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Los Angeles Estate Planning Lawyers

For over 60 years, Weinstock Manion has provided personalized, high quality services in estate planning. The breadth of services our Los Angeles estate planning lawyers offer has been carefully refined over many decades to cover the full spectrum of our clients’ estate planning, estate and trust administration and estate and trust litigation needs. As a result, relationships with our clients that may begin with the goal of transferring wealth in a tax advantageous manner, or resolving a dispute among beneficiaries, often last for generations.

Clients and their trusted advisors depend on our team of specialized attorneys and paralegals to implement creative and practical solutions to complex issues. Whether addressing wealth transfer and preservation, business succession planning, charitable planning, estate or trust administration, or litigation, we always remain sensitive to our clients’ needs. We invite you to explore our team and services, and to contact us to learn more about how we may collaborate to preserve your legacy.

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Four Weinstock Manion Attorneys Selected to Southern California Rising Stars by Super Lawyers, Maggie Mouradian Makes Two "Top Lists"
Weinstock Manion is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Acevedo, Maggie Mouradian, Rochelle Schultz, and Andrew Smith have been selected as Super Lawyer "Rising Stars" for 2020. Additionally, Maggie made Super Lawyers' "Up-and-Coming 100: 2020 Southern California Rising Stars" list, as well as its "Up-and-Coming 50: Women Southern California Rising Stars" list. These lists showcase Rising Stars who received the most votes during the annual peer review process.
One of the most respected rating services in the legal profession, Super Lawyers publishes its Rising Stars honor roll each year after putting candidates through a multiphase screening process consisting of managing partner surveys, nomination by peers, third-party feedback, and identification by a Super Lawyers research team. At the final stage, a mere 2.5 percent of considered candidates are selected as Rising Stars.
To view the "Up-and-Coming 100 Rising Stars" list, click here.
To view the "Up-and-Coming 50 Women Rising Stars" list, click here.

Neil Solarz Quoted in U.S News & World Report Article About Power of Attorney
Neil Solarz was recently quoted in Susannah Snider’s U.S. News & World Report article “How to Set Up a Power of Attorney.” The article details all the information you need to know about power of attorney. Neil commented on using a lawyer to draft a will, trust, or guardianship document.
"If somebody is going to have one of these things prepared for them, they should do it locally and with somebody who is competent.”
To read the full article, click here.

Kathryn Kuhn’s Article “Likely Challenges to Improperly Executed Wills During COVID-19” Appears in the Daily Journal
Kathryn Kuhn's Article “Likely Challenges to Improperly Executed Wills During COVID-19” was recently published in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal. In the piece, Kathryn explains the challenges that estate planning attorneys and their clients may encounter during the COVID-19 crisis. In addition, she details four practical tips for attorneys to increase the likelihood that a court will probate a deficient will.
To read the full article, click here.

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Insight on Estate Planning April/May 2020 (PDF)

Insight on Estate Planning February/March 2020 (PDF)

Insight on Estate Planning 2019 (PDF)

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