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Trusts and Estates Practice

Planning Services

We have crafted thousands of estate plans for clients and have represented multiple generations in many families.

Four of our planners are certified as Specialists in Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Two are members of the American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel and have been members of the State Bar Trusts and Estates Section Executive Committee. Another is currently a member of that committee. Our planners also teach courses and participate in other activities that help keep them current with estate planning strategies.

Our services include -

  • Drafting wills, revocable (living) trusts, financial powers of attorney, advance health care directives and related documents.
  • Consulting with clients about whether and what sort of no-contest clause should be included in a will or trust.
  • Advising clients regarding valuation issues, estate freeze techniques and other wealth transfer approaches, and charitable giving.
  • Employing advanced planning tools, such as family-owned entities, generation-skipping trusts, special needs trusts, life insurance trusts, charitable trusts, grantor retained interest trusts, and installment sales to grantor trusts.
  • Helping family-owned businesses with entity structure and succession planning to achieve business objectives over multiple generations.
 

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