Signing Wills on the Hood of a Porsche: Estate Lawyers Improvise

The rising death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is prompting more people, from young health care professionals to the elderly, to prepare their wills in a hurry -- a task being complicated by social distancing and fear of catching the bug.

That has lawyers in the U.S. improvising with some offbeat measures.

Neil Fang, an estate lawyer in Woodbury, New York, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Manhattan, said one wealthy couple in their 50s was so spooked by the outbreak that they rushed to complete their will last weekend, meeting him in the law firm’s parking lot while ...