Los Angeles Probate Estate Trust Litigation Lawyers

LOS ANGELES PROBATE  ESTATE TRUST LITIGATION LAWYERSLos Angeles Trust Probate Litigation

Mina N. Sirkin is a California Certified Specialist lawyer in the areas of Probate, Estate Planning, and Trust Law by the Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California.

Legal services include:

• Living Trust Formation: Trust Law

• Trust Litigation Los Angeles Attorneys

• Probate Litigation Los Angeles Lawyers

• Trust Administration

• Probate Law: California

• Estate Planning

• Trust Formation and Administration

• California Trust Law

• Special Needs Trust Planning

• Structured Settlement Litigation Special Needs Trusts

• Guardianship

• Conservatorship

• Contested Conservatorship matters

• Limited Developmentally Disabled Conservatorships

• Qualified Domestic Relations Orders and spousal pension matters (QDRO)

• Entity Formation, including LLCs, Corporations, Partnerships

• Family Limited Partnerships

• Charitable Planning, Foundation and Philanthropic Entity Formation

• Asset Protection & Practice Sales

• Elder Law and Medi-Cal Planning.

Ms. Sirkin is admitted to practice in the following Courts:

1992-Admitted to Practice in All California Courts

1992-Federal Court- Central District of California

1992-Federal Court, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

Bar Memberships:

State Bar of California, Trust & Estates Section

Los Angeles County Bar Association, Trusts & Estates Section

Beverly Hills Bar Association- Trust & Estates Section

San Fernando Valley Bar Association

American Bar Association

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)

Education:

University of California, Los Angeles, B.A. 1988

Whittier School of Law, J.D. 1991

Golden Gate University School of Law, LLM, (Taxation), 1998

Television Appearances:

Ms. Sirkin served as the Legal Expert and Commentator: CBS 2/ KCAL-9 TV. Prime-time News covering the Anna Nicole Smith Case.

CNN Legal Expert on the Estate of Michael Jackson.

Recently Quoted In:

CNN Money.com and Fortune Small Business: Jan. 10, 2008, What to do before you launch.

NY Times: March 18, 2008, Breaking the Silence

Health Care Risk Management: August 2008: Know what to do when faced with suit.

CreditCards.com: February 2009. What to do if your retail credit card issuer goes bankrupt.

MSNBC: March 9, 2009, When a celebrity endorsement sours.

MSN Money: March 2009, The Making of Ivanka Trump.

Bankrate.com, October 2009, 9 Key Estate Planning Tools

San Fernando Valley Business Journal, September 26, 2011,Succession Plans, Part Art, Part War:    SanFernando Valley Business Journal. Succession Plan 9-26-11

Awards and Designations:

Winner of the American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law in 1990.

Winner of the California Tax Bar Scholarship in 1997.

Super Lawyer 2010

Certification and Specialization:

Ms. Sirkin is a Certified Specialist attorney in the areas of Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Probate Attorneys.

Publications and Teaching Experience:

• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Trusts & Estates Section News, Internet Sites for Estate Planners.

• Instructor, Los Angeles County Bar Association: DPCDA and Conservatorships

• Instructor and Co-Author, Probate Start to Finish (2006), National Business Institute. Probate Lawyers
  
  
  

• Co-Instructor, Estate & Trust Education Resource: (2007) "Prep Course for the Certified Specialist Exam in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate," Los Angeles, CA and San Jose, CA.

• Published Case: Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (2007) OAH: N 2006120552

• Featured Speaker, What law schools don't teach you about the “Science of Marketing.” (2008). Peter Port Productions.

• Speaker, Estate, Financial and Health Care Planning for Elder Clients (Nov. 2008). National Business Institute.

• Co-Author, Estate and Tax Planning: Qualified Retirement Plans and IRAs (Jan. 2009), National Business Institute.

  Other Activities:

• PVP Panel Member, Los Angeles County

• Settlement Officer Panel Member, Los Angeles Superior Court

Evan R. Sirkin practices in the areas Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law.

Mr. Sirkin is admitted to practice in the following Courts:

• 1990-Admitted to Practice in All California Courts

  Woodland Hills Probate Lawyers Attorneys

Bar Memberships:

• State Bar of California, Trust & Estates Section

• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Trusts & Estates Section

• San Fernando Valley Bar Association
  
  
  Education:

• University of California, Los Angeles, B.A. 1985

• Loyola Law School, J.D. 1988

Legal services include:

• Estate Planning

• Living Trust Formation and Administration

• Conservatorship

• Special Needs Trust Creation and Planning

• Guardianship

• Probate

• Entity Formation, including LLCs, Corporations,
  Partnerships

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Marilyn Mamann (1946-2010): Elder Law, Estate Planning, and Probate

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