Investigating Family Lineage
Unless the Kardashian family is one of your clients (and The Practitioner sincerely hopes this isn’t the case), families you serve probably don’t have camera crews following them around 24/7, video-documenting their every move. Don’t worry--I’m not suggesting you set up your clients with reality show deals of their own. But I AM recommending you carefully listen to the sage words preached by Judith Kolva--author of this week’s companion article on encouraging clients to chronicle family histories by interviewing family members about generations past. We’re not talking about doing a cursory, slapdash job, here. We’re talking
When Lawyers Lawyer Up
Let’s face it: when it comes to litigating a family business dispute, a lawsuit can be a trial!
The Accountant Conduit Effect
The chicken and the egg. A snake eating its tail. A Möbius Strip. What do all of these images have in common?
Legend Has It…
In the movies, we see it time and time again–the slick Wall Street villain committing the hostile corporate takeover of a do-good company, placing a closely-held family-owned business at risk of dissolution.