About Laura
Laura E. Tobin: Comprehensive Trusts and Estates Legal Counsel in Concord, New Hampshire
Protecting your legacy and ensuring a seamless transition of assets is a deeply personal and often complex undertaking. Laura E. Tobin is a dedicated and experienced trusts and estates attorney committed to providing personalized legal solutions for individuals and families in New Hampshire. With over 14 years of expertise, consistently recognized as an AV-rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, Ms. Tobin offers comprehensive legal counsel spanning the entire spectrum of estate planning, administration, and sophisticated tax strategies.
Ms. Tobin's practice is built on a foundation of meticulous attention to detail, proactive planning, and a genuine understanding of her clients’ unique circumstances. She collaborates closely with each client to develop tailored strategies that align with their goals, values, and long-term visions, ensuring their wishes are honored and their assets are protected with precision.
Her expertise encompasses:
- Estate Planning: Crafting comprehensive estate plans that maximize tax efficiencies, minimize probate complexities, and provide for the smooth distribution of assets according to your wishes. This includes the creation of wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, and health care directives.
- Estate and Trust Administration: Providing expert guidance and support throughout the entire estate administration process, including asset valuation, creditor notification, probate administration, and tax compliance.
- Taxation: Navigating the intricacies of federal and state estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax laws, minimizing tax liabilities and optimizing asset transfer strategies. She offers meticulous preparation of federal and state personal, fiduciary, estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax returns.
- Post-Mortem Tax Planning: Developing strategies to address tax implications after death, ensuring the efficient management of assets and minimizing tax burdens for beneficiaries.
- Complex Trust Structures: Designing and implementing sophisticated trust structures, including revocable probate avoidance trusts (with and without federal estate and generation-skipping transfer tax planning), charitable remainder trusts, minor's trusts, and family real estate trusts – often tailored to specific family dynamics and asset holdings.
Ms. Tobin has a proven track record of representing both beneficiaries and fiduciaries in a wide range of estate and trust matters, offering strategic guidance and advocating for their best interests. She’s frequently involved in all phases of estate and trust administration, providing invaluable support in managing assets, resolving disputes, and ensuring compliance with legal requirements.
Document Drafting Expertise: Ms. Tobin possesses extensive experience drafting a comprehensive suite of estate planning documents, including:
- Wills
- Revocable Probate Avoidance Trusts
- Durable Powers of Attorney
- Health Care Directives
- Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts
- Qualified Personal Residence Trusts
- Minor's Trusts
- Charitable Remainder Trusts
- Limited Liability Companies
- Family Real Estate Trusts
Awards & Recognition: Ms. Tobin’s dedication to her clients and her consistently high standards have been widely recognized. She was honored with the Lawyer of the Year: Trusts and Estates Award (2016), presented by Concord (NH) Chamber of Commerce and is consistently Recognized in Best Attorney USA since 2010. Her commitment to excellence is further reflected in her AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Professional Affiliations: Ms. Tobin is an active member of the New Hampshire Bar Association, maintaining her status since 1993.
Education & Credentials:
- Bar Admissions: New Hampshire Bar Association – Licensed since 1993
- Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates
- Awards: Lawyer of the Year: Trusts and Estates, Concord (2016), Recognized: Trusts and Estates
- Affiliations: Recognized Since: Recognized in Best Attorney USA since 2010
- City: Concord
- State: New Hampshire
- Country: United States
If you're seeking experienced and compassionate legal counsel to protect your assets and ensure your wishes are fulfilled, contact Laura E. Tobin today. She is dedicated to providing strategic solutions for your most important legal needs related to trusts and estates.
