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May 19, 2011
Haymes Law Group provides estate planning, legacy videos and more
By Karen Billing, Staff Writer
Carmel Valley News, Spotlight on Local Business
Attorney Kristina Hess Haymes wants to make sure that people prepare the best they can for life. She has first-hand experience of how estate planning can go wrong—as a lawyer, she’s seen the ugly aftermath of families divided over absent planning documents, and personally she felt the frustration and pain when her own father died suddenly with his wishes left unclear.
Now her Carmel Valley Haymes Law Group provides estate planning for growing families—setting up trusts, wills, advance directives, power of attorney and plans to protect children.
“It’s really a privilege to meet with people and talk about very important topics and plan for their future,” Haymes said. “Sometimes when you stop and think about the end, whether that’s tomorrow or 40 years from now, it makes people reflect on how they want to live their lives today. If you take the time to do that, people can make a positive difference in their lives.”
Haymes lives in Carmel Valley with her three sons, Jarod, Cristian and Aaron. Raised in San Diego, she attended San Dieguito High School before heading off to UC Santa Barbara and UC Berkeley Law.
Right out of law school she got a job at a big firm in San Francisco, where she stayed for five years.“I didn’t enjoy the big firm,” Haymes said, noting it just seemed to revolve around billable hours. “I didn’t have a sense that I was helping people.”
Haymes felt most at home when she started working with Personal Family Lawyers in 2009, a nation-wide group that most reflected her passions and philosophy toward law.
The group has no hourly billing just a flat fee and stresses being a personal, local family lawyer and not just someone you see once to fill in the blanks on the necessary paperwork.
“The goal is to have a lifetime relationship with the client, to be someone they can turn to and trust,” Haymes said.
Her job includes having conversations with clients that can be very confidential and emotional, about the things that matter most in life. A unique part of her offerings is her legacy videos, where clients record a video talking on different points about what they would like their loved ones to know when they are not around.
That kind of information can save a lot of money, minimize estate taxes, avoid probate and family fueding, but it also protects intangible wealth. Clients are passing on their stories, values and wisdom—sometimes money passed down without wisdom isn’t worth much at all, Haymes said.
Haymes also offers Personal Family Lawyers’ trademark Kids Protection Plan, designating both a long-term and shortterm plan for children when something happens to their parents. The plan gives specific guidance to how clients would like their children to be raised in their absence.
“No one will raise your children like you will but if you don’t make choices that are legally binding, often times it is left up to a judge to decide,” Haymes said.
Haymes Law has a special running until June 15—any mom who makes an appointment for a complimentary, two-hour family wealth planning session will get a free manicure and pedicure. For more information, call (858) 461-6844 or visit haymeslawgroup.com.
Additionally, Haymes also wrote a chapter in the recently released book, “More than Money: How to Leave a Lasting Legacy to Your Family.” Haymes Law Group is located at 5755 Oberlin Drive, Suite 301.
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 May 18, 2011
Family Attorney, Kristina Hess Haymes, Hits Amazon.com Best Seller List With “More Than Money”
Kristina Hess Haymes, San Diego-based Estate Planning Attorney, recently hit two separate Amazon.com best seller lists with the new book, More Than Money: Creating a Legacy That Really Matters.
San Diego, CA – May 18, 2011 – Kristina Hess Haymes, Founder of the Haymes Law Group, recently joined noted attorney and media legal expert, Alexis Neely and other leading attorneys, to co-write the book titled, More Than Money: Creating a Legacy That Really Matters. The book was published by CelebrityPress™, a leading business and marketing book publisher founded by Nick Nanton, Esq. and business partner JW Dicks, Esq. On the day of release, More Than Money reached best-seller status on Amazon.com, reaching #3 in both the Reference and Aging categories.
Kristina combines her passion for law, mediation, and legacies in her estate planning firm, Haymes Law Group, P.C. Kristina’s mission is to empower and equip families to protect their wealth, provide for and protect their minor children, and to create legacies that last through charitable planning and by passing on intangible wealth to future generations. Kristina’s goal is to be your family’s trusted advisor and to assist you in making the best legal, financial, and business decisions throughout your life and to be there to guide your loved ones when you cannot be.
The new book, More Than Money: Creating a Legacy That Really Matters was released on Thursday, May 12, 2011. It features strategies for family and wealth planning beyond the typical advice of passing money along to one’s family and heirs. While these attorneys certainly understand the value of such planning, they authored the book to shed light on the more important subjects that transcend the typical financial portion of an estate plan. Ms. Haymes contributed a chapter to the book titled “How To Leave A Legacy That Lasts.”
From CelebrityPress:
What is life really all about? Why are we really here? What do you really leave behind when you die? This is a book that answers those questions for you, not on the spiritual or metaphysical plane, but instead from the perspective that matters most to us - how will you impact those people you care about most after you are gone? In this unique collaborative style book, these questions are answered by some of the top lawyers throughout the United States and Canada who specialize in this field.
Why are lawyers answering the questions about the meaning of life, why we are here and what really happens when we die? Because these lawyers get an 'up-close and personal' view of the reality of what we leave behind on a continuing basis. They work with their clients daily to help leave a meaningful and lasting legacy that is about so much More Than Money.
After such a successful release, Kristina Hess Haymes will be recognized by The National Academy of Best-Selling Authors™, an organization that honors authors from many of the leading independent best seller lists.
About Kristina Hess Haymes
Kristina Hess Haymes has been a lawyer for over a decade and graduated from one of the country’s top-ten law schools, the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall) School of Law (now known as Berkeley Law). Kristina began her legal career at premier, international firms in San Francisco, then practiced mediation and conflict resolution in New Jersey before returning home to San Diego in 2008.
- UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law (Berkeley Law), JD 1999
- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, MA 1996 with distinction
- University of California Santa Barbara, BA 1993Lindsay Dicks
Dicks and Nanton Celebrity Branding Agency
407.215.7564
lindsay@CelebrityBrandingAgency.com
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5755 Oberlin Drive, Suite 301
San Diego, CA 92121
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