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Looking After Life
Estate Planning Attorneys in Napa & Solano Counties

The Wealth Preservation Group of the Gaw Van Male law firm in Napa and Solano counties helps families and individuals pass their assets and investments from one generation to the next in a manner consistent with desires and personal values acquired over one’s lifetime.  Our job is to make you think about things you never thought about before, thereby preserving both your wealth and your desires for use after you are gone.

Gaw Van Male's Wealth Preservation services include standard estate planning, and more complex and sophisticated strategies such as private foundations, Qualified Personal Residence Trusts, Charitable Lead and Remainder Trusts, Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts, and Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts.  We are experts at minimizing tax consequences, costs, and ambiguity among beneficiaries.

Gaw Van Male excels in general business exit strategies and succession planning for family and closely-held ventures, including winery and vineyard assets.  We work as a team with clients’ accountants, life insurance representatives, investment advisors, and other professionals.  The Group includes four Certified Specialists in Estate Planning, Trust Administration, and Probate Law, designated by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, and a Certified Elder Law Attorney, designated by the National Elder Law Foundation.  The majority of the members of our department either hold a master in business administration or in business taxation, or a master of laws in taxation.

With active practices also in Litigation, Business Enterprise, Elder Law, Real Estate, Tax, and Wine Law, the Gaw Van Male Law Firm in Napa and Solano counties takes a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach to the opportunities and challenges facing its clients.

Wealth Preservation Proficiencies

Estate planning
Exit strategies
Family business succession
Trust administration
Conservatorship
Charitable giving
Estate tax strategy
Trust & estate disputes

Attorneys

• David B. Gaw*+
• S. Scott Reynolds*

• Douglas C. Spletter
• James P. Lamping, 
   LLM
• Michael A. Manfred,
   MBT
• Betty L. Homer
• Lori A. Hunt
• Christine L. Craig


Practice Areas

• Litigation
• Business Enterprise
• Estate Planning
• Wine Law

• Elder Law

• Exit Planning
• Human Resource Law
• Real Estate
• Tax
• Trade Identity



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..*Certified Specialist -
..Estate Planning, Probate
..and Trust Law, State Bar of
..California.Board of Legal
..Specialization

..+Certified Elder Law
..Attorney, National Elder
..Law Foundation