DC Superior Court and DC Bar to offer seminar to help DC residents understand the importance of life contingency plans 
 
The audience will learn how good planning can help them and their family be prepared -- legally and financially -- for unexpected health challenges. Leading estate planning attorneys will clarify what audience members need to know and do in order to protect assets in the event they or a loved one becomes sick or dies unexpectedly.   
 

WHAT: Free Estate Planning Seminar 
 

WHERE: The Town Hall Education Arts & Recreation Campus’s (THEARC’s) Community Room 1901 Mississippi Avenue, SE 
 

WHEN: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 – 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. 
 

WHO:  Honorable Franklin Burgess, Jr., Presiding Judge, Superior Court Probate Division     Honorable Rhonda Winston, Deputy Presiding Judge, Superior Court Probate Division  James Larry Frazier, Esquire, Law Offices of James Larry Frazier     Kimberly Martin Turner, Law Office of Kimberly Martin Turner     Ed Varrone, Law Offices of Edward G. Varrone 
 

This free seminar will explain how to:    - Provide for dependents in case you become disabled or die unexpectedly;    - Arrange for someone to manage your affairs if you become disabled;    - Choose someone to make health care decisions if you cannot; and    - Ensure that assets are transferred efficiently on your death. . Members of the public are encouraged to attend. 
 
Seminar sponsored by the DC Bar’s Estates, Trusts, and Probate Law Section. Registration not required. 
 
[Note: Those interested in finding out more about the seminar are urged to call Catherine May Rafferty, Esq., (202) 244-0608]