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Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way…? Ethical Pitfalls in Preparing & Administering Wills

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By Jeremy R. Feinberg [Originally published in NYPRR March 2008] If you ask anyone to identify services that lawyers provide for their clients, inevitably, one answer you will hear is “prepare wills.” Indeed, many law students, and even...
ABA Issues Opinion on Will Drafting

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[Originally published in NYPRR December 2002] May a lawyer draft a will for a testator to whom he is recommended by a potential beneficiary who is the lawyer’s current client? The lawyer has not previously met the testator, a widower whose nearest...
Preserving Client Wills: What Are a Lawyer’s Obligations?

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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR February 2000] When you draft a will, do you retain the original for your client? If you do, what are your obligations? Do you have to read the obituary pages to find out whether your client has died? Do you...

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