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Announcing the selection of Tracy C. Wooden among America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® for 2017. Selection to America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® is by invitation only and is reserved to identify the nation’s most exceptional trial attorneys in high value, high stakes legal matters.

Darald Schaffer appears on Let’s Chatt and discusses some the three most important tips for estate planning.

If you’re a first-time home buyer, you may be overwhelmed by the different steps in the process. Wooden Law Firm is here to outline each detail and make sure the process is as smooth as possible for you and your family. Purchasing a home can be intimidating, but it all breaks down to a set of steps. Hiring an experienced real estate lawyer can ensure the process runs smoothly from beginning to end.

Fireworks are a part of our nation’s history and culture and here to stay. So, let’s take some precautions this holiday and follow some tips outlined by the CPSC.

So, your teenager is excited about working this summer for a company and earning their own money. Or, maybe you’re excited because they will soon start to pay for their own expenses like insurance, gas and general spending money. All is going great until the end of the year and then you start to wonder what the requirements are for filing taxes on all that money your kids have earned.

OIC for Effective Tax Administration is a bit different as it is not based upon your reasonable collection potential (your ability to pay) or doubt as to liability (whether you owe the tax liability the IRS claims). An ETA Offer in Compromise is based upon hardship, public policy and equity. In other words, will the collection of the full tax liability create economic hardship on the taxpayer. This type of OIC assesses if the pursuing of the tax liability is the most effective use of the IRS’ time.

We all know that feeling that happens with you open the mailbox and see the words Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on a piece of mail. Maybe you have a few notices from the IRS claiming you have underpaid taxes from a few years back? Or maybe you had a life changing event that caused you to delay or not file your return a few years ago and now the IRS is sending you hate mail?