FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 20, 2001
Brooke B. Peppey a Winnetka attorney, will be the guest this month on the cable access show Financial Solutions that airs in numerous northern Cook County and southern Lake County communities in Illinois. The topic of this month’s program is Basic Estate Planning.
Brooke Peppey is a partner in the law firm of Padgitt, Padgitt & Peppey, Ltd. Her principal areas of practice are Estate Planning and Estate and Trust Administration. Her practice includes advising clients on wealth preservation and transfer, business succession, private foundations and charitable giving.
Peppey received her Bachelors of Science degree from of the University of Wisconsin and her J.D. from New York University. She is a member of the North Shore Estate Planning Council, American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association. She is the author of an estate planning newsletter Money Matters published quarterly and is a frequent guest speaker on the topics of estate planning, charitable planned giving and asset protection planning.
Although the estate tax drives a significant amount of estate planning in this country, Peppey will show there are also many good non-tax reasons for setting up a plan. This episode will explain the purpose of the various documents prepared by most estate planning attorneys and will answer many of your questions including: Can you write your own will? What is probate? What are the benefits of a living trust? And, what can be done to minimize estate taxes for a married couple?
The show will air on Comcast cable once a week at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday’s for the entire month of June. The program reaches 105,000 subscribers on channel 35 in Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Des Plaines, Glenview, Golf, Hanover Park, Mt. Prospect, Northbrook, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Schaumburg, Skokie, Streamwood and Wheeling. The show will also be broadcast on Channel 19 at the same time to 120,000 subscribers in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Palatine, Rolling Meadows and Wilmette.
Financial Solutions is produced by Patrick Doland, CFP™, a fee only financial planner and investment manager in Northbrook and is intended to help viewers address their questions on investments, retirement planning, education planning, insurance, and estate planning.
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