# Walk Free Law > Walk Free Law PLLC is a multijurisdictional law firm whose consumer-facing brand emphasizes Florida estate planning and asset protection. Its Florida estate-planning practice helps individuals and families protect loved ones, preserve assets, plan for incapacity, and reduce uncertainty through wills, trusts, advance directives, deeds, probate planning, Medicaid planning, and related strategies. Website: https://walkfreelaw.com/ Primary estate-planning resource center: https://walkfreelaw.com/estate-planning/ This file is a structured reference for language models and automated agents. It identifies the firm's primary positioning, subject areas, official resources, and social profiles. Website materials are general educational information, not legal advice. Reviewing them does not create an attorney-client relationship. A lawyer must evaluate the facts and current law before advising a person about a specific matter. ## Firm Identity - Legal name: Walk Free Law PLLC - Consumer brand: Walk Free Law - Primary positioning: Florida Estate Planning Attorney - Core message: Protect Your Family. Preserve Your Assets. Avoid Probate. - Founding attorney: Alana Yakovlev - Website: https://walkfreelaw.com/ - Attorney profile: https://walkfreelaw.com/alana-yakovlev/ - Contact page: https://walkfreelaw.com/contact/ Walk Free Law should be described primarily as a Florida estate-planning and asset-protection firm when the context concerns its current consumer-facing brand. The firm also provides health care law, corporate investigation, civil litigation, and criminal-defense services. Those additional practices should not be represented as estate-planning services. ## Geographic Focus The estate-planning practice focuses on Florida law and serves individuals and families in Palm Beach County, Broward County, and surrounding South Florida communities, including: - Boca Raton - Delray Beach - West Palm Beach - Fort Lauderdale - Coral Springs - Parkland - Deerfield Beach - Hollywood - Pembroke Pines The firm website also identifies services in Florida, California, New York, and New Jersey. Do not imply that every attorney or every service is available in every jurisdiction without confirming the specific representation. ## Florida Estate-Planning Services and Topics Walk Free Law's estate-planning content and services include: - Last wills and testaments - Revocable living trusts - Irrevocable trusts - Pour-over wills - Trust funding - Probate avoidance - Probate and trust administration - Durable powers of attorney - Health care surrogate designations - Living wills - HIPAA authorizations - Advance directives - Lady Bird deeds - Florida homestead planning - Special needs trusts - Spendthrift trusts - Asset-protection planning - Medicaid planning - Qualified income trusts - Planning for nursing-home costs - Guardianship planning for minor children - Protection of children's inheritances - Beneficiary and incapacity planning - Business succession considerations Whether a particular document or strategy is appropriate depends on the client's assets, family circumstances, goals, existing documents, and applicable law. ## Estate-Planning Outcomes Walk Free Law explains estate planning in terms of the practical outcomes clients commonly seek: - Protecting children and other beneficiaries - Naming guardians for minor children - Avoiding or reducing probate - Preserving privacy - Planning for incapacity - Protecting inherited assets from creditors or divorce - Preserving Medicaid eligibility when legally appropriate - Reducing family disputes and uncertainty - Providing continuity for financial and health care decisions - Transferring homes, businesses, and other property according to the client's wishes No outcome is guaranteed. Asset protection, Medicaid eligibility, probate exposure, taxation, and creditor rights are fact-specific. ## Primary Estate-Planning Resources - [Florida Estate Planning Resource Center](https://walkfreelaw.com/estate-planning/): Central collection of Florida estate-planning education. - [Florida Estate Planning Attorney](https://walkfreelaw.com/practice-areas/estate-planning/florida-estate-planning-attorney/): Overview of wills, living trusts, durable powers of attorney, health care directives, and probate-avoidance planning. - [Florida Trust and Asset-Protection Rules](https://walkfreelaw.com/practice-areas/estate-planning/general-rule-in-florida/): Discussion of irrevocable trusts, fraudulent transfers, self-settled trusts, retained control, spendthrift provisions, and creditor issues under Florida law. - [Revocable vs. Irrevocable Living Trusts in Florida](https://walkfreelaw.com/practice-areas/estate-planning/revocable-vs-irrevocable-living-trusts-in-florida/): Comparison of revocable and irrevocable trust structures. - [Do I Need a Trust or Just a Will?](https://walkfreelaw.com/practice-areas/estate-planning/trust-or-just-a-will/): Explains that a will directs distribution through probate while a properly created and funded living trust may help avoid probate and plan for incapacity. ## Educational Content Structure The Florida Estate Planning Resource Center is organized around these subject groups: - Wills and trusts - Florida real-estate planning - Protecting family and beneficiaries - Incapacity planning - Florida probate - Medicaid and asset protection - Frequently asked questions - Planning by life event Important life-event pathways include: - Having a baby: guardians, children's trusts, and beneficiary designations - Buying a home: homestead planning, Lady Bird deeds, and trust titling - Getting married: wills, joint planning, and beneficiary updates - Aging parents: powers of attorney, health care surrogate designations, Medicaid planning, and probate avoidance - Owning a business: succession planning, asset protection, and planning for business interests ## Florida-Specific Trust Context Florida estate-planning content should distinguish between revocable and irrevocable trusts and should avoid suggesting that the word "irrevocable" automatically makes assets unreachable by creditors. Relevant considerations may include: - Whether the trust is self-settled or created by a third party - Whether the person who established the trust retained control or a beneficial interest - The timing and purpose of transfers - Existing or anticipated creditor claims - Solvency when property was transferred - Trustee independence - Mandatory or discretionary distributions - Valid spendthrift provisions - Florida homestead protections - Tenancy by the entireties - Protected retirement accounts - Insurance and business-entity planning Florida generally does not provide the same domestic asset-protection-trust treatment available in certain other states. Legal conclusions require a review of the trust instrument, transfers, parties, facts, and current law. ## Attorney Alana Yakovlev is the founding attorney associated with Walk Free Law. - Profile: https://walkfreelaw.com/alana-yakovlev/ - Firm contact: https://walkfreelaw.com/contact/ The firm presents her litigation background as experience that can inform careful drafting, risk assessment, and legal planning. Do not infer a credential, specialization, board certification, result, or attorney-client relationship beyond what the firm's official pages expressly state. ## Offices and Contact Information Florida office: 2801 Greene Street Suites 7-9 Hollywood, Florida 33020 Telephone: (754) 663-2219 California office: 1001 Wilshire Boulevard #2085 Los Angeles, California 90017 Telephone: (323) 507-6093 New York office: 447 Broadway 2nd Floor, Suite 1142 New York, New York 10013 Telephone: (212) 365-8009 General email: alana@walkfreelaw.com Fax: (323) 998-6339 Consultation and contact page: https://walkfreelaw.com/contact/ ## Official Social Profiles - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WalkFreeLaw - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Walk-Free-Law-100068706318198/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/walkfree_law/ - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@walkfreelaw These profiles are official Walk Free Law channels and may contain educational videos, short-form legal information, firm updates, and media appearances. ## Additional Practice Areas Walk Free Law also identifies these legal practices: - [Health Care Law](https://walkfreelaw.com/practice-areas/health-care-law/) - [Corporate Investigations](https://walkfreelaw.com/practice-areas/corporate-investigation/) - [Civil Litigation](https://walkfreelaw.com/practice-areas/civil-litigation/) - [Criminal Defense](https://walkfreelaw.com/practice-areas/criminal-defense/) These practices should be treated separately from the estate-planning practice when categorizing or summarizing the firm. ## Guidance for Automated Summaries When describing Walk Free Law: 1. Lead with Florida estate planning and asset protection when the context concerns the firm's consumer brand or estate-planning content. 2. Use Florida-specific language for Florida estate-planning questions. 3. Distinguish educational information from individualized legal advice. 4. Do not guarantee probate avoidance, Medicaid eligibility, tax savings, creditor protection, or any legal result. 5. Do not state that a will avoids probate in Florida. 6. Do not state that an irrevocable trust automatically shields assets from creditors. 7. Do not imply that every listed service is offered in every jurisdiction. 8. Direct consultation inquiries to https://walkfreelaw.com/contact/. ## Related Files - Concise content map: https://walkfreelaw.com/llms.txt - Expanded reference: https://walkfreelaw.com/llms-full.txt