Areas of Practice
Bankruptcy
An area of legal practice focusing on the special needs and problems of our clients with credit and debt issues frequently resulting from job loss, health problems and resulting medical expenses, divorce, small business failure, and various other causes. We assist our clients in determining which bankruptcy chapter best remedies their unique situation.
Estate Planning
This field of practice concentrates on documents that provide for the management of assets in the event of disability, protection of life savings and planning for distribution of assets upon death. Each estate plan requires analysis of the extent of our clients assets, the types of assets owned and personal preferences concerning their management. By careful drafting, an estate plan can assure that our clients preferences for management and distribution are followed.
Estate Administration
Nominated Executors of a decedent's Will and Successor Trustees of a decedent's Living Trust must comply with California statutes in administering a decedent's estate. We guide Executors and Trustees through the complex laws that govern distribution of a decedent's estate. Establishing probate administration
Business
This area of legal practice counsels the individual, small business owner and corporation from the inception of the business, into the planning stages, through disputes and litigation, and assists in the proper wind-up of business affairs.
Real Estate
This field of practice requires knowledge of current statutes and case law in addition to the ability to utilize sophisticated and inventive techniques. We represent buyers, seller, homeowner associations, developers and private lenders in commercial and residential real estate transactions.
An area of legal practice focusing on the special needs and problems of our clients with credit and debt issues frequently resulting from job loss, health problems and resulting medical expenses, divorce, small business failure, and various other causes. We assist our clients in determining which bankruptcy chapter best remedies their unique situation.
- The differences between Chapter 7 (total bankruptcy or Chapter 13 (reorganization)
- Which debts are dischargeable in a bankruptcy proceeding
- How a bankruptcy affects credit
- Determining which property can be retained and which debts will survive bankruptcy
- Explain qualifications for filing a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 based on the Means Test
- Prepare necessary paperwork for filing a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13
Estate Planning
This field of practice concentrates on documents that provide for the management of assets in the event of disability, protection of life savings and planning for distribution of assets upon death. Each estate plan requires analysis of the extent of our clients assets, the types of assets owned and personal preferences concerning their management. By careful drafting, an estate plan can assure that our clients preferences for management and distribution are followed.
- Drafting Revocable Inter Vivos Trusts, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts, Testamentary Wills, Pre-Marital Agreements, Cohabitation Agreements, and Durable Power of Attorneys for Asset Management
- Advising clients regarding advance medical directives
- Counseling clients on assets passing by operation-of-law
- Litigating will and trust issues and objection
- Drafting legal documents such as durable power of attorneys for health care, durable power of attorneys for asset management, California living wills, etc.
Estate Administration
Nominated Executors of a decedent's Will and Successor Trustees of a decedent's Living Trust must comply with California statutes in administering a decedent's estate. We guide Executors and Trustees through the complex laws that govern distribution of a decedent's estate. Establishing probate administration
- Establishing proper trust administration
- Administering probate and trust estates
- Supervising probate and trust distribution
- Litigating executor and trustee issues
Business
This area of legal practice counsels the individual, small business owner and corporation from the inception of the business, into the planning stages, through disputes and litigation, and assists in the proper wind-up of business affairs.
- Drafting buy-sell agreements and other contracts for business planning and management
- Establishing and advising both "C" and "S" corporations
- Establishing and advising partnerships - general and limited
- Establishing and advising Limited Liability Companies
- Consulting regarding small business concerns
- Assisting in winding-up corporate, partnership, sole proprietorship and general business operations
Real Estate
This field of practice requires knowledge of current statutes and case law in addition to the ability to utilize sophisticated and inventive techniques. We represent buyers, seller, homeowner associations, developers and private lenders in commercial and residential real estate transactions.
- Handling easements, title and boundary disputes
- Drafting deeds and mortgages
- Counseling homeowner associations and advising on property management matters
- Drafting purchase and sale contracts and leases
- Assisting developers and creation of homeowner associations, commercial and industrial condominiums, planned developments, mobile home park subdivisions, Declarations of Restrictions, Bylaws and DRE submittals