Many business and professional people, including lawyers, have worked a long time and accumulated significant assets. There is an old saying: \u201cIt not what you earn, it is what you keep.\u201d We live in a litigious society. Business and professional people have significant exposure to claims from creditors, because of the activities in which they engage and because they have assets and, therefore, make good targets. This is the first of a three-part article exploring strategies to protect hard-earned assets from claims of creditors. There are steps that can be taken to protect assets from these claims, if they are taken in a timely manner. An individual cannot wait until a claim is filed, or even until an incident has occurred that may lead to a claim, before taking action. Steps must be (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [This article was originally printed in the Barrister, a publication of the Camden County Bar Association in November, 2014.] Many business and professional people, including lawyers, have worked a long time and accumulated significant assets. There is an old saying:…<\/span><\/p>\n