I'm Jay Bailey, with Bailey & Galyen. I serve as of counsel with the firm and head our Probate and Estate Planning section. You've heard me, possibly heard me in the past talk about DIY. I'm lousy at it. There's not much that I can fix around the … [Read more...]
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Estate Planning Doesn’t Have to Be Complex
Hi I'm Jay Bailey with the firm of Bailey & Galyen I head up our Probate & Estate Planning section. There's a concept called enormity paralysis and enormity paralysis says that some things are so big and so complex and intimidating that they just … [Read more...]
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
I'm Jay Bailey with Bailey & Galyen. I head our Probate and Estate Planning section with a reminder that you don't know what you don't know. In almost any topic in the universe somebody that does something for a living, someone who's a … [Read more...]
Consider Not Putting It Off
I'm Jay Bailey with Bailey & Galyen and I head our Probate & Estate Planning section. I'm going to ask you today to consider not putting it off. First of all don't put off talking to your healthcare provider if you haven't had a checkup in a … [Read more...]
Talk to Your Family About Plans for the Future
I'm Jay Bailey and I head the Estate Planning and Probate section for Bailey & Galyen. I've drafted a few thousand estate plans and I've probated and helped families walk through the passing of a loved one at least hundreds of times. One of the … [Read more...]
Wills: Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late
Well you caught me on a day where I'm wearing a tie. We had a Zoom hearing today and it was an exciting one. We were trying to probate a will and beat the statute of limitations. What had happened was someone had put off probating the will for a … [Read more...]
The Squeaky Wheel
I recently listened to a leadership expert address the challenge of dealing with the "squeaky wheel" in your organization. A squeaky wheel is a person or group that is constantly complaining or acting out. How much time and energy do we commit to … [Read more...]
People Are Reminded They Need Estate Planning
I'm Jay Bailey with Bailey & Galyen. We have lived through unprecedented times, and I'm tired of it. Through the course of the deep freeze and the pandemic and now excitingly as we enter the summer of '21 and hope to travel people are reminded … [Read more...]
Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse
So you may have been pulled over by a police officer, they inform you that you have exceeded the speed limit but you weren't really paying attention to what the speed limit was nor how fast you were driving. As many of you know ignorance of the law … [Read more...]
Why You Should Seek Wise Estate Planning Counsel
I'm Jay Bailey with Bailey & Galyen, I'm of Counsel with the firm, and I head our Probate & Estate Planning section. You've got lots of things you're good at. You have expertise as a professional, you have expertise in the trades, you're … [Read more...]