Estate Planning For Families And Businesses

Semanoff Ormsby Greenberg & Torchia, LLC’s trusts and estates attorneys advise clients on all aspects of estate planning to accomplish their goals while minimizing taxes and addressing other considerations. Our team of highly trained paralegals and estate law specialists have been providing sophisticated and specialized service to our clients for over 25 years.
Led by William (Bill) J. Stein, Esq. of our trusts and estates group, our lawyers have experience in contested probate and trust matters, including guardianships, will contests, fiduciary claims and other forms of Orphans’ Court litigation.

A Broad Range Of Trusts And Estates Services

We offer a broad range of services, including estate and multigenerational planning,business succession planning,document preparation, and estate and trust administration.

Our areas of practice include the following:
Simple and Complex Estate Planning
Health Care Powers of Attorney and Advance Directives (“Living Wills”)
Durable Financial Powers of Attorney
Revocable (Living) Trusts
Irrevocable Trusts
Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts
Dynasty Trusts
Qualified Personal Residence Trusts
Special Needs Trusts
Retirement Benefit Planning
Beneficiary Designations
Lifetime Transfers
Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies
Generation Skipping Transfer Tax Planning
Federal Gift Tax Return Preparation
Charitable Gift Transfers and Planning
Private Foundations
Asset Protection
Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements
Guardianships
Estate and Trust Administration
Probate
Post-Mortem Tax Planning
Federal Estate and State Inheritance Tax Return Preparation
Preparation of Fiduciary Accountings
Adjudication of Accountings Before the Orphans’ Court
Estate and Trust Litigation