Murillo Law Firm
Murillo Law Firm is a boutique law firm in the Southwest Valley serving Goodyear, Avondale, Buckeye, Litchfield Park, and Surprise areas. My areas of concentration include wills, trusts, powers of attorney, protection of minor children, trust administration, and probate.
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At my estate planning firm, I am committed to providing personalized legal services in a warm and supportive environment that go beyond traditional estate planning. By focusing on passing on values and experiences, ensuring proper asset management, and prioritizing the well-being of children through comprehensive planning, my firm aims to create a lasting legacy of care and support. I believe that by offering a holistic approach to estate planning, we can keep families out of court and conflicts, providing peace of mind for generations to come.
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I assist individuals in navigating difficult discussions and offering empathetic guidance during the most challenging moments in their lives, particularly when dealing with the passing of a beloved family member.
Our Values
Our firm is guided by a set of core principles that shape our behavior and define our commitment to our clients. These values are integral to our mission and ensure we provide the highest level of service.
Integrity: We live by the golden rule, treating others with the same compassion, care, and respect we would want for ourselves. We honor our commitments, take responsibility for our actions, and ensure honesty and transparency in all our dealings.
Strong Work Ethic: Passionate about our work, we strive to provide high-quality, comprehensive estate plans that serve families when they need them most. We go above and beyond for our clients, ensuring their needs are met with diligence and dedication.
Compassion to Help Others: Our deep desire to help others drives us to ensure that our clients and their families are well taken care of. Through education, support, and legal guidance, we make sure our clients feel cared for and well-supported.
Education: We empower our clients through education and guidance, helping them make informed decisions for their families and businesses. As continual learners, we stay on top of changes in the legal field and beyond, constantly striving to improve and provide an exceptional client experience.
Family: We believe families are diverse and cannot be solely defined by law. Families encompass those you care about deeply and who hold value in your life. We prioritize nurturing and caring for families today, during your lifetime, and long after. Planning is an act of love for those you cherish, including family, friends, and organizations.
Trust: Dependable, ethical, honest, and transparent, we can be relied upon to honor our word and deliver on our promises. We leave no stone unturned in providing exceptional estate planning services, aiming to be your trusted legal advisor, proud to be referred to your family and friends.
Relationships: We create a welcoming and supportive environment where people feel comfortable, heard, and valued. We embrace diverse perspectives and beliefs and strive to get to know our clients well. By building strong relationships, we tailor estate plans to meet each unique family situation, understanding that no two families are alike.
Community: We believe in positively contributing to and giving back to our community, enriching both our lives and the lives of others.
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These values guide us in everything we do, ensuring we deliver compassionate, reliable, and personalized estate planning services that meet the unique needs of each family we serve.
Our Mission
Our mission is to help families navigate life's most challenging moments with compassion, delivering personalized estate planning services that protect loved ones, preserve legacies, and ensure peace of mind for generations to come.
We accomplish this by:
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Reducing Stress and Overwhelm: We create detailed plans to mitigate the stress and confusion that often follow the loss of a loved one.
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Delivering Personalized Service: Our estate planning services are tailored to each family's unique needs, offered in a warm and supportive environment that goes beyond traditional approaches.
Proactive Planning: We help families take proactive steps now to avoid unnecessary stress and conflict in the future.
Compassionate Guidance: With compassion and care, we help families face the daunting reality of mortality, providing guidance through challenging times.
Preserving Legacies: We capture and preserve family legacies, including memories, values, and stories, ensuring they can be passed down through generations.
Organizing Financial Affairs: We assist families in organizing their financial affairs, providing peace of mind that everything is handled according to their wishes.
Trusted Advisory: We ensure that families have a reliable advisor they can turn to when needed, with a plan that works.
Caring for Children: We make sure children are cared for and supported according to their family's desires, even in their absence.
Preserving Values and Traditions: We help maintain family values, lessons, and traditions, ensuring their influence lives on.
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Vision
Our vision for the future is one where loved ones are able to thrive, children are cared for in the way the families desire, and the values and memories that matter most are never lost.
My aim is to ease the burden on families by simplifying the estate planning process to make the loss of a loved one a little easier. Through thoughtful planning and support, legacies are captured and preserved through legacy videos, allowing memories, values, and stories to live on. This ensures that their focus remains on healing, cherishing memories, and supporting one another, rather than navigating legal complexities and court battles.
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You can never plan
too early,
but you can plan too late.
Procrastination is a major reason families do not have an estate plan. There is no crystal ball and we never know when it will be our last day. Putting off creating an estate plan for your death or incapacitation can leave your family with a mess. Families without an estate plan are not only grieving, but grappling with how to pay for funeral expenses, searching for important paperwork, and making decisions on what to do with belongings.
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If you have children, the most important task your family is left with is deciding who will care for your children. Without a plan in place to guide your family, it can lead to family conflict that can tear a family apart.
Talking about death is not easy and planning for your own death can feel overwhelming. However, the earlier you begin preparing, the easier it will be for your loved ones especially if you die unexpectedly or become incapacitated. Without a plan in place, state law and probate courts will determine what happens to your property.
Kristine
“ Sarah guided us through the entire process. Sarah is warm, professional and trustworthy. She is truly a "family lawyer" and it was not like working with other attorneys. The peace of mind we felt afterwards was a huge relief. Help your families by preparing!"
Donna
"It was a pleasure working with Sarah to put our family trust together. Sarah is very personable and was very responsive and helpful with all of our questions. She made the process so much easier with her outlined guidelines and instructions of all the necessary changes. I would recommend Murillo Law Firm 💯!"
Alex
“ Sarah was so helpful and knowledgeable about all topics related to estate planning. She provided my wife and I with the most tailored plan for us without the pressure and rigidity of your run-of-the-mill law firm. We felt like we had a personal relationship with her and that we weren’t just “another client” or “a number”. It was a welcomed and refreshing change.”
REASONS TO CREATE AN ESTATE PLAN
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Do you have a guardian appointed to care for your children if something should happen to you?
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Do you have plan to protect the money you want to pass on and ensure it is available for the benefit of your children and not used for frivolous expenses?
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Have you made plans on who would care for your pet if you were unable to continue providing its care?
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Have you chosen a trusted individual to make medical decisions for you and control your money and how it is spent if you were in an accident and unable to speak for yourself?
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Have you provided a safe way for a family member to inherit money if they are struggling with a substance abuse disorder?
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Have you made plans for your child with special needs to ensure your child does not lose government benefits like health insurance because they received a lump sum from your life insurance?
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​These are just a few scenarios that Murillo Law Firm can assist you with. Let me help you create an estate plan tailored to your family’s needs.
Murillo Law Firm is a member of WealthCounsel which is the nation’s premier community of estate planning and business law attorneys who work collaboratively to provide the foremost legal solutions for their clients. As a member, I am proud to have access to world-class document drafting technologies, timely and practical education, and a network of knowledge, expertise, and assistance from attorneys across virtually every specialty and jurisdiction — WealthCounsel members are leading legal experts within their communities, helping clients realize their personal and financial goals with care and tact.