Trust and Estate Lawyers Have Been Working Nonstop Since the Pandemic

Seven-day workweeks have become the norm for trust and estate lawyers who’ve been working around the clock since April 2020. The pandemic galvanized people to look more closely at their mortality and consider proper estate planning, and high-flying stocks in the past year also expanded high-net-worth clients’ portfolios, further complicating estate lawyers’ work.

At the outset of the pandemic in March 2020, work for many lawyers dried up as mergers and acquisitions came to a halt and courts closed. But for trust and estate attorneys, it never really slowed down.

“When the pandemic first hit, I told my wife, ‘Maybe I’ll have my first break in 35 years.’ The total opposite happened,” said Eric Kramer, a partner at Farrell Fritz. “Everyone was home and said, ‘Hey, let’s look at our will and call Eric.'”

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