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ESTATE PLANNING. PHILANTHROPY.

Plan Today.
Tomorrow have
Peace of Mind.

We help Tennessee families and charitable organizations create estate plans that protect loved ones, support worthy causes, and leave a legacy that out last a single life time. 

Partner
With Purpose

Work with a trusted attorney who listens, guides, and walks with you every step.

Protect
Your Family

Create a plan that provides security and peace of mind for the people you love.

Support
Your Causes

Strengthen your charitable organizations such as a church, ministry, alma mater, through intentional giving.

Create
Lasting Impact

Leave a legacy that reflects your values and advances the causes that matter most.

Who We Serve

Families and Individuals

We make estate planning simple and approachable so you can protect what matters most—today and tomorrow.

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Charitable Organizations

We partner organizations to build sustainable futures through estate and gift planning strategies that honor your mission.

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Practice Areas

We specialize in Charitable Giving

These are the structures we most often weave together to make generosity durable, tax-wise, and faithful to your intent.

Estate Planning Foundations

Wills, powers of attorney, and healthcare directives, drafted to work together as one coherent plan for your family.

  • Wills and Testament  Instruments
  • Powers of Attorney
  • Healthcare Directives
  • Beneficiary Designations

Trusts & Probate Avoidance

Avoid Probate with structures that protect assets across decades, encourage stewardship, and keep charitable intent alive for the generations that follow. 

  • Revocable Living Trust 
  • Special Needs Trust
  • Asset Protection Trust 

Business Succession Planning

For family business owners, a succession plan that protects employees, preserves value, and makes room for charitable impact.

  • Buy-sell agreements
  • Management transitions
  • Valuation planning
  • Charitable exit strategies

ADVENT METHOD

Easy.
Four steps.

1

Listen

We begin with the people, convictions, and causes that shape your definition of legacy

2

Design

We model giving strategies against your family dynamics, asset holding, tax picture, and time horizon,

3

Draft

Trusts, wills, and beneficiary designations, prepared and executed with the long view.

4

Steward

Annual reviews, gift execution, and trustee counsel for as long as the plan endures.

Our Story

A practice built on hope for the 
future.

Advent Legal Services LLC is an estate planning practice in Tennessee. We serve individuals who want their plans to reflect priorities who want to steward the gifts entrusted to them well.

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Jocelyn MercadoAttorney at Law

WHY WE DO THIS

Planning is an act of love. 

Too many families delay planning because it feels cold, complicated, or gloomy. We approach it differently. Our team has 30 years of experience. We know a good plan is a gift to the people you love: provides clarity, removes confusion, prevents conflict, and puts your values into words that will still speak long after you do.

For our clients who give generously, we ensure that the goodwill that you leave behind no matter how big or small create a lasting impact. 

  • Every plan begins with a relationship and conversation about your priorities, not a form.
  • Flat, quoted fees so you know the cost before the work begins.
  • Annual reviews to keep your plan current with your life and the law.

Charitable Giving.
Lasting Impact.

Your legacy can do more than provide for your family—you can leave the world a better place than you found it. We help you align your estate plan with your values and generosity.

  • Support the people and causes you love
  • Reduce taxes and maximize your financial impact
  • Create a legacy of generosity
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Turn Generosity into Legacy

Let’s create a plan that reflects your faith and provides for generations to come.

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