Raymond Chandler, Attorney at Law

Still working on your New Year's resolutions? Is one of them to get your Estate Plan in order (it should be)? Let's sit down and discuss all the options available to you to make sure when you pass away that your wealth and wisdom goes to whom you want, when you want, the way you want!

The more and more we move our lives to the digital world, the more and more we need to make sure we have plans for our digital assets. Do you want to pass on your game save files? Your digital music collection? Your collection of good movies on Itunes? What about the money left over in online account? Make sure your estate plan contemplates your digital assets as well as your traditional assets. This means much more than simply passing along a password.

Great episode by Stay Tuned STL on the issues surrounding aging and death. Drives home the point that it is never too early to start the conversation with your family or to get your affairs in order.

Have you thought about your digital assets and what will happen to them when you die? Who gets your facebook account? Who handles your email? Are your accounts set up? The Digital Legacy Association has a good infographic on the topic below.

Title 36 of the United States Code, Section 110 designates June 14 as Flag Day. Paragraph (b) of such section requests that the President issue a proclamation c...alling for the nation to observe Flag Day. This proclamation was done this year on June 10, 2016: https://www.whitehouse.gov//presidential-proclamation-flag Happy Flag Day!

The 2016 Missouri legislative session came to a close May 13, bringing several bills drafted and sponsored by The Missouri Bar one step closer to becoming law. ...This year, 10 of the 12 proposals sponsored by The Missouri Bar were approved by the General Assembly. Here's a summary: #MOLawyers #YourMOLaw #MOLeg

Always great to get out and meet local business leaders. This morning was breakfast with Denise Shumard of AdvantaClean of Two Rivers helping to provide mold remediation and emergency water removal. Great company to know with all this rain.

It is Give STL Day. An organization I'd love to see supported is Join Hands, ESL (you can find it in the search box). The mission of Join Hands ESL is to show love and compassion, to affirm and enhance self respect and self esteem, and to provide opportunities for recreation, growth, education and empowerment to the economically poor in East St. Louis, Illinois. It is one of the smaller, lesser known organizations in the area, so every little bit is going to go a very long wa...y. https://givestlday.org/npo/join-hands-esl

With everyone excited about Star Wars and getting geared up to dress as their favorite Jedi, this might be a very important case to keep watching: