Protect What's Yours.
Get straightforward, powerful asset protection using the nation's strongest legal structure. After 40 years of defending wealth in court, Mark designs plans that protect your legacy from lawsuits, business disputes, divorce, and IRS scrutiny.
Protecting What You've Built
If your net worth exceeds $2 million, your success has made you a target. Professional liability claims, business disputes, divorce, and lawsuits can all threaten the wealth you've spent years building. Wyoming Asset Protection Trusts offer the strongest legal defense available in the United States.
Wyoming's trust laws provide advantages no other state can match. The statute of limitations for creditor claims is just six months, compared to two to four years in other states. There are no state income taxes, no inheritance taxes, and the state provides complete privacy protection. You don't need to live in Wyoming to benefit from these protections.
Mark's Approach
Your trust will be exactly as complex as it needs to be to protect your assets, and not one bit more. We don't build over-engineered structures that sound sophisticated but create administrative headaches. We don't include rigid provisions that can't adapt as your family's circumstances change. We build effective protection that works in the real world.
Structures We Use
Wyoming Domestic Asset Protection Trust
This structure serves as the foundation of most asset protection plans. This self-settled trust allows you to benefit from your own irrevocable trust while shielding assets from future creditors. You maintain practical control as investment advisor while an independent trustee provides the legal separation that protects your wealth.
Private Trust Companies
Families with estates exceeding $5 million or multiple trusts to manage can benefit from Private Trust Companies. These structures provide institutional-level asset management with family control. Your family members control the board instead of bank officers, with lower costs and greater flexibility than corporate trustee services.
Non-Charitable Purpose Trusts
These trusts provide maximum privacy and protection through structures with no named beneficiaries. They create additional separation between you and your assets, making it significantly harder for creditors to pursue claims. They work best for high-profile individuals or those in litigation-prone industries.
Is an Asset Protection Trust Right for You?
Wyoming Asset Protection Trusts work best for individuals and families who have built significant wealth and want to protect it before problems arise. This includes business owners facing potential liability, professionals in high-risk fields like medicine or law, real estate investors with substantial holdings, and anyone with a net worth exceeding $2 million.
The key is acting before you need protection. Once litigation begins or creditor claims are threatened, transferring assets becomes fraudulent. The window for legitimate asset protection closes quickly. If you've built wealth worth protecting, now is the time to put these structures in place.
Not quite there yet?
If your net worth is below $2 million, simpler structures may serve you better. Asset protection trusts are powerful tools designed for situations where the benefits justify the complexity.
Why Mark Pierce
40 Years of Experience
Why Mark Pierce
Most asset protection attorneys approach trusts from a single perspective: legal theory. Mark Pierce has spent 40 years seeing wealth from three critical angles that reveal what actually works when creditors come calling.
As a CPA
He structured finances for wealthy families and identified exactly where assets were vulnerable to legal claims.
As a bankruptcy litigator
He watched creditors dismantle asset protection structures that looked bulletproof on paper. He learned exactly which trust provisions make creditor claims fail in court.
As a tax court advocate
He's defended irrevocable trusts against IRS challenges and knows precisely which structures survive government scrutiny.
This background means Mark doesn't just consider Wyoming's favorable trust laws when developing your plan. He anticipates every angle of attack from future creditors to estate taxes and builds your defense accordingly. All consultations are protected by attorney-client privilege.
Ready to Protect Your Wealth?
The cost of waiting far exceeds the cost of protection. Schedule a consultation with Mark Pierce to review your specific situation and understand exactly how Wyoming's trust structures can protect what you've built.
The consultation is $375 and gives you complete clarity on your vulnerabilities and options. You'll understand whether asset protection trusts are right for your situation and what steps to take next.