Estate Design is focused on consulting established and emerging families with complex business and financial needs. We work as general counsel to our clients, providing advice on a a wide range of planning needs. We have the resources, creativity, and knowledge to help you design a life that suits your unique goals and objectives. Our attorneys have focused their studies, work, and training in private wealth management and client services, tax, estate, asset protection, business formation, conflict resolution, and the requirements of private businesses. We serve as general counsel to our clients and their families, and our wide professional network enables us to supplement our skillsets with other specialists.
Attorneys
John Schaffer
John Schaffer is a private client attorney with a focus on tax, estate, and asset protection planning. Additionally, John works with clients on financing issues, acquisitions & dispositions of closely held businesses, business planning and formation, small business consulting, real estate investing, and evaluation of private investment opportunities. John has worked in the private wealth management space for over six years and understands the investment and finance components of planning. In many cases, John works with clients as their family’s general counsel, providing assistance in navigating legal and financial matters.
In addition to advising small business owners, John also co-founded and operates Antifragile Brewing Co. This experience has provided real life experience in running a business and uniquely qualifies John to provide advise on not only the legal and financial aspects, but also the practical aspects of starting and running a business, not to mention the regulatory aspects of manufacturing and selling highly regulated products.
John received his undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University with a major in marketing and a minor in entrepreneurship. After his undergraduate studies, John worked as a field engineer and assistant superintendent in multifamily construction management. John then earned a JD/MBA from the Pennsylvania State University and has worked in the private wealth management space. John earned a Certified Private Wealth Advisor designation from the Investments and Wealth Institute in April 2019.