth they could have passed on to their loved ones on the second. Instead, he offers a goldilocks approach, somewhere in the middle and just right.
Big name law firms and online legal services share the same strategy: go big. They have to if they want to operate at such large scale, but their tactics are nevertheless different.
Online “legal” services for estate planning try to make the process as cheap as possible to handle a huge volume of work with minimal (or zero) intervention from qualified attorneys. Unfortunately, estate planning attorneys are the ones who anticipate problems, identify unusual situations, and make sure your wishes are accurately reflected in the will and other documents you sign.
They will make mistakes, and it will be your relatives and loved ones who end up paying the price, like a special needs kid getting their government benefits taken away, or the family fighting over the fate of a home.
Expensive Harrisburg law firms, on the other hand, have legions of attorneys, but paying all those salaries and prime office riverside real estate rent also means taking on a lot of high-complexity and high-cost clients. If you go in looking to get a will and power of attorney done, you might walk out with a handful of trusts you cannot quite remember why you really needed, and your loved ones will be missing the money you would have passed on, but sunk into the legal fees instead.
If you want a more measured and sensible approach to estate planning in Harrisburg, Tom McGlaughlin is your man. He takes the time to engage in one-on-one conversations with you and your family to work out what your needs are, answer your questions, and make sure that what you want is what you get. Not more, not less.
Tom McGlaughlin has worked with a lot of folks, from kids heading out to college, to young parents, to retired widows preparing for the inevitable. And in the vast majority of cases, he has found all people really want or need are the fundamental pillars of estate planning:
Very few families in Harrisburg will need sophisticated multi-generational trusts or other complex or advanced estate planning. But they do care deeply about the results of their estate plan:
These are not lofty or ambitious goals, but basic needs and rights everyone deserves, and attorney Tom McGlaughlin has built his approach on delivering them.
The other problem with the online experience, and the big law firm treatment for that matter, is a sense of disconnection. Working online, you are never talking to an actual human, much less an estate planning attorney who can answer your questions. At the big city firms, you might speak to an associate or a junior lawyer, if you are lucky.
At North Star Legal Services LLC you are going to get to talk to Tom McGlaughlin. Better still, you will probably get to do so from the comfort of your living room. Tom McGlaughlin regularly makes the trip out to visit new clients in spaces where they feel comfortable talking about the sensitive subject of estate planning.
Not only does this make for a better experience for everyone, but it leads to more genuine answers and is more conducive to the introspection needed to make tough decisions. It also allows you to find and examine any documents you need to during the process, rather than worry about gathering everything and taking it to an appointment elsewhere.
North Star Legal Services, LLC | Estate Planning Done Right
If you have been dreading doing your estate planning, or putting it off, or have no clue where to start, getting the right approach to the process can be the difference you need to get it done. That is what estate planning lawyer Tom McLaughlin has been perfecting with two simple principles: keep it simple, keep it comfortable.
To set up your consultation and get the answers you need to get started, just call (717) 990-7178 or reach out online if you feel more comfortable with that. After all, the goal is to get your estate planning done right with minimal hassle and maximum effectiveness.
The information you obtain at this site is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice. You should consult an attorney for advice regarding your individual situation. Contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship.
