Understanding Estate Planning, with Amina Bakari-Green, ABG Legal (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 800)
In this episode of North Fulton Business Radio, host John Ray welcomes Amina Bakari-Green, founder of ABG Legal. Amina discusses the importance of estate planning and probate services, addressing common misconceptions about wills, trusts, and powers of attorney. She shares her legal journey, starting as a prosecutor and now specializing in estate planning. Focusing on personal service and streamlined processes, Amina highlights the critical need for advance planning to avoid complications in probate court. She also provides practical advice for individuals of all ages and stages of life to ensure their assets and loved ones are protected. The conversation emphasizes the simplicity and necessity of effective estate planning, urging listeners to act before it’s too late.
John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. The show is recorded and produced by the North Fulton affiliate of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.
Amina Bakari-Greeen, ABG Legal, LLC
Amina Bakari-Green grew up in Richmond, VA. She received her B.A. in Political Science from Hampton University in Hampton, VA, in 2010. She moved to Georgia and earned her J.D. from the University of Georgia in 2013.
Amina began her legal career as a prosecutor, serving in the Gwinnett Solicitor’s Office from 2013 to 2019. She then served in the Gwinnett District Attorney’s Office from 2019 to 2021.
She went on to do civil practice for a few years, and finally found a home in estate planning and probate law. Through this work, she has seen firsthand the benefits of proper estate planning and the difficulty navigating the tedious probate process without it.
In 2020, Amina and her husband welcomed their first child. Since then, she has tailored her work to advocacy for generational wealth building and teaching financial literacy and asset protection throughout her community.
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Topics Discussed in this Episode
00:00 Introduction and Sponsor Message
01:25 Guest Introduction: Amina Bakari-Green
01:35 Amina’s Legal Journey
03:00 Estate Planning and Probate Services
05:00 Importance of Wills and Trusts
13:27 Power of Attorney Explained
18:08 Addressing Late Estate Planning
22:39 Client Success Stories
23:42 Conclusion and Contact Information
24:39 Closing Remarks and Additional Information
Renasant Bank and Casa Nuova Italian Restaurant support North Fulton Business Radio
Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions, with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management, and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.
Casa Nuova is a proud family-owned and operated restaurant, serving classic, authentic and traditional Italian cuisine and top tier hospitality since 1998.
Casa Nuova is a cook-to-order kitchen, serving traditional fare including pasta, chicken, seafood, veal, vegetarian and gluten-free options, plus daily specials. They are a farm-to-table establishment, meaning that in the summertime, they cultivate their own vegetables in their garden, steps away from the restaurant, including tomatoes, corn, peppers, zucchini, sunflowers and more!
Celebrating more than 25 years, Casa Nuova has become a true staple in the Alpharetta area, serving more than three generations of families, including friends old and new, visiting near and far from all over the metro Atlanta area and beyond.
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About North Fulton Business Radio and host John Ray
With over 790 shows and having featured over 1,200 guests, North Fulton Business Radio is the longest-running podcast in the North Fulton area, covering business in our community like no one else. We are the undisputed “Voice of Business” in North Fulton!
The show welcomes a wide variety of business, non-profit, and community leaders to get the word out about the important work they’re doing to serve their market, their community, and their profession. There’s no discrimination based on company size, and there’s never any “pay to play.” North Fulton Business Radio supports and celebrates business by sharing positive business stories that traditional media ignore. Some media leans left. Some media leans right. We lean business.
John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. The show is recorded and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, and many others.
The studio address is 275 South Main Street, Alpharetta, GA 30009.
John Ray also operates his own business advisory practice. John’s services include advising solopreneurs and small professional services firms on their value, their positioning and business development, and their pricing. His clients are professionals who are selling their expertise, such as consultants, coaches, attorneys, CPAs, accountants and bookkeepers, marketing professionals, and other professional services practitioners.
John is the national bestselling author of The Generosity Mindset: A Journey to Business Success by Raising Your Confidence, Value, and Prices.
