Attorneys

Harold Weinstock 
Los Angeles, California
Of Counsel
phone (310) 553-8844
fax (310) 553-5165
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Harold Weinstock, one of the firm's founders, is now of counsel to the firm and no longer in active practice. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and is the recipient of the 1996 Arthur K. Marshall Award presented by the Los Angeles County Bar Association for outstanding accomplishments in the field of trusts and estates and was also honored as a "Super Lawyer" in 2004, 2005 and 2006 by Law & Politics, published by Los Angeles Magazine. He is the author of a textbook published by West Group, Planning An Estate: A Guidebook of Principles and Techniques , and the author of numerous articles which have appeared in publications such as Journal of Taxation, Trust & Estates , and Estate Planning. Mr. Weinstock has lectured before numerous national tax and estate planning conferences and is a former Chairman of the Beverly Hills Bar Association Probate, Trust and Estate Planning Committee, President of the Beverly Hills Estate Planning Council and President of the Estate Counsellors Forum of Los Angeles. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he previously served as a Special Attorney for the Internal Revenue Service.

Areas of Practice:
Tax Law
Trusts & Estates
Bar Admissions:
Connecticut, 1950
Illinois, 1950
California, 1957
U.S. Supreme Court, 1955
Education:
Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1950
J.D.


New York University, New York, New York, 1947
B.S.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Major:  Accounting


Published Works:
Planning an Estate: A Guidebook of Principles & Techniques, West Group, Fourth Edition, 1995


Grats, Gruts and Grits, 51 New York University of Federal Taxation, 16-1


Factors to Consider in Selecting a Trustee, UCLA Estate Planning Institute 193, 1991


Why Exempt Interstate Commerce?, 19 George Washington Law Review 613


Buy-Sell Agreements, 105 Trusts and Estates, 338


Considerations in Designating the Beneficiaries Under A Life Insurance Policy, 105 Trusts and Estates, 679


How to Avoid Probate - A Tax Analysis, 26 Journal of Taxation 38


Charitable Gifts and Trusts, 30 Journal of Taxation 238


Accumulation Trusts and Charitable Remainder Trusts (Co-Author), 23 U.S.C. Tax Institute 501


The A B C's of Generation Skipping Trusts, 52 Taxes 68


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Estate Planning, UCLA Extension, 1963 - 1987


Honors and Awards:
Listed in "Best Lawyers of America"


Los Angeles County Bar Arthur K. Marshall Award in Trusts & Estates Law, 1996


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Beverly Hills Bar Association, 1967 - 1968
Chairman, Probate and Trust Committee


Los Angeles County Bar Association
Member


American Bar Association
Member


American College of Trust & Estate Counsel
Member


Past Employment Positions:
Securities & Exchange Commission, Attorney, 1950 - 1952


Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel, Special Attorney, 1952 - 1956



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