Evergreen Estate & Elder Law

I initially met with someone in their office in Coeur d'Alene, ID, back in May of 2025. We discussed what I needed, & I paid their requested amount. In August, I finally met again, in the CdA office, with a young man who asked more specific details, and I gave all the requested information. They called and scheduled me on Oct 29th, to sign papers at their office in Spokane. Then and there I learned that they had closed their CdA office. The new receptionist who had scheduled that appointment confided that they had had a lot of turn-over, but assured me that the attorney she scheduled me with was very thorough, & a great attorney. I had assumed they would go over the documents with me before signing. Nope! I was told that the fellow I had seen in CdA had already spent hours going over the documents with me. How could he have done that when the documents hadn't even been drafted yet?! The attorney was clearly disgruntled with my questions, & stated she had only scheduled 15 minutes for me to sign., and had another client waiting. Against my better judgement, I went ahead & signed, assuming I would walk out the door with the Notorized papers. Nope! They said I'd get them in a couple of days, in a binder. The attorney present for the signing had told me that it was typical for it to take 5-6 months to get documents drafted. She stated it would take them 5-6 hours to copy everything & bind it. She said I should receive the binder in 2-3 days. It's been 2 weeks, and I've received nothing. Not even a digital copy. I DO NOT recommend this law office.

I initially met with someone in their office in Coeur d'Alene, ID, back in May of 2025. We discussed what I needed, & I paid their requested amount. In August, I finally met again, in the CdA office, with a young man who asked more specific details, and I gave all the requested information. They called and scheduled me on Oct 29th, to sign papers at their office in Spokane. Then and there I learned that they had closed their CdA office. The new receptionist who had scheduled that appointment confided that they had had a lot of turn-over, but assured me that the attorney she scheduled me with was very thorough, & a great attorney. I had assumed they would go over the documents with me before signing. Nope! I was told that the fellow I had seen in CdA had already spent hours going over the documents with me. How could he have done that when the documents hadn't even been drafted yet?! The attorney was clearly disgruntled with my questions, & stated she had only scheduled 15 minutes for me to sign., and had another client waiting. Against my better judgement, I went ahead & signed, assuming I would walk out the door with the Notorized papers. Nope! They said I'd get them in a couple of days, in a binder. The attorney present for the signing had told me that it was typical for it to take 5-6 months to get documents drafted. She stated it would take them 5-6 hours to copy everything & bind it. She said I should receive the binder in 2-3 days. It's been 2 weeks, and I've received nothing. Not even a digital copy. I DO NOT recommend this law office.

There are so many things to think about when you’re facing your 80’s. I enjoyed this presentation because there were things addressed that I had only began to wonder about. Now I intend to address them, thank you.

Good, broad coverage of choices to be made without overwhelming details. I look forward to learning more about estate planning choices which will help me and my family. Thank you for presenting this.