It's not lawyers as usual - Krasnow Saunders Cornblath Kaplan & Beninati

Krasnow Saunders Kaplan & Beninati LLP provides pragmatic, creative, and imaginative representation…whether constructing solutions to complex legal problems, offering insights into transactions, developing effective approaches to negotiations, or formulating litigation strategy, our focus is always on furthering your goals and adding value to your business.

WE ARE STRAIGHT-TALKING AND PRACTICAL. WE’RE NOT LAWYERS AS USUAL.

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What is a Trust?

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The Disposition of Digital Assets: Estate Planning Potential NOT Just Propaganda

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Glossary of Legal Terms

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All Contract Arbitration Provisions Are Not Created Equal: Seven Pitfalls in Agreeing to Arbitration

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Recouping Unpaid Assessments - A New Approach

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New Developments In Noncompete Agreements

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Estate Planning For Unmarried Couples

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Introducing you to...

Lora K. Sanberg

There may be lawyers who only think of ways to make themselves money, but the truth is that no one can be a truly good lawyer unless they care about their clients. It simply is not possible to be good in this business unless you really care—not care about your own success, but about your clients’ success. If they are successful, your success will take care of itself.
Francis A. Beninati

"No one likes thinking about what might happen if they die, but no one really has the luxury of ignoring that forever. Estate planning, or wealth preservation, is valuable to almost everyone, even those whose wealth is their children and not their money. The cost may seem momentarily high, but the value is often priceless."
David A. Saunders

"Doing nothing is doing something. Sometimes the best way to deal with a problem is to ignore it. Recognizing disputes or problems that will go away if ignored is a valuable skill."
Frederick M. Kaplan

"Most often, less is more. Tom Sawyer was incredibly wise when he wrote 'I’m sorry for the long letter, I didn’t have the time to write a short one'. Saying things clearly, in plain English and without redundancies is good business and good legal work."
Richard Demarest Yant

"Lawyers often do not pay enough attention to tact and diplomacy. We are the representatives of a business and our being impolite or difficult can corrode the relationship between the decision makers and destroy the trust necessary for a successful transaction."
Henry C. Krasnow

"The process of negotiating is a valuable opportunity for a business owner to learn how the decision maker on the other side thinks and makes decisions when under pressure. Some people are charming but untrustworthy and that is often revealed to perceptive observers by how they behave in a negotiation."
Robert M. Berger

"There is no substitute for attention to detail, creativity, a deep understanding of the law, simple common sense, understanding the goals and risks of a transaction, integrity, and taking pride in your work."
Heather Kuhn O’Toole

"Don’t let lawsuits turn your world upside down. Business owners should never let disputes blind them to the fact that they are running a business and the goal is to make as much or lose as little money on a lawsuit as possible."
Anne K. Lewis

"Someone once said ‘wise is the fox that runs away and lives to fight another day’. The same is sometimes true in lawsuits. Settlements are not losses, just realistic compromises made to make survival less risky."
Isaiah A. Fishman

"Not only should a lawyer try to consider all alternatives, he or she should also consider the potential benefits and costs of each. Ultimately, no alternative is perfect or risk free and choices need to be made. The skill of a lawyer is often needed most when choosing among two distasteful alternatives."
Dina A. Bradford

"All too often lawyers pick unnecessary fights over meaningless details that do nothing other than create hostility and increase legal fees. Somewhere in a lawyer’s tool box should be the ability to know the difference between what is important to the business deal and what is a protection of a risk that will occur only once a millennium."
Charles A. Valente

"Letting yourself get carried away with anger during litigation is the surest way to pay unnecessary legal fees. Our goal is to stay rational so we can help you make the wisest choices."
Karin C. Prangley

"As important as saving taxes is, every estate plan should consider whether human sacrifices are being made to save relatively small amounts of taxes. A plan that saves taxes but makes it impossible for kids to get along after their parents die is invariably not what they or their parents want."

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