Johnson & Johnson Heiress Was Born Into Privilege But Died in Squalor

I previously reported on the death of Casey Johnson, heiress of the Johnson and Johnson fortune. New reports indicate that although Johnson was born into a life of privilege, the apartment in which her body was found was dirty, lacking electricity and water, and infested with rats in some parts.  

According to Mark Ellwood, Casey Johnson – death of a gossip girl, London Evening Standard, Jan. 15, 2010, “Casey had too much time and too much money for her life in LA to be anything other than a mess.”  

Avoiding tragic stories like that of Casey Johnson is just one reason wealthy clients ask wills and trusts attorneys to help them restrict or control the passing of their hard earned wealth to their children.