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This blog is the first in a series of blog posts regarding estate planning. An estate plan is a comprehensive plan that provides for the distribution of property at your death. An estate plan can also provide a plan on how to handle health care and financial decisions if you are incapacitated and who should make these decisions. A will can be the main dispositive document in an estate plan or the one component in the plan. A will allows individuals to determine how their property will be distributed at the time of their death.

Attorney Dan Lenz discusses the fact that businesses are still downsizing and often offer employees severance agreements. He informs how these agreements often include a requirement to waive your right to pursue a discrimination complaint. It is important to discuss your rights with an attorney before signing a severance agreement.

Five Lawton & Cates lawyers were selected for inclusion in the 2011 Wisconsin Super Lawyers publication in the areas of business litigation, general litigation, employment, and personal injury law.

Lawton & Cates, S.C., of Madison will acquire the law practice areas of Krek & Associates, S.C. effective Thursday, September 1.

Residents of Jefferson County now have another option for taking care of their general legal needs, as well as complex litigation, with the reent opening of the Lawton & Cates, S.C. offices in downtown Jefferson.

Call us at (608) 282-6200 because for over 50 years, Lawton & Cates, S.C. has represented workers, the injured, consumers and small businesses. Our attorneys have achieved national and local recognition. The firm has the highest rating possible by Martindale Hubbell. The firm is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers for personal injury, labor and employment law, civil and criminal trial practice and construction law. -- Excellence in Litigation - Madison Wisconsin Lawyers - Attorneys at Law

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