A Lawyer's Guide to Estate Planning

L. Rush Hunt's guide is a practical desk reference for general-practice attorneys who need foundational estate planning knowledge without wading through dense specialist treatises. The layout is user-friendly, with planning pointers and cautionary notes throughout, and multiple updated editions signal that the legal community has found it genuinely useful. The honest caveat is that estate and tax law changes regularly, so practitioners should verify anything time-sensitive against current statutes. This is also purely a professional tool — laypersons looking for self-help guidance on their own wills and trusts should look elsewhere. Solid for its narrow audience, but that audience is very narrow.