How To Get Started
By now you've seen that The Roy Law Firm is something special and because you love your family, you know your family deserves the kind of protection, guidance and love we provide. It's important that you know how we work because we do things a bit differently at The Roy Law Firm than at other law firms. That's why our clients love us so much.
Schedule Your Personal Family Wealth Planning Session
Call our Office at 410-655-1000 to schedule your personal Family Wealth Planning Session and ask to speak to Kelly, our Client Services Director. Kelly will schedule the most convenient appointment available for you with your Personal Family Lawyer. We see Clients Tuesdays through Saturdays between the hours of 9am and 5pm. We also have evening appointments available for your convenience upon request.
When you schedule your personal Family Wealth Planning Session, you will provide your credit card number to secure your appointment even if you have a certificate for a free consultation. So long as you don't cancel your appointment with 2 weeks of your scheduled appointment date, nothing will be charged on your card. If you must cancel within 2 weeks of your appointment, your credit card will still not be charged unless you fail to reschedule your appointment within 30 days of your cancellation.
We understand that this policy of securing your appointment with a credit card may seem unique. So is our law firm. We provide our very best service to those families who are looking for a long-term relationship with their trusted advisor. We expend most of our energy providing an exceedingly high degree of service to our existing clients and limit the number of new clients we see each week. We only take referrals from trusted professional Planning Partners. As a result, we must secure your appointment time so that if something comes up and you can't attend your appointment, we will have enough advance notice to open the slot to a waiting family.
What to Do Prior to Your Personal Family Wealth Consultation
About 3 days after scheduling your appointment, you will receive a Priority Mailer with your Family Wealth Inventory & Assessment Document (also downloadable here) and other important information that you will want to review prior to your personal Family Wealth Planning Session. We must have your Family Wealth Inventory & Assessment returned to our office three days prior to your Planning Session either by mail, fax or electronic mail or we will need to reschedule your meeting. Feel free to call the office at any time if you need assistance completing your document or have any questions at all.
If you have existing planning documents, please make sure that we have your existing documents in our office at least a week before your meeting so that we can review them prior to meeting with you.
What to Expect the Day of Your Family Wealth Planning Session
On the day of your meeting, please expect to spend 2 hours with your attorney. The initial meeting with your attorney has two purposes:
- To identify whether there is a good fit between you and the attorney who will become your Personal Family LawyerTM and
- To educate you about the law and what would happen if you passed away with your current (or no) plan in place.
By looking at what would happen under your current plan, you can identify what you would want to happen differently. Then, together with your Personal Family LawyerTM's guidance, make the decisions that are necessary to give you the peace of mind of knowing your family would be taken care of in the way you want if something happened to you.
Assuming that you and your attorney determine that there is a good fit between our firm and your family, AND that you identify specific ways you would want things to happen that are different than what would happen if you were to make no changes, you and your Personal Family LawyerTM can design a plan for your family right away.
What Happens Next?
Once you and your Personal Family LawyerTM have completed the design of your plan, you will then schedule a meeting for you to sign your planning documents approximately 4 weeks later. During this time your plan will be reviewed by your Plan Coordinator and your Funding Coordinator, who will review your assets for the purpose of ensuring that everything you own will be titled for maximum protection. We have a process of reviewing the documents with you that makes your plan so easy to understand that you will know for certain that we understood exactly the way you want things to happen when something happens to you and that your loved ones will be in excellent hands with our firm. Once you sign your planning documents, your assets and your family are protected as discussed during your design meeting.
We see that as only the beginning of our relationship. You may make changes to your planning documents at no charge for up to 90 days after you sign your documents. In addition, we send letters to all of the important people you've named as health care agents, trustees and guardians letting them know just what to do if something happens to you - namely, call us, we're here for your family!
At our final meeting during the planning stage of our relationship, we verify that all of your asset transfers are moving forward on track whether we are taking the lead or you are taking the lead with our unlimited guidance. We review your asset spreadsheet with you and ensure all of your questions are answered. Of course, if they aren't or they become cloudy later on, we are always available to answer your questions at any time in the future. And, there's no charge for that.
What Happens After I Sign My Estate Planning Documents and Take Them Home?
After the planning phase is complete, the maintenance phase of your plan will begin. At no additional charge, we review your plan at least every three years and keep you informed at least monthly about changes in the law and about other issues that affect your family and your wealth. And, if you participate in one of our Family Wealth VIP Membership programs, you will have an opportunity to review your plan on an annual basis, and we will provide your family with a number of other valuable services. Finally, we are always here for you and we don't charge you for phone calls, faxes, or emails. We welcome your communications!
You'll be amazed at how easy and painless the entire planning process will be for your family.
Download your $750 certificate for a FREE Family Wealth Consultation here, and save your family $750 while getting an education that is too valuable to miss.
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