You’ll know exactly where you stand at every step.
From your first conversation to your signed, funded plan, every step is clear and unhurried — so you move forward with confidence instead of uncertainty.
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What kind of engagement fits you?
Pick the one that sounds like you. We’ll show you what it looks like.
Focused engagement
A focused plan, at a fixed cost.
For most families — signed in 2 weeks or less from the consultation.
Two meetings — the consultation and the signing — with a clear scope and a transparent cost agreed up front. You leave with a complete plan, signed, with the originals in hand.
What it looks like
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What this step is
Before your consultation, you complete a brief questionnaire — ten to twelve minutes. It gives Brent the information he needs to make your consultation substantive from the first minute.
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What this step is
One hour — your situation, your goals, your questions, with Brent arriving prepared. You leave with a clear picture of what your plan requires, what it will cost, and what happens next.
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A plan is devised and a checklist of action items is created, with every document drafted specifically around your situation. Where it helps, Brent coordinates with your team of professionals — your CPA, financial advisor, private banker, and business partners — so the plan fits the rest of your financial life.
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Brent reviews every document with you, line by line, until it makes sense — then you sign. He keeps a scanned copy of the originals, shares a digital set with you, and sends you home with the originals in hand.
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When a marriage, a new property, or a business decision changes the picture, you call. Brent updates what needs updating — without restarting the whole plan.
Best for
- A clear sense of who you want managing your affairs
- Primary home, retirement, savings
- Known heirs
- A clear timeline and clear scope
Bespoke engagement
Brent as your ongoing general counsel.
For layered, multi-state, or ongoing situations.
Brent orchestrates the plan across your professionals, drafts and adjusts structure as your life evolves, and helps make sure every asset works in harmony with your goals.
What it looks like
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Brent works directly with your CPAs, financial advisors, property managers, business partners, and counsel in other states or countries. Documents, decisions, and timelines stay aligned across everyone involved — so you don’t have to be the messenger.
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Where they serve you, Brent forms companies, family limited partnerships, holding entities, and private foundations — built into the broader structure with asset protection, tax efficiency, and clean succession in mind.
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Trust structures designed for your specific exposure — domestic asset protection trusts, irrevocable trusts, and other vehicles intended to put a layer between your assets and creditors, lawsuits, or unforeseen claims.
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Where the math fits, Brent shifts appreciated assets out of the gross estate through gifting strategies, SLATs, dynasty trusts, and other vehicles — with the goal of preserving more of what you’ve built for the next generation.
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As you acquire property, sell businesses, restructure ownership, or face a new decision, Brent stays available to update the plan, document changes, and keep every piece in harmony with your goals.
Best for
- Business owners or holders of multiple entities
- Real estate in more than one state
- Blended families or special-situation heirs
- Estates near or above the federal exemption
- Any plan that needs to keep evolving
Choose Your Experience quiz
Question 1 of 5
01 · Style of engagement
What do you think is the best fit for you?
02 · Your estate
How would you describe your estate?
03 · Timeline
What’s your timeline?
04 · What you need built
What do you need built?
05 · Working relationship
What kind of working relationship fits you?
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Bring this with you. Brent will start the conversation right where you are — pick up from your answers, walk through what fits best, and quote your fixed cost if the standard path is your fit, or build a bespoke engagement scope if it’s not.
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