Doug Shanks dedicates a portion of his practice to estate planning, which is the designing of one's personal affairs through the use of wills, powers of attorney, living wills, and trusts, so as to accomplish the desired distribution of the client's assets during one's life and after death in the most tax-effective manner.

Doug also specializes in the administration of estates by assisting the personal representatives in the distribution of the assets, and interpretation of wills.