Just What Is a Trust, Anyway? At Deckert Law, we regularly recommend that our clients consider creating and using trusts to facilitate their estate planning. A trust can seem like a foreign concept to the modern mind. I like to define a trust as both a relationship and a legal entity. Trust As A Relationship. […]
Minnesota Monthly’s 2023 list of Top Lawyers in Minnesota named Attorney Greg Deckert in their Trusts and Estates section. The annual list is based on an online peer-review survey sent out to all lawyers in Minnesota by Professional Research Services and honors excellence in various areas of the practice of law. Congratulations Greg! https://www.minnesotamonthly.com/lawyers/top-lawyers-2023/deckert-gregory-w/
The Super Lawyers patented selection process is peer influenced and research driven, selecting the top 5% of attorneys to the Super Lawyers lists each year. The firm congratulates attorney Greg Deckert on being selected to this list for the seventeenth consecutive year.
Scott Andrew Fulks was recently surprised by his colleagues during their virtual annual meeting with the 2023 Pro Bono Champion award by the Minnesota/Dakotas chapter of the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association. Scott is an active volunteer in nearly all the nonprofit organizations in the Minnesota Dakotas chapter. He volunteers with the: Volunteer Lawyers Network (U […]
Dottie J. Scott is the law firm’s newest legal assistant. Dottie is a graduate of Montclair State University and brings to the firm a wealth of experience as a busy receptionist and in administrative support. She will likely be the friendly voice you hear when you call our firm. She will be assisting primarily in […]
The firm is pleased to welcome Chloe Johansen back for the summer as a law clerk. Chloe finished her first year of law school at the University of Minnesota and volunteered for the Asylum Law Project. Recently married, Chloe is enjoying time away from work with her new husband. Welcome back, Chloe!
Civil Dispute Problem Solving We take many calls regarding potential civil disputes. They involve everything from home remodeling projects gone wrong to real estate disputes to business ownership and buyout disputes to property damage disputes. Many of these disputes share a similar theme: “There’s a problem. I need to get it solved. The problem is […]
To prepare for your first meeting with a lawyer for the administration of an estate you should gather relevant information and documents related to the deceased’s estate. The attorney will need general information about where the deceased lived, who their surviving family members are, whether they had a will or trust, and what their debts […]
Emma Peterson is the law firm’s newest legal assistant, dedicating her practice to serving our immigration clients. Emma is a Minnesotan and a 2020 graduate of the University of Minnesota. She spent the previous year as an intern in Spain, improving her Spanish and teaching English. We are excited to welcome Emma to our team!
Every life insurance plan requires you to name a beneficiary. Your beneficiary is the person you have chosen to receive the death benefits of your life insurance. It seems simple, but naming beneficiaries could be one of your most important estate planning steps. Here are six important points to consider. Your beneficiaries may or may […]
