by Randy Coleman | Sep 24, 2012 | Asset Protection, Business Owners, Crazy Lawsuits, Physicians and Asset Protection |
We’ve talked quite a bit about asset protection lately: Why Floridians Need Asset Protection Planning; September’s Crazy Lawsuits; Asset Protection for Physicians – Discussion and Dinner. It seems that no matter how much asset protection...
by Randy Coleman | Aug 24, 2012 | Asset Protection, Business Owners, Business Succession Planning, Corporate Compliance, Corporations, Family Business, Income Taxes, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Life Insurance Protection, Small Business Law |
What happens when a company loses its top salesperson to a tragic accident? Imagine that the salesperson drove 40 percent of the company’s million-dollar-a-month revenue. Can the remaining, less experienced sales staff compensate for the loss? Do the...
by Randy Coleman | Jul 10, 2012 | Business Owners, Business Succession Planning, Buy-Sell Agreements, Estate Planning, Estate Taxes, Family Limited Partnership |
I hold a special place in my heart for the family farm. My paternal and maternal grandparents were farmers. Their fields of peanuts, soybeans, tobacco, corn, and livestock fed our family and many others in South Alabama and the Florida panhandle. Like many of you,...
by Randy Coleman | Sep 22, 2011 | Asset Protection, Business Owners, Crazy Lawsuits |
September’s ridiculous lawsuits of the month create a whole new category of reasons for engaging in asset protection! These include a mother sued because her birthday card did not include a gift, a computer gamer who thinks Microsoft owes him $500...
by Randy Coleman | Sep 9, 2011 | Asset Protection, Beneficiary Designations, Business Owners, Business Succession Planning, Buy-Sell Agreements, Estate Planning, Estate Taxes, Life Insurance Protection, Small Business Law |
Why don’t women understand the need and importance of estate planning? It happens at least once a week. A woman comes to my office because some matter of urgency has triggered the “fear factor” and “forced” them to consult...
by Randy Coleman | Jul 21, 2011 | Asset Protection, Business Owners, Business Succession Planning, Charging Order Protection, Corporations, Family Business, Family Limited Partnership, Income Taxes, Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Limited Liability Companies, Small Business Law |
After my last post involving the legislative change in Florida that confirms the charging order as the exclusive remedy for a judgment creditor against an ownership interest in an limited liability company (“LLC”), I received a number of calls and...