What is the problem with planning based on using a will?

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William Conway
Law Offices of William Conway
www.conway-law.com  
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William A. Conway, J.D., in a professional career as a tax attorney, investment banker, and legal educator, serves his clients with both financial and legal counsel. A graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, he is a registered investment advisor and tax attorney included in both Who's Who in Finance and Industry and Who's Who in American Law. Mr. Conway is also a member of the bars of the Commonwealth of Virginia, District of Columbia, and the State of Maryland.

His practice is dedicated to building wealth enhancement strategies for his client families' estates and businesses, using far-reaching, advanced planning to achieve preserved wealth for generations. The firm's priority is our relationship with our client families and their personal, professional and estate goals.

Mr. Conway was an Adjunct Professor of tax law at George Mason University School of Law, where he taught law for five years and has lectured at Georgetown University Law Center. He annually teaches continuing education courses on estate planning and wealth preservation for attorneys, financial planners, and accountants.

A founding member of WealthCounsel, LLC , he serves as chairman of the Legacy Consulting Group and is a member of the National Academy of Elder Care Law Attorneys. In addition, Mr. Conway serves on the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce and is President of the McLean Symphony, McLean, Virginia.

Invited for guest appearances on television programs such as "The Money Makers" on PBS, Mr. Conway also created and hosted the radio series, "Legacy," for many years on Washington Business Radio. You may now hear him on his new show, "Family Fortunes" on WTNT 570 AM Radio in the Washington Metro area each Saturday morning.

Generations, an updated companion book to the original "Legacy" radio show, is a 500+ page, hard-backed book, indexed by subject, and includes every aspect of estate planning.

What is the problem with planning based on using a will?

In this video series, William Conway explains the basics of estate planning.

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Host: What is the problem with planning based on using a will?

William Conway: The problem with will based planning although it is a plan, so from that perspective it is good, is that it does not provide for disability planning. It does also lead us directly into probate which is that court process we are seeking to avoid. In addition to that it does not provide for the privacy of the parties involved. A probate is a public process and since in public process, anybody who has the ability to go to the court house can receive information about the person who has passed away and learn how much assets to whom and the way those assets have been transferred to each and every individual that is listed on that person s will.

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