Evan W. Turk, Esq. — Asset Protection by Design: Estate Planning Before the Crisis

Asset Protection by Design: Estate Planning Before the Crisis

Guest: Evan W. Turk, Esq.

Host: Dr. Tamara Patzer

Show: Thought Leaders Show: Legal Edition

Recorded: August 21, 2026

The best time to make important legal and financial decisions is before a family is facing illness, incapacity, divorce or a long-term-care crisis.

In this episode, Dr. Tamara Patzer talks with attorney Evan W. Turk, founder and managing attorney of Turk Law Group and author of Asset Protection by Design, about approaching estate planning intentionally—by design rather than during a crisis.

Evan brings both legal and financial experience to the conversation, having trained on Wall Street as a financial advisor and operated a registered investment advisory firm before building his legal practice.

In This Episode

Estate planning before a crisisThe importance of powers of attorneyPlanning for incapacityAdult children and aging parentsProtecting inheritancesInheritance and divorceLong-term-care planningMedicaid misconceptionsVeterans benefitsState-specific Medicaid rulesUsing Zoom and recorded meetings with familiesDocumenting capacity and important decisionsAI and technology in modern legal practiceKeeping estate-planning information current

About Evan Turk

Evan W. Turk is founder and managing attorney of Turk Law Group.