<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:video="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-video/1.1">
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-04-01</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/new-head-of-school-appointments-board-chair-pov</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-04-01</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/terminating-a-buyers-agent</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-29</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/when-to-review-independent-school-bylaws-karen-wolfe</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/attorney-client-privilege-joe-pecora</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/most-important-independent-school-documents-karen-wolfe</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/independent-school-insurance-joe-pecora</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/info-and-docs-for-estate-admin</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/when-to-call-school-counsel</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/what-not-to-do-before-calling</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/navigating-school-mergers-what-every-independent-school-leader-should-know</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/getting-gross-ups-right</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/potential-consequences-of-adding-someone-to-a-deed</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/when-to-revisit-your-estate-plan</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/steps-to-form-a-compensation-committee</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/crisis-averted-executive-orders</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/head-separation-agreements</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/making-gifts-to-children</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-23</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/different-ways-in-which-property-can-be-owned</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/c1rp634m2hraz4gcft9hcdu4skbg4l</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/components-of-head-of-school-compensation</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/who-should-have-estate-planning-documents-1</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/should-probate-be-avoided</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/per-stirpes</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-24</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/will-substitutes-to-avoid-probate</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-23</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/why-beneficiary-designations-are-important</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-24</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/giving-to-charity-after-your-death</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-23</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/head-housing-video-post-01</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-23</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/federal-income-tax-treatment-for-head-of-school-housing</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-23</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/intro-to-head-of-school-negotiations-video</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-23</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/school-provided-automobiles-for-heads-of-independent-schools</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-23</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/trusts-in-estate-planning</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-26</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/category/Estates+and+Trusts</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/category/School+Leadership</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights/category/Real+Estate</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/practice-areas</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-26</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bde2c69fe1e86916d51b52/9417e7c0-9abc-403f-bc83-1c72012db4ff/IMG_2658.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Practice Areas - Estates &amp; Trusts:</image:title>
      <image:caption>Comprehensive Estate Planning, from simple to complex Estate &amp; Trust Administration Tax Planning &amp; Preparation Real Estate Transactions Beneficiary Representation Click here for our Estates &amp; Trusts blog posts</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bde2c69fe1e86916d51b52/6886985b-6795-432f-ac17-b093b5592808/Prac_Area_IS_BG.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Practice Areas - Independent School Leadership:</image:title>
      <image:caption>Head of School Employment Contract Negotiation Independent School Counsel Compensation Benchmarking / “Safe Harbor” Letters Crisis Management School Governance and Bylaws Click here for our Independent School Leadership blog posts</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bde2c69fe1e86916d51b52/98a388d6-4e45-40cf-bc46-a380f73f22bb/Prac_Area_RE_BG.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Practice Areas - Real Estate:</image:title>
      <image:caption>Act 135 Conservatorship (abandoned and blighted property) Tangled Title Construction Defects Real Estate Litigation Click here for our Real Estate blog posts</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bde2c69fe1e86916d51b52/6e5de891-5234-4a41-a5f2-3878a3994248/Prac_Area_LG_BG.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Practice Areas - Litigation:</image:title>
      <image:caption>Civil litigation</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/ccterms</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-11-22</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/home</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>1.0</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bde2c69fe1e86916d51b52/f02dc19c-0576-47b2-9c9a-aba3b9e46ea9/Fairelawn_Ext_Fall.jpg</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bde2c69fe1e86916d51b52/c92a5d87-42a4-4e64-bc90-396c6affdc18/Headshots_Group_20260320_bw.png</image:loc>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/contact</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-24</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/karen-l-wolfe</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-11-22</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/karen-saddler</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-04</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/katherine-b-commons</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-04</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/joseph-a-pecora</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-18</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/peter-t-commons</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-16</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/mary-beth-melso</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-04</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/greg-smith</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-04</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/lawyers</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-15</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bde2c69fe1e86916d51b52/4837fddf-eabb-4bdf-9d65-02f33b311cb5/Headshot_SierraWeinkam_20250916.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Our Team</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bde2c69fe1e86916d51b52/65cd7582-689f-44dc-a933-f9b035f87102/Headshot_PeteCommons_20250916.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Our Team</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bde2c69fe1e86916d51b52/47781737-d65f-49bb-b3c9-0dc5d85dd9ac/Headshot_KatieCommons_20250916.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Our Team</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bde2c69fe1e86916d51b52/2a6a0550-b3d8-4875-9721-e449bec3267a/Headshot_CKimberlyWright_20250916.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Our Team</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bde2c69fe1e86916d51b52/af1e90ac-058c-4066-ae95-da9aa2fae854/Headshot_JohnBender_20250707.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Our Team</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bde2c69fe1e86916d51b52/b7e7b982-e00e-46af-84d8-605cde899ef9/Headshot_KristinaMiller_20250707.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Our Team</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bde2c69fe1e86916d51b52/d1d88f10-440b-44d8-a63a-b3a71b47c0f1/Headshot_StephanieCreech_20250409.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Our Team</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bde2c69fe1e86916d51b52/d40fd74a-b618-491d-b6ce-16e36542382d/Headshot_MaryBethMelso_20250707.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Our Team</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bde2c69fe1e86916d51b52/86f8d0dc-5e87-4050-886d-851f26cc20fe/Headshot_KarenSaddler_20250916.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Our Team</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bde2c69fe1e86916d51b52/d889260d-b0dd-4f8c-842c-e4b6db33dad8/Headshot_JosephPecora_20250930.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Our Team</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bde2c69fe1e86916d51b52/dd2654e7-d6ed-490e-9926-449dcd9b5f9e/Headshot_GregSmith_20251007.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Our Team</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bde2c69fe1e86916d51b52/0c8e0bbf-b126-46c4-afd2-5bfb30a77e78/Headshot_KarenWolfe_20250916_preferred.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Our Team</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/insights-blog-home</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/stephanie-m-creech</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-08</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/john-bender</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-04</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/kristina-miller</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-04</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/ckimberly-wright</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-09-18</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.commonslaw.com/sierra-weinkam</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-04</lastmod>
  </url>
</urlset>

