• The Ohio Estate Tax Finally Dies  
• Two Weddings and a Funeral (sort of)  
• Up in Smoke: Surviving the Fire of Loss 
• Estate Planning and Elder Law Advice...by Telephone?
• Elder Law Services 
• Nancy Roberson Keeps Busy Serving the Community
• Widows' Support Groups

Up in Smoke: Surviving the Fire of Loss 

 Nancy Roberson is a contributing author for Living With Loss Magazine.  In the magazine, Nancy has a column titled, "You Don't Know What You Don't Know," for which she biannually writes an article.  

The most recent edition of the magazine featured Nancy's latest article titled, Up in Smoke: Surviving the Fire of Loss, which is about her close friends' journey through the tragedy of losing their home of 40 years to a fire.  

With the help of her friends who were affected by the fire, Nancy wrote the following article.  Although losing a home to a fire is certainly not the same as losing a loved one, Nancy gives some tips in her article about what helps and what doesn't help when a person experiences a loss of this nature.   

On a side note, after this article was written, Nancy's friends re-built their home on the same location and will be celebrating moving into their new home soon!

Estate Planning and Elder Law Advice...by Telephone? 

Have you ever had a legal question that didn't require an hour-long meeting to get answered?  Are you frustrated because you called our office to schedule an appointment and were told that it would be months before you could get in to meet with an attorney?  Do you have transportation issues that prohibit you from coming to our office?

Fret no more...

Starting September 1, 2011, the attorneys at Roberson Law have launched a new consultation service, for established clients only, that allows for one-on-one telephone appointments with an attorney within 48 hours (some restrictions apply) of the request for an appointment.  Just call the office and mention that you would like to schedule a telephone appointment, and our staff will attempt to find a convenient time for you to speak with one of our attorneys.

Legal advice has the same value whether it is given by telephone or in person, so we charge the same fee for a telephone conference that we do for a face-to-face consultation.  The only difference is that you are in the comfort of your own home or office.  By having a telephone appointment, you don't have to allow time to travel, you don't have to get a sitter for the kids, and heck, you don't even have to take the rollers out of your hair!

As a reminder, whether you have a consultation with us in person or by telephone, we only bill for the time spent discussing your legal matters.  We do not bill you for time spent chatting about your upcoming vacation, your new grandchild, your new addition to your home, or any other exciting news that you wish to discuss with us that is not related to your legal matter.  In addition, unlike many law firms, we do not round up the time we spend in consultations to the nearest quarter or half hour.  We bill our time to the exact minute.

To encourage clients to utilize our new "advice by telephone" service, we are offering 10% off any telephone conference scheduled for the month of September.  Please just make sure to mention this offer when you schedule your appointment.

Nancy Roberson Keeps Busy Serving the Community... 

Summer is traditionally a slow month for speaking engagements due to vacations and summer activities.  However, Nancy would like to thank Bethany Village, the Alzheimer's Association, and Sinclair Community College for inviting her to speak at their facilities these past few months.

In the last newsletter, we wrote about the unique topics about which Nancy has been asked to speak.  In this newsletter, we would like to highlight a new workshop that Nancy is offering to give (once again, for free) to the community.  The new workshop is specifically about Health Care Directives due to the increasing demand that our office has had lately for these documents.  To read more about this workshop, click here.