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22 When you choose to retain the law firm of McGowan│Hoiberg Law Group, P.A. ("McGowan | Hoiberg") in Rockland, you are opting to work with two attorneys who have a combined total of more than 50 years of legal experience. By adding an extremely talented paralegal who has worked closely with one of the attorneys for over 32 years, you have an incredibly knowledgeable team that can represent you in a wide variety of practice areas, ranging from estate planning and the preparation of your income tax returns, to domestic and international income tax issues, to probate litigation and tax controversies and trust and estate administration. Thanks to a little serendipity and a mutual friend, Paul McGowan and Les Hoiberg began practicing together in the South Shore just over a year ago. Gail Kleven Gelb, another attorney who is the wife of McGowan's former Boston law firm partner, Richard Gelb, knows both attorneys professionally and personally, and deemed their association a perfect match. The team is made complete with paralegal Kelli Seaholm, and their extensive background and location ensures that clients no longer have to leave the South Shore to obtain the expertise that one would expect to find in Boston, but without the added expense. As their website (www.mhlawgroup.com) will tell you, "Every life has a story. Make sure yours includes a plan." After all, estate planning and income tax planning are essential for protecting and preserving your most valued possessions, so that they may be left for those who you cherish most. McGowan | Hoiberg can help you implement certain strategies that may defer or reduce potential income taxes, while reducing, eliminating or at least deferring estate taxes. Most importantly, your estate plan should ensure that your assets are administered according to your wishes, even after you are gone. McGowan | Hoiberg offers a multitude of estate planning services, including the preparation of Last Wills and Testaments, Revocable Trusts, Irrevocable Trusts, establishing Limited Liability Companies, Business Succession Planning, Powers of Attorney, Health Care Proxies, Living Wills, Guardianships and Conservatorships, establishment of Foundations, Charitable Trusts, Grantor Trusts and Asset Protection Trusts. The firm will provide you with a complete and thoughtful estate plan that you can understand. More importantly, the firm will continue to work with you after the documents are signed. They will help you implement your estate plan, right down to making certain that your assets are titled properly and designation of beneficiary forms are completed correctly. Another aspect of McGowan | Hoiberg that sets them apart from many other local firms is that Hoiberg is not only licensed in Massachusetts, but also in the state of Florida. He has found the dual certification to be highly beneficial, as it allows him to provide estate planning for existing and potential clients who are or may become "snow birds" that live Every life has a story. McGowan│Hoiberg Law Group, P.A. ensures yours includes a plan. Paul A. McGowan III, Attorney Les L. Hoiberg, Attorney Kelli J. Seaholm, Paralegal by Rob Kelley