WHEN SHOULD I REVIEW MY ESTATE PLAN?

You Should Review your Estate Plan
After Any Major Life Event, Including:

∙ The birth or adoption of a child,
∙ Marriage, separation or divorce,
∙ After a major change in your finances,
∙ Relocating from another state,
∙ A change in the needs of your
heirs (education, health care, etc.),



What about Trusts?

There is a fair amount of discussion about trust planning in national publications. Trusts can be valuable estate planning tools to manage property, exercise control and minimize probate expenses. The need for a trust can depend on your individual situation, and not everyone will require a trust to meet their estate planning goals.


Where can I learn more?

Remember, to take no action is an action.


Contact Jay Hemphill with Ragsdale Liggett PLLC at (919) 881-2236 to review your existing estate plan or to create a plan to meet your goals and needs. You can read more on Jay Hemphill at Ragsdale Liggett.

Raleigh Law Firm Attorneys Sworn in by U.S. Supreme Court

Ragsdale Liggett PLLC has announced that on Tuesday, Oct. 3, attorneys from the firm were sworn in and officially admitted as members of the Supreme Court of the United States. The group traveled to Washington D.C. on Oct. 2 and were received by the court at 10 a.m. the next morning.

Founding partner George Ragsdale, having successfully argued a case in the Supreme Court in 1992 and already a member of the Court since 1973, introduced his colleagues and moved their admission to the Court. Chief Justice John Roberts ordered their admission upon Mr. Ragsdale’s motion and addressed Ragsdale Liggett lawyers personally, welcoming each as newly admitted members of the Court.
The attorneys included:

Melissa Dewey Brumback, partner, Litigation Dorothy Bass Burch, partner, Business Mary Hulett, partner, Litigation David K. Liggett, partner, Business William A. Mann, partner, Real Estate John M. Nunnally, partner, Litigation Walter L. Tippett, Jr., partner, Litigation Richard O. Bolton, associate, Real Estate Ashley Huffstetler Campbell, associate, Litigation John R. Hemphill, associate, Litigation Sandra W. Mitterling, associate, Litigation.
Firm members of counsel, Joseph E. Johnson and Sarah E. Winslow, were each admitted upon a written motion on Oct. 2. Ragsdale Liggett attorneys previously admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court include Frank R. Liggett III in 1991 and Robert J. Ramseur in 2002.

“It was an incredible moment in my legal career,” said Dottie Burch, partner in the firm. “Just being there, 10 feet from all nine Justices, took our breath away. The pilgrimage to be admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States is a trip every lawyer dreams of making and it was nothing short of fantastic.”

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