When you want an attorney with extensive experience who will be responsive to your legal needs, contact Endicott Law Firm, LLC. When you need a personal injury lawyer, business litigation lawyer, or estate planning lawyer, call us. My name is James Endicott, and I established Endicott Law Firm, LLC to provide quality legal services to people living in the Springfield, Missouri area. I have experience handling all kinds of cases as a car accident lawyer and auto accident lawyer. I also have served as a premises liability lawyer for people who slip and fall (or trip and fall) and get hurt because of someone else's carelessness. We also provide services for clients who have contract disputes. As a business litigation lawyer, I have experience successfully representing clients/businesses who are being sued as well as people who need to pursue their legal rights against another party. When you want to be the one who decides matters concerning your own health and property, then you need an estate plan prepared by an estate planning lawyer or a wills/trusts lawyer. We at Endicott Law Firm, LLC can prepare for you a whole range of estate planning products, including wills, living wills, medical directives, and general durable powers of attorney. If you want to avoid costly probate proceedings and minimize your estate tax liability, we can draft trusts and other documents to help you. Our goal is to provide quality estate planning quickly and efficiently for our clients. We pride ourselves at Endicott Law Firm, LLC on being responsive to our clients. If you call us, we will usually call you back within 24 hours. We will keep you fully informed of the progress of your legal matters. Whether I represent your interests as a personal injury lawyer, business lawyer, or estate planning lawyer, I value your business and take seriously my role as your advocate. When you want an attorney with extensive experience who will be responsive to your legal needs, contact Endicott Law Firm, LLC. When you need a personal injury lawyer, SpringfieldMO, business litigation lawyer, SpringfieldMO, car accident lawyer, SpringfieldMO, premises liability lawyer, Springfield, MO or estate planning lawyer, Springfield, MO call us. My name is James Endicott, and I established Endicott Law Firm, LLC to provide quality legal services to people living in the Springfield, Missouri area. The viewer of this web site should be aware that: (1) the information contained in this web site should not be construed to be formal legal advice or the creation of a lawyer/client relationship between Endicott Law Firm, LLC and the viewer; (2) your contacting us does not in itself create a lawyer/client relationship with us; (3) the choice of a lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely upon advertisements; (4) neither the Supreme Court of Missouri nor The Missouri Bar reviews or approves certifying organizations or specialist designations; and (5) the photographs used in this web site, except the photographs of Mr. Endicott, are simulated portrayals. 2008 Endicott Law Firm, LLC - 5662 S. Southwood Road, MO 65804 SpringfieldPhone 417-883-9400 - www.endicottlawfirm.com
Avoiding Probate. Missouri has a non-probate transfer law that allows people to transfer any piece of property to another person free of probate with the transfer to take effect only upon the death of the person making the transfer. For instance, your home may be transferred upon death by beneficiary deed but only if the deed is recorded prior to your death. Any furniture or other tangible personal property in your home may be transferred by beneficiary bill of sale. Your vehicles may be transferred by means of a TOD (transfer on death) notation being placed on the titles. Your bank accounts may be transferred by means of a POD (pay on death) notation being placed on the accounts. When you make beneficiary designations on life insurance and retirement plans, any money from those sources will go to those beneficiaries, again, free from probate court intervention. Any interest you may have in a business may also be transferred by an assignment to a loved one. The main disadvantage of the non-probate transfer law is when a minor is named and then receives property after the death of a parent. A minor cannot hold title to property, so in this circumstance, a guardianship or conservatorship will have to be set up in probate court to manage the property until the minor comes of age. The lesson here is that the non-probate transfer law has limitations and can result in probate court involvement despite the best efforts of people to avoid probate.
It is just as important in business litigation cases, as in personal injury cases, for the lawyer to preserve evidence and develop the facts early in the case. You should contact us as soon as possible after a dispute arises so that immediate steps can be taken to protect the interests of your business and those who may rely on your business for their livelihood.
Medical Malpractice
Litigation, medical malpractice, premises liability, products liability, real estate, slip (trip) and fall, torts, trial practice, trusts, utilities liability, wills, and wrongful death. His goal in every case is to educate the client about the legal issues, to keep the client fully informed of the progress of the case, to respond timely to the client’s phone calls and requests for information, and to produce the best possible result for the client under the facts and law of the case.
Estate planning lawyer, Mr. Endicott has handled a broad range of legal matters over the years, including automobile accidents and
Wills
Living Wills. A living will is a declaration, signed by the person making the declaration and signed by two witnesses, that the person signing the document wants to withdraw or withhold death-prolonging procedures. The declaration becomes effective only if the declarant’s condition is determined to be terminal and the declarant is not able to make treatment decisions.
Trusts
Trust may be contained in a will for minors or disabled people who are to receive property under the will. Most often, though, a trust is established outside and separate from a will. This kind of trust is often called a living trust, and it can be made revocable or irrevocable. The most common trust is the revocable living trust, which may be amended or revoked at a later time. In a revocable living trust, the person setting up the trust, called the “grantor,” signs the document and then places all of his or her property into the trust. The grantor, while living, retains complete control over the property placed in the trust. At the grantor’s death, the trustee assumes control of the trust and the property in the trust, pays debts, and then distributes the property to the persons named in the trust. This kind of trust has two distinct advantages: (1) if done right, it will avoid probate on all of the property placed in the trust; and (2) if federal or state estate taxes are a concern, the trust may be drafted to limit as much as possible the amount of estate taxes payable at the death of the grantor.
Power of Attorney
Power of attorney is a document in which you appoint someone else, usually your spouse or other relative, to make decisions for you in case you are unable to make those decisions for yourself. It can be drafted to go into effect immediately or to go into effect only upon your disability (a “springing”