Partner

Hobart F. Popick

Burlington, VT

Licensed in 2 States

About Hobart

Hobart advises individual clients and families in estate planning and trust and estate administration matters ranging from the straightforward to the complex. Hobart has a particular passion for assisting clients to establish revocable and irrevocable trusts designed to achieve their wealth transfer, probate avoidance, and charitable giving objectives in a tax-efficient manner. Hobart also assists clients with incapacity planning, including selection of appropriate fiduciaries to serve under trust agreements, durable general powers of attorney, and advance directives for health care decision-making. As a complement to Hobart’s estate planning practice, Hobart also handles real estate, business planning, and commercial transactions for individuals and businesses. Hobart’s experience includes forming limited liability companies (LLCs) to hold business and real estate assets, current use and conservation planning for farm and forest lands, and commercial real estate transactions. Hobart’s goal is to be a trusted advisor, by empowering clients with knowledge of the legal and tax implications of their options so that they may be fully involved at each stage of the project. If a challenge should arise involving a third party, Hobart draws upon his experience with alternative approaches to resolution to creatively and collaboratively resolve potential disputes before they erupt into litigation.