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Trusts, Estates & Probate

Estate Planning in Louisiana: From A to Z

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
OnDemand
5 hours 59 minutes
Frank DiVittorio
John Sirois
Siobhan Leger
Megan Clark
With Frank DiVittorio from The DiVittorio Law Firm + 3 others
Recorded June 07, 2024
Product ID 98413

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Overview

Get Critical Tools for Shaping Your Clients' Legacies

This no-nonsense introduction to estate planning breaks it down to its key working documents and fundamental steps. Learn how to map out asset transfers during life and distributions in probate, prepare clients for incapacity and nursing home care, and more. Whether you're just getting started or looking for a practical refresher, you'll find our expert faculty's insights helpful. Get the tools and tactics you'll need to ensure your client's estates function as intended. Register today!

  • Explore the top types of wills and trusts used in the practice, and pick the right one for each client.
  • Build Medicaid eligibility planning into your overall plans and avoid unintentional tax and creditor exposure.
  • Prevent POA abuse through wise choice of proxy and careful drafting.
  • Help clients plan for medical decision-making and diminishing capacity.
  • Spot common mistakes that will land you in hot water in joint representation of spouses.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Essential Will and Trust Drafting
  2. Special Needs Trusts and Medicaid Planning
  3. Financial and Medical Decision-Making, Guardianships
  4. Gifts, Joint Accounts, Intervivos Transfers, LLCs, IRAs, and Annuities
  5. Probate in a Nutshell: What to Expect
  6. Legal Ethics
Product ID 98413

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
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CLE

Agenda

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  1. Essential Will and Trust Drafting

    1. Client Intake and Crafting the Overall Plan
    2. Wills vs. Trusts
    3. Top Trusts to Use
    4. Drafting Essential Provisions (With Sample Language)
      1. Fiduciary Powers
      2. Distributions
      3. Special Clauses
  2. Special Needs Trusts and Medicaid Planning

    1. Medicaid Eligibility Criteria
    2. Medicaid Planning Tools
    3. Types of Special Needs Trusts
    4. Essential SNT Provisions
    5. Preserving Benefits
    6. ABLE Accounts
  3. Financial and Medical Decision-Making, Guardianships

    1. Choosing the Right Proxies
    2. "Dangerous" Powers
    3. Adult Guardianships
    4. Medical POAs and Advance Directives
  4. Gifts, Joint Accounts, Intervivos Transfers, LLCs, IRAs, and Annuities

  5. Probate in a Nutshell: What to Expect

  6. Legal Ethics

    1. Who Is Your Client?
    2. Conflicts of Interest
    3. Joint Representation of Spouses
    4. Client Capacity
    5. Effective Communication
    6. Practicing Before the IRS
    7. Attorney Fees, Engagement Agreements, and Client Trust Accounts
    8. Preventing UPL

Who Should Attend

This basic level online seminar is designed for:

  • Attorneys
  • Accountants and CPAs
  • Tax Professionals
  • Trust Officers
  • Estate Planners
  • Paralegals

Speakers

Frank DiVittorio
Frank
DiVittorio
The DiVittorio Law Firm
John E Sirois
John E.
Sirois
John E. Sirois, APLC
Siobhan Leger
Siobhan
Leger
Leger Law Group, LLC
Megan M Clark
Megan M.
Clark
Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard
Speaker bio
Frank DiVittorio

Frank DiVittorio

The DiVittorio Law Firm
Frank DiVittorio

is the sole member of The DiVittorio Law Firm. He practices in the areas of business law, real estate, estate planning, and succession litigation. Mr. DiVittorio is also the sole member of and legal counsel of Victory Title, a real estate title company. He sits on the board of the Hammond Downtown Development District. Mr. DiVittorio has previously served on the Governmental Affairs Committee of the Greater Hammond Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, and is admitted to practice in the state courts of Louisiana; United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit; United States District Court Eastern, Middle and Western districts of Louisiana; and United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern, Middle and Western districts of Louisiana. Mr. DiVittorio is also licensed to write title insurance policies in the state of Louisiana. He was previously a partner of Chehardy Sherman Williams Murray Recile Stakelum & Hayes, LLP. Mr. DiVittorio earned his B.S. degree from Louisiana State University and his J.D. degree and sports law certificate from Tulane University Law School.

Speaker bio
John E Sirois

John E. Sirois

John E. Sirois, APLC
John Sirois

, MBA, CFP, CIMA, CIMC, is an attorney with John E. Sirois APLC, where he is an estate and elder law attorney practicing in the areas of estate planning, successions and probate, wills, trusts, special needs planning, Medicaid, long term care planning and retirement planning. In addition to his law practice, Mr. Sirois is a certified financial planner with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC. His financial planning practice specializes in retirement planning, IRA rollovers and distributions; and investment management for pre-retirees, retirees and seniors. Mr. Sirois is the author of Louisiana Retirement and Estate Planning: The Essential Financial Planning Book for Retirees and Pre-Retirees. He teaches continuing education courses on estate planning, long-term care planning, special needs planning and retirement distributions for attorneys, financial planners, CPAs, social workers and insurance agents. Mr. Sirois earned his B.S.and M.B.A. degrees from Nicholls State University and his J.D. degree from Tulane Law School.

Speaker bio
Siobhan Leger

Siobhan Leger

Leger Law Group, LLC
Siobhan Leger

is the owner of Leger Law Group, LLC, where her practice focuses mainly on estate planning, special needs planning, successions, trust administration, Medicaid planning, and veteran's aid and attendance advocacy. She is a VA accredited attorney and a volunteer attorney with Wills for Heroes, an organization that provides pro bono estate planning services to veterans and first responders. Ms. Leger is also a member of various professional organizations, including the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; Elder Law, Disability Planning and Bioethics Group, American Bar Association; National Academy of Family Law Attorneys; and Louisiana State Bar Association. She earned her J.D. degree from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University and her B.A. degree from Louisiana State University.

Speaker bio
Megan M Clark

Megan M. Clark

Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard
Megan Clark

is an attorney in the Baton Rouge office of Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard. Ms. Clark assists clients in three primary areas of practice. She practices in estate planning, family law and general litigation. Ms. Clark earned her B.S. degree from Louisiana State University at Alexandria and her J.D. degree from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. She is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Baton Rouge Bar Association - Family Law /Young Lawyers Section, the Lafayette Bar Association - Family Law Section and the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel.

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