Powerlist – Mark Shiller – Certus Legal Group

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When Mark Shiller’s children were young, he tried to find a way to describe what he did for a living as an estate planner.

“The best I came up with is that I helped people take care of their kids and their money and I think that’s still not a bad answer to what it is to be an estate planning attorney,” said Shiller, an attorney with Certus Legal Group, a boutique estate planning firm he started 10 years ago with Cathy Priebe.

Shiller uses his expertise in preparing wills, trusts, family limited partnerships, marital property agreements, powers of attorney and other estate planning techniques to help clients achieve their goals of reducing administrative hassles, avoiding taxes and structuring a positive inheritance.

“I have been incredibly blessed to have the clients I’ve had over the years,” he said. “It’s also been a privilege to have the honest and sometimes difficult conversations that go along with managing and transitioning wealth generationally and an honor to walk alongside individuals and families as they go through some of the toughest seasons of their lives.”

Shiller is releasing a book titled, “How to Not Ruin Your Kids with Money,” this spring.