Few activities are more important, yet more intimidating, than planning for your own long-term security and the continued well-being of your loved ones. The complexities of estate laws can lead many people to put off this crucial task until it’s too late, but with competent legal help you can lay a solid foundation for protecting your life and preserving your future.

No matter the size of the estate, every individual should have a personalized plan for his or her estate. Whether the issue is tax planning, division of assets, appointing an executor, naming guardians for minor children or planning for avoidance of probate, estate planning is the key to ensuring that your priorities are addressed to your satisfaction.

As experienced Virginia Beach Estate Planning Attorneys, our mission is to provide unsurpassed service to our clients in protecting and transferring their assets at the lowest possible tax cost; preserving their family values and ideals as their truest legacy; benefiting their charities and communities as befitting their values; and preparing for and meeting the challenges and opportunities associated with aging.

We help people transfer their assets and wealth in a manner consistent with family values to the persons and organizations they love in a cost- and tax-efficient manner. Our focus includes:

• Estate Planning
• Estate and Trust Administration
• Estate and Fiduciary Litigation
• Estate and Gift Taxation
• Closely Held Businesses
• Living Trusts
• Wills
• Guardianships/ Powers of Attorney
• Medical Directives
• Probate
  
• Asset Protection
• Special Needs Trusts
• Testamentary Trusts
• Will Contest Litigation
• Conservatorships
• Estate Tax Returns
• Private Annuities and Charitable Trusts

Our Firm was founded to provide clients and professional colleagues with a law firm focused on estate planning and administration, fiduciary, estate and gift tax planning, elder law, guardianship and conservatorship, family of closely held business law and small business planning. The attorneys of the Firm have decades of combined experience in these complex practice areas, which inures to the benefit of the Firm's clients and their other advisors. The commitment to excellence in legal representation at Midgett & Preti, P.C. is matched by our dedication to the highest levels of integrity, professionalism and service to our clients.

The laws which influence estate planning techniques range from complex federal tax provisions to state law rules of inheritance, and changes occur with every legislative session and appellate court case on the subject. People of all ages and in every socio-economic group need more than merely competent counsel to protect their interests and to provide sound, effective strategies for dealing with both the laws and the changes.

As skilled Virginia Beach Estate Planning Attorneys, we are committed to maintaining our focus on legal matters falling within the stated, related practice areas in order to provide clients with the informed, experienced counsel our clients have come to expect. Excellence in the law is expected of us. What differentiates us from other law firms is our commitment to:

• Unsurpassed client service by
• Engaged and motivated employees in a
• Joyful and pleasant work environment with
• People of uncompromised integrity, honesty and professionalism who
• Appreciate and promote the balance between work and family

If you or someone you know in Virginia needs the assistance of an experienced Virginia Beach Estate Planning Attorney, call Midgett & Preti today at 866-635-9851, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your initial consultation.