If you are reading this newsletter, chances are we have represented you or someone you know, you have a professional relationship with us, or you know us from our network in the community. As such, you are one of the keys to the success of…
Last year, BDBF attorneys shared our summer vacation experiences in one of our surprisingly most-read-ever articles. We didn’t think we were that interesting. Never one to be shy to reuse a good idea, we thought we’d recap our vacations of summer 2023! Liz Farley For…
When The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, passed away in August 2018, few could imagine how messy she had left her legal affairs. Nearly five years later, in July 2023, following years of nasty intra-family litigation, a Michigan jury concluded that a 2014 document found…
Clients often experience a mix of emotions as they prepare for an initial consultation with a divorce attorney. Among them is fear of the unknown. What will my consultation with my divorce attorney be like? What should I do beforehand to prepare? Read on as…
One of the buzzworthy shows of the spring and summer has been Jury Duty on Amazon FreeVee. Jury Duty is a docu-style comedy about – you guessed it – a mock jury trial. The twist is that everyone except the protagonist – the judge, the “defendant”,…
An irrevocable life insurance trust (or “ILIT”) can be a critical component of estate planning for certain clients. Typically, the client who might benefit from an ILIT is the client who anticipates exposure to estate tax. At present, this includes DC clients who have more…
Our family law clients know all too well that even after a divorce trial ends, child support obligations and negotiations can continue. Clients often come to us seeking to modify or terminate their child support obligation. Sometimes clients come to us standing accused of missing…
We have previously discussed powers of attorney and their role in estate planning. When we circulate draft estate planning documents to clients, we often get questions about the language within these documents. Here, we’ll shed a little bit more light on the language within these…
Bulman Dunie is so proud of partner Meg Rosan and associate Liz Farley, who were both honored at the 2023 Bar Association of Montgomery County Annual Meeting and Law Day. Meg Rosan was the co-recipient of the 2023 President’s Citation for Outstanding Service. Meg was…
Paying for unexpected medical bills is a major source of financial and emotional strain for injury victims. We have previously written about the various resources injured parties have to help pay their medical bills when they are injured in an accident that was some one…
