Family Law

• Guardianship
  In the area of estate planning, too often individuals fail to plan for unfortunate events and leave their families scrambling through the consequences. Don’t let this happen to you or your loved ones! Estate planning is essential to ensure you don’t find yourself in the same position. Make sure that you have a strong will prepared to dispose of your property and provide guardianship of your minor children in the event of your death. C. David Rowe, P.C understands that estate planning is uncomfortable for many people to think about, and so he works hard to ensure that each client is offered expert advice and feels comfortable throughout the entire process. Estate planning in Lawrenceville Ga doesn’t have to be difficult, especially when you’re working with Lawrenceville attorney C. David Rowe, P.C!

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Our firm provides advice and assistance in business entity selection and formation. We help clients establish and operate LLC’s, corporations and other business entities. We also provide advice concerning all aspects of starting a new business. Our services for businesses include establishing new businesses (Limited Liability Companies, S Corporations, C Corporations, Partnerships), drafting LLC operating agreements, shareholder agreements, family businesses, business contracts, internet-based businesses, buy/sell agreements, succession planning, and assistance with buying and selling businesses. If you are contemplating any of these
• Business Formation
  Daniel Goeckel is an estate planning and tax attorney serving clients in Athens, Georgia and the surrounding northeast Georgia area. In addition to estate planning and tax law, Daniel also assists clients with probate and trust administration, Employee Retention Credit claims, and general business formation and business agreements.
• Business Disputes
  C. David Rowe, P.C has been the trusted business lawyer for Lawrenceville business owners for many years and takes great pride in his work. He understands exactly how important it is to quickly resolve legal issues and to ensure businesses are practicing under all of the legal requirements. With a long history of experience in the Lawrenceville area, C. David Rowe, P.C can help you with any issues, from business entity selection and formation to reviewing leases. Business law is our business. Whether you find yourself battling major business legal charges or you are starting a new business in Georgia, make sure you call C. David Rowe, P.C and have the support from Lawrenceville’s best business attorney!
• Limited Liability Companies
  We are also experienced in helping clients set up family limited partnerships (FLP’s) and family limited liability companies (FLLC’s) which enable the older generation in a family to retain decision-making control over family assets while transferring portions of the ownership in the assets to younger generations, often at a significant discount. There are other gifting and estate freezing strategies, including annual exclusion gifting, additional exempt qualified transfers for health care and educational purposes, Qualified Personal Residence Trusts (QPRT’s), and other techniques, which can be explored if there are concerns about a client’s estate being subject to estate tax.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  While attending the University of Georgia School of Law, Daniel received the CALI Award for International Taxation, the Attorneys Title Guaranty Award for Excellence in the Study of Real Estate Law, and the Edward J. Henning Award for Excellence in Dispute Resolution. While attending the University of Florida Levin College of Law for his LL.M. in Taxation, Daniel was a research assistant for Professor Yariv Brauder and wrote a seminar paper on Tax-Free Reorganization for S-Corporations.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Estate planning is an important part of preparing for your future. It may not be fun to think about, but estate planning is critical to ensure that your loved ones are not left in a mess after your passing. C. David Rowe and his team have years of experience providing estate planning services in the Athens, GA area. When people want to begin creating their estate plan, they contact C. David Rowe to provide expert support and to help advise them on the best estate planning decisions based on their specific estate and family needs. If you want to know about different types of trusts, you can check it out here! Our practice also assists families in the estate management process after the death of a loved one. If your loved one died in an accident, it is advised to contact experienced Tacoma injury attorneys for hire who can help you claim compensation and give you legal counseling. When a loved one passes away and hasn’t left an estate plan prepared for the family, the legal processes afterward can be difficult and confusing for the family. C. David Rowe helps families to walk through this process with ease and confidence, knowing that they are making the best decisions for their loved ones.
• Wills
  The estate planning process typically involves the preparation of wills with trust provisions (and sometimes revocable “living” trusts), powers of attorney, and advance directives for health care (sometimes called “living wills”). The process also frequently involves retirement and income tax planning, reviewing insurance policy and retirement plan beneficiary designations, reviewing property ownership, estate tax planning, lifetime gifting strategies, and planning for the most efficient transfer of assets to intended beneficiaries in accordance with the unique needs and circumstances of the client’s family.
• Trusts
  The office of C. David Rowe also assists families with the probate process after a family member passes away. This can include filing the initial Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form or Petition for Letters of Administration with the probate court, providing advice and assistance with estate and trust administration, dealing with estate creditors, assisting surviving spouses and minor children with filing Petitions for Year’s Support, and a number of other probate-related matters.
• Power of Attorney
  For a Georgia resident, the estate planning process typically involves the preparation of a will with trust provisions, a durable general power of attorney, and an advance directive for health care (sometimes called a “living will”). The process also often includes retirement and income tax planning, reviewing life insurance policy and retirement plan beneficiary designations, reviewing property ownership, estate tax planning, lifetime gifting strategies, and asset protection strategies.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Tax Law
  Our firm assists clients in researching and resolving tax-related questions and issues. We advise clients concerning tax issues for individuals, businesses, trusts, and estates. Our tax law-related services include preparing federal and state tax returns, resolving tax controversies, and assisting with other IRS and Georgia tax-related matters. We assist clients in resolving taxes owed to the Internal Revenue Service and/or Georgia Department of Revenue. We can also help taxpayers who need to catch up by filing past-due tax returns. We assist taxpayers who owe past-due balances in evaluating their options, including establishing installment agreements or filing offers in compromise when appropriate. Tax law services are one of our specialties.