Estate Litigation & Estate Planning Best Practices with Krista Simon

Podcast Highlights:

Learn about essential considerations for building your estate plan and gain insights into the key trends that lead to estate litigation.

Discover WESA, its significance, and its purpose in BC. You will also hear compelling stories of how this Act has been enforced and the outcomes of these proceedings.

Gain insight into navigating the challenging waters of estate litigation and learn what to do if you find yourself in this situation.

Explore Krista's approach to law, where she prioritizes compassion, understanding and fairness in all her work. Discover how this approach has proven invaluable in building her cases and helped her to support her clients effectively.

About the Guest – Krista Simon

Krista Simon is a Partner at Hammerco Lawyers specializing in Estate Litigation, Sexual & Elder Abuse and Personal Injury. Krista has 20 years of experience in civil litigation and joined Hammerco in 2004. She was also the first woman to join the partnership team.

Krista is a lawyer who does not shy away from a challenge. She is both strategic and engaging and gets involved in every stage of a claim and manages the litigation process – from investigating and coordinating rehabilitation and medical benefits, to consulting with executors and beneficiaries. For Krista, legal strategy and solutions are always top of mind.

A formidable litigator, Krista understands that not all cases require an adversarial approach that ends in a trial. She is also highly skilled in alternative dispute resolution, believing that mediation is often the best way to transform challenges into the best outcomes for her clients.

Learn more about Krista at Hammerco Lawyers LLP and get in touch with her via email, ksimon@hammerco.ca.

About the Host – Kevin Parton

Kevin Parton, CFP professional, specializes in personal and business financial planning, tax reduction, and estate planning. Kevin diligently concentrates on client education as a powerful strategy for building financial certainty. As no financial situation is the same, Kevin and his team monitor clients’ plans and implement personalized strategies to reduce their personal and corporate taxes, and protect their income, assets, and loved ones against the financial consequences of a serious illness, injury or death, ensuring clients maintain financial certainty and peace of mind. To read more, please visit the VELA team page.