Comments on: Three fundamental estate planning/legacy planning questions http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/estate-planning/three-fundamental-estate-planninglegacy-planning-questions/ Maximize Your Legacy Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:03:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Douglas Griess http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/estate-planning/three-fundamental-estate-planninglegacy-planning-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Douglas Griess Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:25:51 +0000 http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/?p=724#comment-279 John, you are absolutely right about this. There is somewhat of a dichotomy in legal practice, perhaps even a kind of schizophrenia, due in part to competing frameworks. One framework is that we as attorneys are simply agents who do our client's bidding without attempting to influence them with our own values and preferences. Another framework is that attorneys are advisers who mediate between clients and the law, shepherding or steering them in directions we think are appropriate for their needs. What happens in practice is that we do both depending on the situation--either intentionally, or subconsciously. I think I am going to have to blog about this to address it more fully. <abbr><em><abbr><em>Douglas Griess´s last blog post . . . <a href="http://drglaw.blogspot.com/2009/04/proposed-ftc-regulations-regarding.html">Proposed FTC Regulations Regarding Marketing</a></em></abbr></em></abbr> John, you are absolutely right about this. There is somewhat of a dichotomy in legal practice, perhaps even a kind of schizophrenia, due in part to competing frameworks.

One framework is that we as attorneys are simply agents who do our client’s bidding without attempting to influence them with our own values and preferences. Another framework is that attorneys are advisers who mediate between clients and the law, shepherding or steering them in directions we think are appropriate for their needs.

What happens in practice is that we do both depending on the situation–either intentionally, or subconsciously.

I think I am going to have to blog about this to address it more fully.

Douglas Griess´s last blog post . . . Proposed FTC Regulations Regarding Marketing

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