Get ready to take control of your legacy.
Once you understand the why and how of estate planning, you’ll feel more secure in pursuing your family goals, business ideas, and wealth building strategies.
Meet The Legacy Counselor™
Shakisha Morgan, Esq. is a learner, strategist, and connector with over a decade of legal experience. An educator at heart, Shakisha is affectionately known as The Legacy Counselor™, and she is the Principal Attorney of The Morgan Firm, LLC. Since graduating from Stanford University & Georgetown Law, Shakisha has devoted herself to increasing access to Black generational wealth through her work conducting community & corporate workshops, delivering guest lectures and keynotes, and providing transformative advice to her clients. She is a published author on topics related to estate planning, multigenerational wealth building, Black wealth, and servant leadership. Shakisha is a philanthropist and enjoys serving as a mentor and a board member of the Young, Black & Giving Back Institute, Inc. She is the proud daughter of Jamaican immigrants, a ride-or-die sister, devoted wife, and loving mother of a triumphant toddler. Outside of the career that she adores, you can find Shakisha co-hosting the Mary & Martha Podcast, where she encourages Black women to live impactful lives of faith.
Let’s partner to increase access to wealth!
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Estate Planning Workshops
We host Estate Planning 101 workshops for community organizations, businesses, and employee groups.
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Keynotes
Our talks emphasize the mindset shift needed to actively build multi-generational wealth, Black wealth, servant leaders, and legacy makers.
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Family Learning Sessions
Join up to 10 family & friends and intimately learn why estate planning is the missing piece to your wealth goals. Building in community is best!
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Estate Planning
A well-organized estate is one of the most thoughtful gifts you can leave your family. If you’re a DMV local, we’d love to serve you and your family!
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Estate Administration
When a loved one passes, the legal process can be confusing, draining, and expensive. We work with you to keep as much of your loved one’s assets as possible.
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Charitable Giving
The best gifts are planned. We can design a plan to help you support the charity or cause of your choice.
Testimonials
First Baptist Church of Glenarden’s Exit Plan Symposium
Clarity.
“Attending Shakisha’s workshop was SO helpful in me understanding the first and second steps I needed to take on getting my life together! She breaks down the information in such a relatable and easily understandable way. I knew exactly what to do once I left.” - S.D.
Young, Black & Giving Back Institute’s Changing the Face of Philanthropy Summit
Intentionality.
“Shakisha helped me shift the way I was thinking. Her workshop on generational wealth was illuminating and inspirational. I’m now more intentional I am about the moves I make, and even the friendships I nurture. Truly a life-changing encounter.” - K.C.
Worcester Women’s Leadership Conference
Security.
“Listening to Shakisha really lit a fire under me and I realized I couldn’t put off my estate planning any longer. I felt so secure once I finished my Powers of Attorney, Will, and Trust. No matter what happens, I have what I need to make sure I can get help and my family is taken care of.” - J.L.
Hire Shakisha for your event!
As an educator, licensed attorney, and connector, Shakisha has been privileged to speak with individuals, families, co-workers, community groups, and conferences full of people from all walks of life. She speaks on topics such as estate planning, multi- and inter-generational wealth building, Black wealth, business planning, heir’s property, and servant leadership. She is also passionate about motherhood, marriage, faith, and investing in Black businesses.
Shakisha is known for her relatability and her engaging and dynamic style. Hire her to educate and empower your audience to become legacy makers!
Please complete the inquiry form, and we’ll contact you to discuss the details of your event. If you have any questions, please contact us by emailing connect@thelegacycounselor.com.
Estate planning is for EVERYONE.
FAQs
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Excellent move. Yes, you need an estate plan. And your spouse needs one too!
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Kudos to you for designating beneficiaries! You (still) need an estate plan.
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Congratulations! Less gray hair and sleepless nights for you. You need an estate plan!
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What a move. Wishing you prosperity and abundance in your wealth journey. You need an estate plan (now)!
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This is actually a hard one. YES! You need an estate plan.
Listen to "Daddy, What's a Will?" from the Gettin' Grown Podcast!
Jade and Keia welcomed sister to the show and estate planning lawyer, Shakisha Morgan, to answer Blue Ivy's question and many more during an important conversation about legacy, protecting wealth, and our financial futures.
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Building Black Wealth: What Advisors Need to Know
Shakisha was featured during Estate Planning Awareness Week by the National Bar Association’s Real Property, Trusts & Estates Section to discuss estate planning and how key it is when building wealth in the Black community.
Listen to “Securing Your Legacy through Estate Planning” from the Balanced Working Mama Podcast!
Shakisha Morgan is an estate planner, business planner and attorney all in one - all while also being a member of the Balanced Working Mama community! Through her years of searching for her passion, she came across estate planning, or “the secret to wealth” as she calls it. She is here today to let you in on that secret and show you how to plan your future accordingly and accumulate generational wealth - a luxury that was not always afforded to many of our ancestors. Listen in to learn how to better plan for not only your own, but also your kids and grandchildrens' future!
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