Planning for the future can be a complex journey, full of legal intricacies and personal decisions. It requires more than just foresight; it calls for expert legal guidance that caters to your unique needs.

At The Life and Legacy Counselors, our seasoned Columbia estate planning attorneys are committed to guiding you through the process, ensuring your wishes are met, your assets are protected, and your loved ones are cared for.

• Wills: We help you craft clear, legally binding wills to ensure your property and assets are distributed according to your wishes upon your passing.
• Trusts: We can assist you in establishing various types of trusts, including revocable living trusts, irrevocable trusts, and special needs trusts, to protect your assets and provide for your loved ones.
• Estate and Gift Tax Planning: Our team provides expert advice on estate and gift tax implications to help you minimize liabilities and maximize your legacy.
  

• Power of Attorney: We help you designate a trusted individual to manage your legal and financial affairs should you become incapacitated.
• Advanced Health Care Directives: We guide you in setting up directives like living wills and health care proxies, ensuring your health care preferences are respected.
• Guardianships: We offer assistance in establishing guardianships, protecting the welfare of minors or dependent adults in your care.
• Probate and Estate Administration: We guide executors and trustees through the complex probate and estate administration process.
  

Aimee D. Griffin Esq. LLM
Principal Attorney

Attorney Aimee Griffin, the founder/President of the Association of Black Estate Planning Professionals, Inc., an organization committed to bridging the racial wealth gap through collaboration and capacity building of financial professionals and economic education is the principal of Life & Legacy Counselors serving Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Massachusetts. 

Aimee serves on a number of Boards including the US Black Chambers, National African American Insurance Association Foundation, as well as the Commission on Social Action and Legal Ministry for Kingdom Fellowship AME Church.

Aimee is committed to supporting community growth through education and speaks regularly in national, regional and local forums to education other attorneys and the community. Aimee is a monthly contributor to the Washington Informer to educate. She strongly believes “when we know better we can do better”.