Burton Law Firm

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having a will. Proper estate planning
utilizes special techniques to avoid probate, reduce or eliminate taxes, stipulate health and long term care directives, promote a planned business succession and avoid the chaos of an un-planned estate.

Business Law covers a wide range of legal services that can consist of business formation, dissolution, sales, mergers, acquisitions, tax planning, contract negotiation or review, and general legal advice to sole proprietorships, partnerships, LLCS and Corporations.
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Litigation services in the Burton Law Firm focus in Trust and Will Contests, Probate, Fiduciary Proceedings, Tax Controversy, and General Business Civil Litigation. Specialization within these areas allow us to meet our clients needs while keeping with the Firm's differentiation and expertise within specific areas of law.
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The Burton Law firm provides comprehensive and customized estate, tax and legal services to all clients, regardless of the size of their business or personal holdings. Our knowledgeable attorneys and staff will provide you and/or your company with personalized attention.

We are a boutique law firm, handling only Estate, Business, and Tax issues, both transactional and litigation, located in Sacramento, California. We specialize in complex estate, business and tax planning, as well as trust, wills, probate and fiduciary litigation. Our focus allows us to cater specifically to the needs of, as well as providing complete solutions to closely held or family businesses, as well as higher net worth estates in need of distinct services. By restricting our practice to these fields, we can better serve our clients by maintaining an extremely high level of expertise in these areas. Our firm is dedicated to reviewing each client's unique financial, tax, and legal situation, then using this as a guide to develop and implement a complete planning or trial strategy.
Our background, experience, and focus allow us to provide our estate planning clients with a cost-effective and indispensable plan tailored to maximize their estate's assets for themselves and their heirs. And our Trust, Tax and Probate Litigation department allows us to back up our clients plans even in the most extreme of unforeseen circumstances.
Our expertise, knowledge and resources in the area of Business Governance, Contracts, Succession, and Tax Law, allow us to cater to closely held corporations, partnerships and LLCS from formation to dissolution. Our Business Litigation Team specializes in supporting those businesses despite legal and financial challenges.
Thank you for visiting our site and we hope you will choose The Burton Law Firm to assist you in your legal needs.

Kassandra Carpenter joins the law firm as our new Administrative Assistant. Welcome Kassandra.

Thomas Reid, was inducted as Secretary of the Sacramento County Bar Probate Section Today.

Tip of the Week With the one year of estate tax repeal starting in 2010, the Generation Skipping Transfer Tax is no longer in effect.