Mr. Fenstermacher practices in the following areas:
Estate Planning
Helping clients attain their goals through wills and various forms of trusts, whether those goals include passing their wealth to subsequent generations or philanthropy. Trusts may include revocable and irrevocable trusts, residence trusts, education trusts and charitable trusts.
Preparing powers of attorney and living wills, possibly the most important documents for the clients themselves during their lifetimes.
Estate and Trust Administration
Assisting executors and administrators of estates from the death of the individual, through probate, gathering and valuing assets, paying debts and other expenses, preparing and filing estate and inheritance tax returns, and ultimately paying bequests and distributing assets to beneficiaries.
Administering trusts and advising trustees from the creation of the trust, through the trust term, to distribution to the ultimate beneficiaries at the termination of the trust. This includes advising grantors and trustees, preparing annual fiduciary income tax returns, and preparing court accountings.
Charities
Representing non-profit organizations of many types including charitable trusts, public charities, private foundations and clubs.
Advising the creators of the organization, incorporating and preparing the initial corporate documents, applying for recognition of exemption from the IRS, advising on an on-going basis, preparing annual tax and other information forms.
Tax
Advising and preparing income and other tax returns for individuals, fiduciaries, non-profits and small business entities such as family limited partnerships, S corporations, limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships.
