Estate Planning &
Legacy Protection
Estate planning should feel clear and practical. We help Milwaukee families protect assets, plan for the future, and preserve their legacy with well-built documents and trusted guidance.
Estate Planning Starts With the Right Documents.
- PLANNING FOR YOUR FUTURE
Estate planning is the legal foundation for protecting your family, your assets, and your wishes. A well-drafted plan can help you avoid unnecessary probate delays, strengthen asset protection, and ensure the right people can make decisions if something unexpected happens. Hildebrand Law Firm works with Milwaukee individuals and families to prepare wills, trusts, and powers of attorney that are clear, enforceable, and designed for real life, so your legacy protection is secure and your intentions are carried out as you planned.
Our approach is straightforward. We identify the strongest legal theory early, secure evidence quickly, and pursue the resolution that best protects your interests, whether that is a negotiated settlement, mediation, or trial.
Common Estate Planning Matters We Handle
- Wills and foundational estate planning
- Trust planning with a trust attorney
- Probate avoidance strategies and plan coordination
- Asset protection and legacy protection planning
- Powers of attorney and health care directives
- Beneficiary designation reviews and updates
- Trustee misconduct and failure to act in beneficiaries’ interests
- Trust funding guidance and asset alignment
- Estate plan reviews after marriage, divorce, or a new child
Estate Planning Success Stories
- PLANNING FOR YOUR FUTURE
- Worked with a real estate developer who owned several properties in his individual name to transfer some assets to an LLC we created, some assets to a revocable trust, and other assets to an irrevocable trust, resulting in ownership transferring to these entities properly owned by both the developer and his spouse.
- Retired engineer and his wife organized their estate plans so that they could hold properties for their children in a trust.
- Retired post office worker and teacher transferred their home into a Medicaid-protected trust, and created powers of attorney for health care and finances in order to prepare for the next stage of life.
- Advised a 21-year-old entrepreneur who became a millionaire through his online business; established a comprehensive trust structure to protect substantial assets and ensure smooth transfer outside of probate.
- Assisted an unmarried heiress in meeting her desire to transfer half her estate to her nieces and the other half to charity. Created a charitable remainder trust as well as a revocable living trust and educated the client on how asset protection worked in both.
- Brother and sister owned a duplex together and needed to be sure that if one passed away, the other would inherit the property; we assisted in creating an asset protection trust and transferred the duplex into the trust so that their wishes would be followed
