Practice Areas
Real Estate
Ownership of real estate may be one of the most significant investments in your lifetime. The firm offers legal representation in a comprehensive range of residential, commercial, and development activities, including sales and purchases, loans, leases, contracts, easements and rights of way, boundary disputes, construction, development, homeowners associations, family ownerships and succession planning. We focus on attention to detail, protecting the client, creating solutions for issues that may arise, and making sure the transaction is fully understood. We are fortunate to assist clients becoming new residents or business owners in making a welcome transition into this new personal or business home.
Estate & Succession Planning
Our experienced team wants to be your trusted legal counselor for addressing matters of lifetime choices, end-of-life decisions, and inheritance planning. We strive to craft documents to fit your circumstances, whether simple or complex, with asset values large or small. An experienced attorney will advise clients regarding wills, powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney and living wills. Sometimes trusts are appropriate to create family solutions for complex circumstances and relationships. We can address issues related to second marriages, minor or less responsible beneficiaries, sharing ownership of family properties, or diminishing or managing family conflict. Guidance and recommendations may include tax analysis and strategies for minimizing the costs of estate settlement.
Trust and Estate Settlement & Probate
Settlement of a probate or non-probate estate offers a special relationship with clients who often may be anxious about the time, expense, and complexity of an unfamiliar process. Often, misinformation causes fear and dread of governmental bureaucracy, but we reassure you that the firm promptly and effectively will fulfill all legal requirements. Our experienced attorney and paralegal offer guidance to Executors, Trustees and beneficiaries, presenting understandable choices for such matters as saving expenses, creating family solutions for use or distribution of properties, and preventing significant taxes due upon later sale of inherited assets. Our team enables you to effectively handling appraisals, inventories, accountings, and relationships with beneficiaries. We help you manage a range of assets such as trusts, retirement accounts, pension and death benefits, life insurance, individual or shared ownership in a business, out-of-state real estate, antiques, collectibles, and money owed to the decedent.
Business Law
Mr. Begley is an experienced advisor in matters related to formation, organization, and management of small business entities, including corporations, limited liability companies, sole proprietor enterprises, and trusts. The firm offers guidance when making a choice of appropriate entity, management representation and counseling, purchase and sales of business assets, with frequent representations in real estate development, family wealth planning, and multi-state and generational property ownership.
Non-Profit & Church Law
Begley Law Firm offers services to local non-profit and tax-exempt organizations related to formation, organization, and management activities, as well as issues that may arise with unrelated business income or other on-going operational matters. The firm has assisted with risk analysis and guidance for the protection of church property from liability, and in conflict resolution of church issues over the use and ownership of property.