John is your long-time client. You’ve been through a lot with him: marriage, divorce, premarital agreements, trusts for his children from his first marriage, trusts for his children from his second marriage, the administration of his parents’ estates, the administration of his living trust following the death of his second wife, squabbles among his children and several rounds of updates to his estate plan along the way.
John expects you to be at the ready when he calls or simply shows up, so you don’t think twice when your assistant tells you he’s in your reception area. You lead him back to your office. He asks you about your family and makes the same bad lawyer jokes he always makes when he sees you.
It’s been a few years, so you’re curi...
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