McMillan Metro Faerber is a firm believer in equity, a belief aligned with the Montgomery County Women’s Bar Association‘s tenet that a strong community of women in the legal profession is essential to the administration of justice.
A tight-knit community is a strong community. McMillan Metro Faerber is proud to reciprocate the support our local networks provide us through our Potomac Chamber of Commerce membership. As Chamber members, we enjoy numerous opportunities to connect with professionals in our field and others, including the recent Mega Multi-Chamber Mixer held at the Crossvines event center in Poolesville.
There is a growing trend in the United States to choose green “death care” options. My clients bring this up more frequently these days. They are choosing to put this in their estate planning documents as their plan of choice. The term “Green Burial” means that the body is buried, but there is no embalming of the body, no liners or vaults, using biodegradable containers, whether caskets, shrouds, or nothing at all. The Green Burial Council (GBC), a non-profit organization that encourages environmentally sound burials, states that “Green burial is a way of caring for the dead with minimal environmental impact that furthers ecological aims such as the conservation of natural resources, reduction of carbon emissions, protection of worker health, and the restoration and/or preservation of a habitat.”
The cases start all over the country and leave a trail of misery and disappointment: