Please don't be misled by well-intentioned but often misguided advice from friends and family. And please don't be hoodwinked by pre-packaged, one-size-fits-all pitches. This field is highly specialized and technical. Just like no two families are alike, there's no one canned document that could possibly fit all situations.
Take a look at my services and practice areas here. Estate Planning & Elder Law Strategies to Secure a Prosperous Future for You and Those Who Are Important to You!. As an asset protection lawyer, I know that even though people may have different life experiences, values, and goals, they all have something in common: they all want to pass on as much as possible to those they care about in the way they want them to receive it.
Take a look at my services and practice areas here. Estate Planning & Elder Law Strategies to Secure a Prosperous Future for You and Those Who Are Important to You!. As an asset protection lawyer, I know that even though people may have different life experiences, values, and goals, they all have something in common: they all want to pass on as much as possible to those they care about in the way they want them to receive it.
Services
At Mark R. Connell, Attorney at Law, we help people plan ahead to protect their hard-earned assets, but we also help people who need to figure out how to pay for long-term care right now. We meet clients wherever they are in the estate planning and elder law process throughout Connecticut. Take a look at our services and practice areas here.
Preserve Your Quality of Life and Protect What's Yours With Our Elder Law Planning Services. As an elder law attorney, my goal is to help my clients create plans that preserve their quality of life as they age and allow them to leave a legacy for their loved ones. The challenge is being able to accomplish these goals when illness or incapacity makes long-term care necessary.
It's Never Too Soon to Think About How Your Estate Planning Attorney Can Help You Leave a Meaningful Legacy for Your Loved Ones. My estate planning clients often tell me that they want to leave a legacy for their families after they are gone.
Depending on the value of the client's estate, this legacy will look very different from one family to the next, but the dream is the same: to leave as much as possible to loved ones in a way that is most beneficial to the recipients.I help my clients achieve this goal by minimizing potential losses to taxes, liability, and long-term care and allowing them to maintain as much use and control over their estates as possible while they are alive.
Depending on the value of the client's estate, this legacy will look very different from one family to the next, but the dream is the same: to leave as much as possible to loved ones in a way that is most beneficial to the recipients.I help my clients achieve this goal by minimizing potential losses to taxes, liability, and long-term care and allowing them to maintain as much use and control over their estates as possible while they are alive.
For some of my clients, owning and running their own businesses has been a lifelong dream, and they're ready to take their great ideas to the next level. Other clients are running established companies and want to make sure they've done everything they can to protect their businesses from liability and plan for continued success once they're gone.
Sometimes, the word probate gets a bit of a bad rap. While you may have heard that you should find ways to avoid probate at all costs, the process in Connecticut can be simple and straightforward - if you know what you're doing! You will find the process of settling a probate estate much easier, however, by working with an experienced probate attorney.
Reviews (6)
Rj Volenec
Oct 14, 2021
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Mark led my wife and I through the complicated process of setting up trusts, wills, living wills and all of the necessary documents needed to provide us peace of mind and an excellent plan going forward. Mark's process made everything easy to understand and he explained options and recommendations based on our specific goals and needs. In addition, Mark is easy to work with and very responsive to our queries. The five star rating is a minimum.
Corinne Mulqueen
Feb 24, 2021
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Mark Connell is someone we would highly recommend for elder legal advise. We are a couple who do not have much legal expertise and Mark was able to simplify information in a way that was comprehensible. He was professional with time management, with answering our questions and laying out a productive outline for our needs. We also appreciated his ability to engage our children in understanding the development of our plan. Thank you, Mark
Sandy O'Day
Feb 01, 2021
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Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value
Mark was very helpful in helping me to plan my estate and make my will. He listened to what I needed, made suggestions, and helped me to understand all the legal terminology. I would highly recommend his services and am so glad that he was recommended to me.
Mark was very helpful in helping me to plan my estate and make my will. He listened to what I needed, made suggestions, and helped me to understand all the legal terminology. I would highly recommend his services and am so glad that he was recommended to me.
Kenneth Valente
Dec 16, 2020
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We have been with Mark for a number of years and found him to be extremely knowledgeable, professional, understanding of our wants and always offering the best options available as our solution. Mark is also a people person which adds another dimension to his personality. We are always extremely satisficed with our business relationship and plan on continuing it with Mark for hopefully many years. We have also recommended Marks service to at least 2-4 of our friends and they also are totally satisficed and continuing with Marks services. Marks pricing structure is in my idea very reasonable and
Lysa Apuzzo
Oct 26, 2020
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J. Osprey
Sep 29, 2020
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Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value
Mark's professionalism and sincere interest in meeting the needs of my wife and me is consistently at the highest level. In addition, we've repeatedly experienced his many efforts to educate others in understanding how different documents and public/private entities that they might encounter - as they age - work.
Mark's professionalism and sincere interest in meeting the needs of my wife and me is consistently at the highest level. In addition, we've repeatedly experienced his many efforts to educate others in understanding how different documents and public/private entities that they might encounter - as they age - work.
