Some thirty years ago, an anxious parent removed the training wheels from Lance Armstrong's tiny two-wheeler. No doubt Lance wobbled, fell a few...

When my great uncle, John Calhoun Bell, was county attorney in western Colorado, the local doctor challenged him to a duel. It was 1876. Friends...

The turbulence in world financial markets confronts wealthy families with acute crisis management. Some will call upon wise family organization to...

Genealogy rewinds: Who were your ancestors? Where did they come from? What were they like five, six, seven generations ago? Family building fast...

Family payrolls range from sensible to downright whacky. Here’s my take on compensation in business families. “Sweat equity” entitles a relative...

Published in Estate Planning magazine March 2008 With the eldest baby boomers reaching age 62 in 2008, private wealth managers are worrying...

Dialogue accesses knowledge that is otherwise inaccessible to individuals inquiring alone. Suppose the major estate asset is the family...

At wedding rehearsal dinners, my wife toasts the bride and groom: “May your marriage be like two porcupines snuggling down on a cold night: close...