On October 26th, the Firm’s Elder Law Attorney, Elizabeth P. Allen, put on a free advance healthcare directives clinic at Horizon Bay Lutz, an independent and assisted living facility in Lutz, Florida. She provided information on living wills and designations of healthcare surrogates, recent changes in the law on designations and she provided those legal […]
This week is National Estate Planning Awareness Week. It’s always a good idea to review your estate plan from time to time. That is especially true if you’ve had life changing events (such as marriage, divorce, birth of children, death of family members, health changes). If you don’t have an estate plan in place, now […]
Is mediation right for you? There are many situations in which mediation is the preferred choice over litigation. Many contracts (including, for example, the standard FAR/BAR Residential Contract for Sale and Purchase of real estate) require mediation before a lawsuit can be filed. Even if your dispute does not require mediation, the benefits of settling […]
Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog topic dealt mainly with terms that deal with things once you die. What about while you’re still alive? What happens if you become disabled and/or incapacitated and not able to do things for yourself? That’s where Part 3 of this Legal Words topic comes in. If […]
As a result of creating a new firm website and the shortening of the firm name to “Gibbons | Neuman,” we have been reintroducing our great team of lawyers ready and able to help you. One of those great lawyers is Victor Veschio. Victor H. Veschio, a Tampa native, is the newest member of our […]