Estate Planning & Asset Protection

Probate & After-Death Administration

Business Planning

Philanthropic Planning

General Counsel

About GMFD

UNIQUE FACTORS OF OUR FIRM

Every business and profession should have and develop unique and identifiable traits so clients will have a choice. These are the unique factors of our firm:

1. We do "master planning" of client family and business situations, conceptualizing them through several generations and considering all persons concerned, all property, all objectives, and all risks. This will achieve completeness and harmony and avoid most "surprises."
2. We will work closely with other financial planning professionals.
3. We emphasize client education and self-sufficiency.
4. We stress preventive law and the scheduling of regular, comprehensive legal checkups.
5. We have combined business, estate, tax, and financial planning, commercial and real estate law into a single-integrated specialty.
6. We use the "interaction method" of brainstorming in client conferences to make the meetings more effective and to take less time.
7. We use "legal architecture" to diagram complex estate and business plans so they can be understood and remembered.
8. We have extensive experience in working with some of the largest families in the state and with some of the most complex business operations.
9. We have a system for attorney education within the firm which allows us to attend the major seminars on new law changes and to have regular monthly education sessions for the staff and attorneys. We will soon offer quarterly seminars for clients and colleagues to keep everyone current in the fast developing legal fiend.
10. We have selected a network of highly competent specialty attorneys to handle the legal problems outside our specialty areas.
11. We have a complete set of legal blank forms and "mini-correspondence course" legal kits to assist clients and their families in becoming more self-sufficient.
12. We have a staff that has worked together for many years and has extensive experience in the intricacies of our complex legal specialty.
13. We give each client a letter at the beginning of the relationship detailing the fees and costs. We send monthly bills showing itemizations of work performed so the billing also serves as a monthly status report.
14. We are on the cutting edge of computer technology.
15. We provide assistant in legal areas outside our own
    1. Anti-trust suits.
    2. Bankruptcy proceedings. Commercial litigation.
    3. Criminal proceedings and incarcerations.
    4. Divorces.
    5. Drunk driving and other traffic violations.
    6. Employees' suits or administrative proceedings.
    7. FCC - radio, television.
    8. Lobbying.
    9. Malpractice suits.
    10. Patent, copyright and trademark laws - researching and obtaining them.
    11. Transactional tax planning.
    12. Personal injury suits.
    13. Construction law.
    14. Securities work, including all legal work for sales of stocks, bonds, and syndications.
    15. Securities litigation.
    16. Tax litigation.
    17. Utilities regulation.
    18. Workmen's compensation claims.
    19. Venture capital financing.
16. We provide other services to assist our clients
    1. We make available our two conference rooms for the use of clients, professional colleagues and charitable groups.
    2. We provide preventive law educational seminars.
    3. We conduct in-house seminars for client families and businesses to provide tailored instructions and advice on business, estate tax, financial planning, and commercial law. By doing so, we amortize the per hour professional fees among many family members or business executives.
    4. We give convention-type seminars for large groups on legal subjects that are our specialties and on office procedures.
    5. We provide clients with blank legal forms and do-it-yourself legal kits in areas helpful to the client.
    6. We provide written how-to-do-it reports on problem areas related to our legal specialties.
    7. We consult with other attorneys and professionals on techniques for improving professional office procedures.

DESCRIPTIVE WORDS WHICH WE WANT TO CHARACTERIZE THE FIRM

Eagles, Efficient, Ethical, Independent, Influential, Harmonious, Involved, Networking, Innovative, Knowledgeable, Listening, Diversified, Positive, Creative, Supportive, Flexible, Respected, Professional, Hic Rhodes - Hic Saltes, Sensitive, Problem Solving, Teamwork, Name Recognition, Stable, Integrity, Profitable, Open to New Ideas, Superior, Consistency, Having Reserves, Ideas, Win-Win-Win, Current, Continuity, Punctual, Responsive, Effective, Outstanding, Compassionate, Warm.