Court reform is as important as tort reform in returning justice to America’s civil justice system. Judges must remember that courts are places were injured people can be compensated for wrongs done to them— not where opportunists can strike it rich! Unless judges get back in the business of judging the merit of cases instead…
Any gymnast will tell you that flexibility is the key to strength. The same holds true for legal planning. With its simple grantor trust status and pass-through taxation, as well as its initially domestic jurisdiction, the Bridge Trust® has proven to be an incredibly flexible tool for U.S. persons wishing to provide a maximum level…
The ultimate tragedy of the sense of “victimization” and “entitlement” that now permeates the American psyche is the worsening affect it is having on the diminution of the Rule of Law. Where once the public, the business world and the international community understood and trusted the American Rule of Law, they now fear its uncertainty…
No other legal system in the world functions remotely like the U.S. tort system. Unlike any other country in the world, America encourages lawsuits. The more the merrier, according to many modern-day American jurists. The intent, or so the rationalization goes, is to sue ourselves into a better world. We can do this, they say,…
Tailoring asset protection plans to individual needs is a job that only a skilled and experienced asset protection attorney should attempt, if for no other reason than that the benefits of the strategies employed may be lost if they fail to comply with all applicable state, federal and international laws, as well as any precedents…