It goes without saying that if your client loses all his wealth, then you lose too.

For that reason, financial advisors should not be indifferent to actions clients can take to legally safeguard their wealth, says asset protection attorney Hillel Presser.

"There are over a hundred million lawsuits every year. One in three people will be sued in the next 12 months. The average person and business is sued five times over a life time," Presser says in an interview with AdvisorOne.

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