by sbasche | Apr 28, 2016 | Planning Stories, Uncategorized
In 1958 J. Paul Getty was the richest man in the world. He even had his own listing verifying it in the Guinness Book of World Records. He was from wealth, his father was a successful wildcat oilman, J. Paul took over the old man’s business and expanded it to heights...
by sbasche | Apr 11, 2016 | Business succession, Planning Stories, Uncategorized
What to do About Larry? So, I’m working on the Frank and Marilyn Buckman estate plan. You remember them from the last post. And you’ve probably figured out the reason they look familiar is they are the Buckman’s from Parenthood.( the Ron Howard film, not the TV...
by sbasche | Apr 6, 2016 | Planning Stories
If you watched the end of the Villanova – North Carolina NCAA Championship game Monday night you (a) saw a classic game; (b) with 4.7 seconds left and a timeout on the floor you were treated to the sight of Villanova’s 6’11’’ senior, Daniel Ochefu mopping the floor...
by sbasche | Mar 31, 2016 | Planning Stories
Over the course of a few blog posts I’ll be designing an estate plan for several members of the sprawling Buckman family. They are pretty typical. You might even know them. Frank and Marilyn are in their mid-sixties and live in an upscale St. Louis suburb. Frank owns...
by sbasche | Mar 23, 2016 | Planning Stories
Joe Meador was a lieutenant with the 87th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. They landed at Normandy on D-Day, fought through France, Belgium, deep into Germany. In April, 1945 – the waning days of the war – they arrived in the formerly idyllic town of Quedlenburg,...
by sbasche | Mar 14, 2016 | DIY Planning, Planning Stories, Uncategorized
If you’ve been watching FX’s The People v. OJ Simpson – it’s mesmerizing despite having lived through it – you couldn’t help but be struck by the scene where a distressed Juice is getting ready to turn himself in. He’s high on a pill cocktail, off the rails upset at...