That’s really what I do. In the greatest scheme of life, the best thing that I can do for anybody is give them and their family options for whatever its exist. I don’t mean we’re going to draft a document that’s four thousand pages long, and specifically identify every option, I mean we plan and use the tools, and the documents, and the planning strategies that give those options. If it is this, we use that. If it is that, we use this. I know it sounds very vague, I guess what I’m saying, but it’s the idea of incorporating that planning in order to give those options so that whatever it comes at you, you’ve got it covered in one way, shape, or form.
Tamara Patzer: I really appreciate you educating us about this, and it is really mind boggling, and something that is really, really important to think about, so I really appreciate that. Where can we find out more about you and your services?
Brian Douglas: You can go on my website, which is BrianDouglasLaw.com, and that’s Brian with an I, as I joked earlier. B-R-I-A-N, D-O-U-G-L-A-S, L-A-W .com.
Tamara Patzer: Okay, great. Brian, I really appreciate this and I think everyone should take into consideration that it happens. I really appreciate your time today.
Brian Douglas: Thank you so much for having me. I appreciate the opportunity to be here. I spend a tremendous amount of time educating people and families because every time I have a conversation it’s very much the reaction that I just gave you. We open eyes, and not in a bad way, but in a good way of the importance and the need to do this sort of planning. I want to leave you with my final thought which is with a little bit of planning on the front end, you can cover pretty much anything that happens to you, your family, what you want to happen, what you want to avoid, you can avoid it all with a very minor amount of planning. Generally at reasonable cost, not to talk about money, but that can also be a concern for people, compared to the emergency situation after the fact, when you call me and it’s that too late situation, like we need this now, Brian, because there’s an emergency. Generally I can’t give you what you want and it’s going to cost a lot more, and it all could have been avoided so much earlier and so much easier. Then your family, in the time of need and crisis isn’t having to worry about going to court with me or doing things like that. I can’t stress the importance of a little bit of pre-planning. An ounce of prevention, it’s worth it all. Was it Patton that said it? It’s failing to plan is planning to fail. That was what one of his battle cries that he taught his subordinates in the army.
Brian M. Douglas is the international best-selling author of ‘Plan Your Estate Before It’s Too Late: Professional Advice on Tips, Strategies, and Pitfalls to Avoid in Your Estate Planning’ available on Amazon. Brian is a highly respected attorney with a solid reputation with his clients, colleagues, opposing counsel, and within the court system throughout the state of Georgia. Through his firm, he has taken on very diverse cases, working with real estate law, estate planning and elder law. Today, Brian is married to a wonderful woman, Tess. They have two small children who make life a daily adventure, and are passionate about animal rescue and fostering, along with all causes that help promote it.
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