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How Estate Planning for a Family May Trap the Unwary Practitioner
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How Estate Planning for a Family May Trap the Unwary Practitioner

March 1, 2022 by Juliana O'Neill

Attorneys have long advised entire families with respect to their estate planning. Ethics require attorneys to maintain a duty of loyalty to each client they represent and fully advise their clients regarding the structures they are recommending. Sometimes even when the transaction works exactly as intended, lawyers get sued. Read on to learn more.

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Juliana O'Neill
Juliana O'Neill
Juliana R. O'Neill has spent her entire career helping Virginia and DC families. She began her practice by litigating family law cases of all kinds, from divorce to custody. Her background as a family law attorney has led her to be particularly sensitive to her estate planning clients' concerns when it comes to personal, family issues. Her primary focus is to protect her clients from the consequences she saw in her family law cases.
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About Juliana O'Neill

Juliana R. O'Neill has spent her entire career helping Virginia and DC families. She began her practice by litigating family law cases of all kinds, from divorce to custody. Her background as a family law attorney has led her to be particularly sensitive to her estate planning clients' concerns when it comes to personal, family issues. Her primary focus is to protect her clients from the consequences she saw in her family law cases.

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