Will of Warren Burger
Nov 8th, 2007 by Editor
Reproduced Will of Warren Burger, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WARREN E. BURGER I hereby make and declare the following to be my last will and testament.1. My executors will first pay all claims against my estate;2. The remainder of my estate will be distributed as follows: one- third to my daughter, Margaret Elizabeth Burger Rose and two- thirds to my son, Wade A. Burger;3. I designate and appoint as executors of this will, Wade A. Burger and J. Michael Luttig.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand to this my Last Will and Testament this 9th day of June, 1994.
/s/Warren E. Burger
We hereby certify that in our presence on the date written above WARREN E. BURGER signed the foregoing instrument and declared it to be his Last Will and Testament and that at this request in his presence and in the presence of each other we have signed our names below as witnesses.
/s/Nathaniel E. Brady residing at 120 F St., NW, Washington, DC
/s/Alice M. Khu residing at 3041 Meeting St., Falls Church, VA
Comments:
This Will is way too short. Many important items were left out. Warren Burger failed to make provisions for estate taxes. He also did not include a grant of powers for his executors, giving certain powers for his executors. This mistake alone cost his estate thousands in fees.
If you did not notice, Warren Burger is the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in the US. Just goes to show being in the legal profession does not automatically guarantee that you’ll write a proper Will.
This Will is reproduced here for information only. Please do not use this as a sample Will.