West & Associates, P.C.

Pittsburgh Estate Planning and Real Estate Lawyer

At West & Associates, P.C. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, we assist clients with estate planning and real estate legal matters. We provide personalized, prompt, and effective legal representation. We strive to meet clients' estate planning needs through careful, individualized consideration of the following issues:

• Addressing current income and assets in a comprehensive manner
• Minimizing tax issues
• Analyzing the optimum benefit to present and future generations
• Retirement and long-term care planning
• Providing for disabled family members
• Trust/estate administration and guardianship

We assist clients with preparing and implementing estate planning tools such as: wills, trusts, powers of attorney, advance directives, and estate probate.

West & Associates, P.C., Provides Valuable Estate Planning Advice

Although we all know that death is natural and inevitable, it is not a topic that many people are comfortable contemplating. Young, middle-aged, and elderly people alike tend to put off drafting wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and advance directives because of the difficulty of talking about the issues surrounding death and dying. Yet careful planning is of great importance both for present peace of mind and for future protection of assets.

An experienced estate-planning lawyer, Attorney Art West is a valuable ally and resource for people who want to plan for a smooth future transfer of assets for themselves, their families, and their businesses. West & Associates, P.C., prepares individually tailored revocable and irrevocable trusts, wills, powers of attorney, living wills, and guardianship agreements to achieve our clients' estate planning goals. We also pass along valuable resources for seniors that assist our clients in long-term care planning, Medicaid planning, and related matters.

We Handle Probate, Inheritance Tax Returns, and Administration of Trusts

Each person's and each family's goals and circumstances are unique. We are Pennsylvania attorneys who guide clients through the probate process in a timely and thorough manner. We have a detailed, accurate understanding of the most efficient and effective ways of protecting and distributing assets as ownership transfers from one generation to the next. We help clients smoothly navigate complexities at a stressful time after the loss of a family member.

We advise executors, administrators, and heirs in settling and administering estates, preparing documents, and resolving disputes. We probate wills, prepare estate tax returns, file inventories, and counsel clients on the administration of trusts and estates.

We are Knowledgeable Pennsylvania Real Estate Lawyers

In addition to offering comprehensive estate planning services, West & Associates, P.C. provides information and assistance to clients in real estate transactions. We advise home buyers and sellers on all aspects of a real estate transaction from agreement of sale through closing. We also assist clients who are entering into for sale by owner real estate transactions with required disclosures, financing, and real estate closings. Attorney Art West is also a licensed Pennsylvania Real Estate Broker and Pennsylvania Title Insurance Agent.

Contact us to schedule a consultation regarding probate, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, advance directives, real estate transactions, real estate settlements, and for sale by owner (FSBO) property transactions. Call toll free 1 (800) 738-2261.