Attorneys

Sussan H. Shore 
Los Angeles, California
Shareholder/Managing Director
phone (310) 553-8844
fax (310) 553-5165
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Sussan H. Shore joined the firm in 1980. She is certified by the California Board of Legal Specialization as a Specialist in Probate, Estate Planning and Trust Law. She is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and was also honored as a "Super Lawyer" in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 by Law & Politics, published by Los Angeles Magazine. She has been teaching a course in Estate Planning for UCLA Extension for more than twenty-three years. She is the co-author of "Outright Noncharitable Gifts" in California Will Drafting, Third Edition (California Continuing Education of the Bar). She is also the co-author of "Minimizing the Impact of the Ballooning QTIP" for the 2001 USC Institute on Federal Taxation.  Ms. Shore is the past Chairperson of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Trust & Estates Section and she has served as Chairwoman of the Probate, Trust & Estate Planning Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association. She frequently speaks on various probate and estate planning subjects for various professional groups throughout the country, including USC Probate and Trust Conference, the California Society of CPA's Estate Planning Conference and the NYU Institute on Federal Taxation, and the USC Tax Institute. She is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the USC Probate & Trust Conference. Ms. Shore received her undergraduate degree from UCLA and is a graduate of Loyola University School of Law. 

Areas of Practice:
Tax Law
Trusts & Estates
Estate Planning
Certification/Specialties:
Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, California Board of Legal Specialization


Bar Admissions:
California, 1976
U.S. Tax Court, 1977
U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1977
U.S. Supreme Court, 1991
Education:
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, 1976
J.D.


University of California - UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1973
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Major:  History


Published Works:
"Outright Noncharitable Gifts", Continuing Education of the Bar, 3rd Edition, 1992


"Charitable Remainder Trusts: Tools for making the Most of your Philanthropic Assets Upon Retirement", UCLA-CEB Estate Planning Institute, 1996


"Probate and Trust Notebook", USC Annual Probate and Trust Conference, 1993


"Minimizing the Impact of the Ballooning QTIP", USC School of Law Fifty-Third Institute on Federal Taxation - Major Tax Planning, 2001


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Instructor in Estate Planning, UCLA Extension, 1981 - Present


"Trusts 2000", The Rutter Group, March, 2000


"Dealing with the Problems of the Incapacitated Trustor/Trustee", USC 25th Annual Probate and Trust Conference, November, 1999


"Estate Planning for the Surviving Spouse", UCLA-CEB 18th Annual Estate Planning Institute, May, 1996


"Selected Post Mortem Planning Issues", Northern Trust of California Trust and Tax Forum, May, 1995


"Developments in Advanced Gift Planning Techniques", USC 19th Annual Probate and Trust Conference, October, 1993


"Gifts to Children", NYU 49th Annual Institute on Federal Taxation


"Audits of Federal Estate Tax Returns", CES Seminars, Estate and Gift Tax Issues Seminar, October, 1988


"Estate Planning and the Closely Held Corporation", CES Seminars, Corporate Tax Issues Seminar, September, 1988


"Post Mortem Administration and Planning", California Society of CPA's, June, 1988


Honors and Awards:
Best Lawyers in America, 1995


Fellow, American College of Trusts & Estates Counsel, 1996


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Beverly Hills Bar Association Probate, Trust & Estate Planning Section
Member


Los Angeles County Bar Association, Trusts & Estate Section
Member


American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
Member


Beverly Hills Estate Planning Council
Member


State Bar of California, Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law Section
Member


USC Probate & Trust Conference
Member, Planning Committee


Los Angeles County Bar Association, Trusts & Estate Section, 1994 - 1995
Chairperson


Beverly Hills Bar Association Probate, Trust & Estate Planning Section, 1985 - 1986
Chairperson


Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1993 - 1996
Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Probate Volunteer Panel System


State Bar of California
Member, Estate Planning Subcommittee


Languages:
Spanish
German

Weinstock, Manion, Reisman, Shore & Neumann
1875 Century Park East, Suite 2000
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 553-8844
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